One a.m. hits hard for those who live on a corner in Westwood. After spending a good portion of the night looking for food, many of the Village’s homeless wander through the streets searching for company or a doorpost to call home for the night. Among the upscale shops and restaurants of Westwood, there lives […]
Author Archives: Rachel Makabi
Researchers study AD/HD genetics
Dria Fearn quickly typed away at her computer screen on what would have otherwise been a lazy Sunday afternoon during Memorial Day weekend. In addition to studying for finals and serving on several committees, Fearn recently had to get retested for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ““ a condition she was diagnosed with in grade school […]
Students support, rally for union hire
The university and the unions are not the only ones getting involved in the state of the subcontracted workers ““ many students have gotten involved as well. If the subcontracted workers are hired as university employees, it could mean that operating costs may go up. Several students said they would support the workers’ right to […]
Temps hired to fix ongoing parking problem
It’s a routine morning in Lot 8, where several workers are busy directing drivers to double park into two parallel lines along the cars already parked. Because of the parking crunch at the university, which was exacerbated by the construction of the new medical center, several parking lots double-park cars ““ or stack park them. […]
College can initiate, heighten eating disorders
Keri Seymour’s commanding confidence and outgoing nature belies that only a short while ago she was recovering from a near-deadly encounter with an eating disorder. After taking several years off, this is her first semester back in school at Pasadena City College, where she is a first-year theater arts student . Seymour is recovering from […]
Institute juxtaposes science and industry
Researchers often joke about the rivalry between the public and private sectors in the sciences. Like competitive sports teams, they often rush to be the first to get valuable patents and inventions before others. That is what makes the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA, where public researchers from the UC and scientists from private corporations […]
HBO series documents AIDS pandemic in five countries
In the hills of Thailand, 23 Buddhist monks are working around the clock to treat patients who are dying of AIDS. Twenty of these monks have contracted AIDS themselves in the process ““ but there isn’t anyone else but them to care for the sick. Because of the great fear of contracting AIDS, and the […]