One student spoke of traveling the road not taken, pushing for equality in California’s educational system, and standing up against homophobia and the government’s abuses of civil rights. Another student followed by praising Rosa Parks and the power of the individual, while yet another student remembered Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy of spirituality and determination […]
Author Archives: Ari Bloomekatz
Mentors reach out to younger women
Thirty minutes after the bell rang ending the day at Mark Twain Middle School in Venice, a group of young women had some important decisions to make ““ should they buy new clothes for their baby or pay for cable? Purchase toiletries or stock up on food? Is there enough money to rent an apartment? […]
Willed body reforms raise concerns
The University of California announced changes to its willed body program at the UC Board of Regents meeting Wednesday, but questions remain whether the university is capable of policing itself. Reforms to the program ““ which receives donated cadavers for research purposes and was voluntarily suspended by the UC in March 2004 ““ come more […]
The benefits of nonviolence
Reverend James Lawson was studying theology at Oberlin College in Ohio when Martin Luther King Jr. came to the school in February 1957, urging him to move south and help lead the Civil Rights Movement. “I said to him … I had thought that I might one day work in the South; that was still […]
Little Rock Nine recall turmoil
The first day of high school can often be daunting ““ new classes, teachers and friends. But the Little Rock Nine, some of the first students to desegregate public schools in 1957, had more to worry about than the average student. “My main feeling was excitement. … I really can’t duplicate my body, my whole […]
Mother of UCLA student files suit
Attorneys are meeting for an initial court hearing Thursday about a suit filed by the mother of a 14-year-old UCLA student against the state of California for not providing adequate educational instruction for her son. The suit was filed in July in a California Superior Court in Sacramento and alleges the state violated the constitutional […]
Owner of building services charged
The owner of a private building maintenance company employed by UCLA to paint dorm rooms was charged last week with filing at least four fake workers’ compensation claims totaling between $600,000 and $900,000, and is also suspected of stealing money from one of his workers. Charles Yi, 61, owner and president of Natural Building Maintenance […]