Hear Jeffrey Berg, English '69, in conversation with Professor Samuel Otter, Chair of the Department of English, and Professor Kevis Goodman. Mr. Berg is the Chairman and CEO of International Creative Management, one of the world's largest talent agencies, representing artists in the fields of motion pictures, television, music, publishing, live performance, new media, and other entertainment. In this video, he talks about how he got from a Cal English BA to his present position, what it is like to locate talent and to work with the artists he represents, the value both of an English major and a public university system, Berkeley in the late '60s, and more. Questions and answers follow.
Former Terrorist, Walid Shoebat is speaking at UNR this October 30th with the help of the Walid Shoebat Foundation and the Leadership Institute. Walid's grandfather was the Muslim Mukhtar (chieftain) of Beit Sahour-Bethlehem (The Shepherd's Fields) and a friend of Haj-Ameen Al-Husseni, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and notorious friend of Adolf Hitler. Walid's great grandfather, Abdullah Ali Awad-Allah, was also a fighter and close associate of both Abdul Qader and Haj Amin Al-Husseini, who led the Palestinians against Israel. Walid lived through and witnessed Israels Six Day War while living in Jericho. As a young man, he became a member of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, and participated in acts of terror and violence against Israel, and was later imprisoned in the Russian Compound, Jerusalem's central prison for incitement and violence against Israel. After his release, he continued his life of violence and rioting in Bethlehem and the Temple Mount. After entering the US, he worked as a counselor for the Arab Student Organization at Loop College in Chicago and continued his anti-Israel activities. In 1993, Walid studied the Tanach (Jewish Bible) in a challenge to convert his wife to Islam. Six months later, after intense study, Walid realized that everything he had been taught about Jews was a lie. Convinced he was on the side of evil, he became an advocate for his former enemy. Driven by a deep passion to heal his own soul, and to bring the truth about the ...