Wednesday, April 29


Professor gets threats for Islamic views

MIKE CHIEN Law professor Khaled Abou el Fadl has received death threats. By Peijean Tsai Daily Bruin Contributor For Professor Khaled Abou el Fadl, the purpose of education is to teach freely, but he has not been able to do so without threats to his life. Read more...



News Briefs

Screening of film aims to stop hate The Interfraternity Council is sponsoring the showing of “Journey to a Hate Free Millennium,” with speaker and filmmaker Brent Scarpo. Read more...


Tours give Bruins-to-be the lowdown on UCLA

By Sophia Chakos-Leiby Daily Bruin Contributor Kathleen Sweeney, a third-year business economics student, pauses in front of Kerckhoff Coffeehouse.  “Look,” she announces to a quiet group of Orange Glen High School students from Escondido, Calif., “this campus coffeehouse is one of my favorite places to study “”mdash; it provides a great social buzz.” Sweeney is not just an overeager student volunteering her time to show prospective students around campus “”mdash; she works as a campus tour guide for UCLA’s Office of Admissions and Relations with Schools, and leads an average of two groups a week. Read more...


Crime Watch

Petty theft Two wallets, two permits, one purse, one backpack and one cellular phone were stolen during this period, totalling losses of $395. Someone stole $60 from another person in Murphy Hall on Friday. Read more...


Administrators, faculty consider switch to the semester system

By Noah Grand Daily Bruin Reporter UCLA administrators and faculty are considering following a recent trend in public universities to move from quarters to semesters. The change would be costly and involve changing every course on campus, but administrators and faculty are willing to do this for what they say will improve the quality of education. Read more...