Thursday, May 21



The Rights to an Education

Lawmakers in several states have set out to ensure the liberal arts do not get too liberal. A new GOP bill to be presented to the California Senate Education Committee on Wednesday has drawn fire from Democratic opponents who believe the proposal undermines academic authority in order to get more conservative college professors hired and assert more legislative influence in the academic world. Read more...


Briefs

Israeli minister cancels campus talk Natan Sharansky, a member of the Israeli Parliament and minister of social and Diaspora affairs, cancelled a scheduled talk at UCLA and returned to Israel because of political considerations. Read more...


Letters to the editor

Palestinian ideology source of violence Where are you right now? Are you reading this article in the Kerckhoff Coffeehouse? Are you sitting at a table on Bruin Walk or are waiting for your class to start in a lecture hall? Read more...