In anticipation of the large crowds expected to flood Westwood following the UCLA-USC football game at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum this Saturday, the Los Angeles Police Department and UCPD have teamed up in an attempt to ensure that things don’t get out of hand. Because of the heightened rivalry that has developed between the Bruins […]
Author Archives: Shauntel Lowe
SCIENCE&HEALTH: Playing hot and cold
The morning and afternoon of a single day can often seem like two completely different days, thanks to the rapid weather fluctuations that characterize the Southern California climate. But the potential physical and psychological effects of the rapid changes on student health are more important than the confusion weather fluctuations can cause when deciding what […]
SCIENCE&HEALTH: Professor teaches fitness and lives by it
Professor Christian Roberts’ own daily diet consists of items like oatmeal, protein shakes, salmon, chicken and vegetables. While many teachers’ only connection with the material they teach is research, Roberts connects by living according to the fitness principles he talks about in his classes. Eating healthy and working out are important to Roberts, who says […]
SCIENCE&HEALTH: Findings may help with disabilities
For the many students dealing with learning disabilities, struggling through the second wave of midterms that seventh and eighth week often involves more than the common battle to turn off the television and computer. However, a new study by UCLA scientists involving popular cholesterol medications may offer hope to those dealing with learning disabilities. The […]
SCIENCE&HEALTH: Poor with HIV lose lives sooner
The issue of health care disparities between socioeconomic and racial groups was given a new spin with the release of a new study drawing a link between HIV patients’ accumulated wealth and how soon they will succumb to the virus. The study, led by Dr. William Cunningham, a professor of medicine and public health at […]
Politicians size up election
Even though he was the first and only governor to be recalled in California history, Gray Davis was able to joke and laugh about the problems in the recall process at a panel discussion Thursday at UCLA. The panel, titled “Can California Be Fixed? The Special Election and Beyond,” was hosted by the UCLA School […]
Health symposium discusses Katrina
Creating a scene similar to an aerobics class in the Wooden Center, attendees and speakers at a symposium about health disparities on Tuesday paused mid-session for an exercise recess, in spite of the ties, slacks and button-down shirts many were wearing. Arms waved and legs kicked to the 10-counts shouted from the front of the […]