The tension between science and religion has endured over centuries, from the persecution of Galileo in 1633 to the current ethical debate involving stem cell research. But in the years since Galileo pondered the movement of celestial spheres, the dichotomy of science and faith has moved increasingly into the political sphere. Some of the major […]
Author Archives: Jeyling Chou
Building beyond the classroom
Tina Wu has lived months without running water and electricity. She has comforted and cried with AIDS patients in their final weeks. She has seen an epidemic firsthand ““ one that many of her peers only understand within the context of a classroom. The second-year UCLA medical student is the cofounder of Students for International […]
Schools take varied approaches to sex
Sex and college. A seemingly inevitable combination that is present simultaneously between the sheets, behind closed doors and out and about. This week, UCLA and many other college campuses are decked out in rainbows in honor of National Coming Out Week. Stephanie Shipman is a fourth-year journalism student at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, the […]
Family care
Ask 4-year-old Adam Bustamante what college he wants to go to and he’ll say UCLA. “I’m telling him to say “˜Harvard’ now,” his mom, Misti Bustamante, says with a laugh. Then ask Adam, who is not your typical preschooler, about the mohawk he sports. Bustamante admits the ‘do was initially her idea, and now he […]
L.A. atmosphere, media trends factor into body dysmorphic disorder
Alongside packed bookshelves and the usual office furniture, two walls of Dr. Eda Gorbis’ Westwood office are a fun house. One mirror arches off the wall ““ the curved glass reflects the unfortunate gazer with a grotesquely elongated torso, enlarged head and stubby legs. Another mirror stretches the reflected face horizontally like silly putty. As […]
Health a growing global concern
This generation of college graduates will be stepping out not only into the “real world,” but into a global community that is more closely connected than ever before ““ especially when it comes to food, germs and genes. This connectivity bridges conditions in distant, war-torn countries with behavioral habits in the United States, greatly impacting […]
Relay’s gift to cancer research runs total over $10,000
At least a hundred lights were flickering in Drake Stadium at 9 p.m. on Saturday night. Each one stood aglow in the name of someone with cancer. Holding their lights and hugging, the participants of the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life fund-raiser ““ the first ever at UCLA ““ shared a lap around the […]