Author Archives: Neal Larkins

Skid Row is right outside. Between two of the dozens of tents pitched along the sidewalk, a man with his back resting on a chain-link fence has drawn his syringe full of heroin, and will inject it unless his leathery faced lookout sees a patrol car. This is one of the several neighborhoods to which […]

For a week now, students walking along Bruin Walk may have seen grotesque images of the Armenian Genocide ““ emaciated children, dismembered bodies and dead Armenians swinging from the noose. These images were displayed in commemoration of the Armenian Genocide. Thursday, Armenian and non-Armenian students at UCLA mourned and condemned the genocide with a silent […]

In a future-looking symposium on the book “Don Quixote,” scholars from across the Atlantic and around the country are gathering at UCLA to celebrate the anniversary of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra’s timeless classic. Today through Saturday, the UCLA Department of Spanish and Portuguese will present a public symposium titled “”˜Don Quijote’ Across Four Centuries.” “It […]

The UCLA International Conference Series in Armenian Studies commemorated the 90th Anniversary of the Ottoman Turkish genocide of Armenians in a three-day conference held this weekend. Richard Hovannisian, UCLA professor emeritus of Armenian history and organizer of the conference, titled “After Nine Decades ““ The Enduring Legacy of the Armenian Genocide,” opened up the event […]

Eric Tang traveled to Africa to build a library in a Zambian refugee camp after his 2004 graduation from UCLA. “It’s mutually empowering,” he said, “not just for the refugee, but for the college student as well.” This year, a book donation drive will be held at UCLA from finals week throughout spring quarter to […]

In an attempt to remain competitive with other universities, graduate students from the north to the south side of campus are being charged higher fees to offset the drop in state funding to the University of California system over the past five years. Graduate students said though they understood why the university had to increase […]

Both measures on the March 8 city election ballot propose to amend the City Charter rules governing the fire and police departments pension plans. Charter Amendment 1 seeks to include port police officers in the same pension plans the Los Angeles Fire Department and the Los Angeles Police Department uses. Port police officers are currently […]