University of California President Robert Dynes hopes to look ahead with a series of compensation reforms after facing state legislators in a Senate hearing last week, which marked the second time in just over a decade that the UC has had to answer to the state regarding its compensation practices. Read more...

As audience members checked their handhelds, PDAs and cell phones, representatives from several major Hollywood organizations discussed how changes in technology would affect the entertainment industry during the UCLA School of Law’s 30th Annual UCLA Entertainment Symposium, called “Hollywood: By the Number$.” Several speakers discussed how technology has plowed forward at an unprecedented rate, and the entertainment industry has found itself confronted with increasingly diverse new forms of media. Read more...

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There is no clearer indicator of a government’s priorities than its budget, and the 637-page document released last week told the world that when there are cuts to be made, education is sure to be among the first to get slashed. Read more...

Correction appended It was a political feeding frenzy in Sacramento on Wednesday ““ and the victim of all the teeth-gnashing was our own university system. That’s because University of California President Robert Dynes had to go before a state Senate hearing to explain why the UC paid out millions in bonuses and extra compensation to top-level employees while student fees have gone up and lower to mid-level salaries for UC staff have flatlined or fallen. Read more...

Doing heroin the night before her SATs doesn’t exactly earn her a gold medal in good behavior, but Eve Ensler maintains that she has always tried to be good. Read more...

The Bunche Chair Lecture Series kicked off Thursday night with democracy and human rights advocate Randall Robinson, in celebration of the newly endowed Bunche Chair in International Studies and Black History Month. Read more...