Author Archives: Ines Santos

Four influential Mexican women plan to come to UCLA today to lecture on and discuss current themes and struggles as well as women’s achievements in Mexican politics. The women will speak in an event titled “Women in Mexican Politics,” a function sponsored by the Latin American Institute and organized by the UCLA Program on Mexico, […]

Around 200 faculty, staff and students gathered Tuesday in Ackerman Grand Ballroom for the Martin Luther King Jr. 39th Memorial Anniversary Celebration luncheon, with Emmy Award-winning actress Alfre Woodard as a guest speaker. The event was put together by UCLA’s Black Staff and Faculty Association under the theme “It’s Black History ““ It’s American History!” […]

The LGBT center counselor-in-residence and several students pulled chairs in a circle, singing “Let’s Talk About Sex” after the guest speaker and peer educator scheduled to speak called to cancel at 5:02 p.m. on Wednesday. The workshop, titled “Let’s talk about sex too: The sex education class your parents never wanted you to attend,” was […]

In November 1995 in Nigeria, Ken Saro-Wiwa, a prominent novelist and environmental activist, was executed by hanging by the country’s military regime after a controversial trial. His official accusation was incitement in a murder, but Emmanuel Yewah believes the author’s real crime was criticizing the actions of oil companies and the Nigerian government regarding human […]