Author Archives: Menaka Fernando

The common campus experience of not being offered the classes needed to graduate places an additional burden on international students ““ an obstacle that could send a few of them packing ahead of schedule. The difficulties that a foreign learning environment entails can be frustrating for many international students, and a few have returned to […]

For the large task that lies ahead of them ““ providing health care and health education for hundreds of people in a rural town in Jamaica ““ 19 UCLA physicians and medical students are packing unusually light. “We are cramming 11 days of clothing and supplies for ourselves into a backpack,” said fourth-year medical student […]

Sarah Tin, coordinator of CALPIRG’s hunger and homelessness relief program, looked to both a fellow volunteer and a Nobel Prize-winning humanitarian for inspiration to lead nearly 100 college and high school students to combat hunger and homelessness in the Los Angeles area Saturday, during the organization’s 20th annual Hunger Cleanup. “One of the people I’m […]

Retired history professor Renée Neu Watkins is not entirely sure if she receives all the money she’s due for reprints of excerpts of books that she translated, though she’s not too concerned about it. “I’m not convinced that copyright is such a good thing. … I believe ideas should be common,” Watkins said, taking a […]

When the male head of the household dies in the Amazonian native Shuar population, members of this hunter-gatherer community treat this body almost as if it were alive. Dwelling along the tributaries of the Amazon River in the eastern region of Ecuador, the Shuar community buries the household head in a hole in the person’s […]

A series of train bomb explosions devastated parts of downtown Madrid, Spain, during the morning commuter rush Thursday, killing at least 190 people and injuring more than 1,400. Ten backpack bombs exploded in quick succession for 15 minutes on four commuter trains beginning at 7:39 a.m in Spain. The bombs went off in train stations […]

A temporary halt will be placed on UCLA’s acceptance of donated bodies until an investigation into the alleged illegal sale of cadaver parts from the UCLA Medical Center is completed, the university announced Tuesday. During a Superior Court hearing Tuesday between UCLA representatives and attorneys representing donor families, university attorney Louis Marlin said UCLA will […]