Los Angeles Queer Studies Conference Today, 1 p.m. ““ 7 p.m. Saturday, 9:30 a.m. ““ 5:45 p.m. Royce Hall Speakers from various disciplines will be on campus today to speak on a wide spectrum of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues, ranging from identity to representation in art. UCLA’s LGBT Studies Program will host the […]
Author Archives: Phillip Lin
Scholar named endowed chair
UCLA became the first university to establish an endowed chair devoted specifically to the study of the Japanese-American internment during World War II and named Lane Ryo Hirabayashi to hold the position. The 53-year-old anthropologist was celebrated Saturday afternoon as the first holder of the George and Sakaye Aratani Chair on the Japanese American Internment, […]
Hospital control transferred
A UCLA hospital will take over management of the besieged Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center, county officials decided Tuesday. King/Drew, located in south Los Angeles, has repeatedly failed patient care inspections over the past few years, and the government announced Sept. 22 that it would cut off funding to the hospital on Nov. 30 […]
UC hospitals may face new transplant regulations
Responding to problems that have caused three California organ transplant programs to close in the past year, California lawmakers stressed the need for better regulation of organ transplant programs at a hearing Tuesday. But UC officials said that with nothing definite proposed, it is not yet possible to know how such laws may affect UC […]
Local businesses adjust for summer
Though UCLA’s crowds of students are gone for the summer, many Westwood store owners said the ones who stay for summer school, jobs and research are enough to keep business in the Village going strong. “There’s a pretty decent population of college students, so Westwood isn’t completely abandoned,” said Phil Gabriel, owner of Scrubs Unlimited […]
New businesses, increased parking ensure all roads still lead to the Village
Though Westwood is no longer known for its vibrant nightlife as it was in the 1980s, local business owners say the Village is still a pulsating college town that grows and changes with the times. Over the past few years, chain stores such as Urban Outfitters, Bebe and California Pizza Kitchen have moved into Westwood, […]
Same-sex policies examined
The Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law and the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University are hosting a series of law and policy debates on marriage, adoption and families of same-sex couples today and Saturday. Intended to help educate the public about gay and lesbian couples, the symposium “Marriage Debates: […]