Graduating speaker hopes to contribute humor to 2013 commencement ceremony

David Shamash found himself in a dangerous part of town after getting off a boat in the middle of the night in Greece. His hotel was 15 miles away and the city was in the midst of a transportation strike, the fourth-year classics student said. To get to his hotel, he pretended to be the […]

Grad student works to improve water quality, access in South Central Los Angeles

Miriam Torres understands how important it is to have access to clean water. As a child, she split her time between a lush, green area in southern Mexico with an abundance of water and a poor town in northern Mexico where water had to be trucked in each day. She said her interest in urban […]

Alexia Boyarksy: Journalism full of friendly people, fond experiences

Sometimes, I wish I was a cat. Not only so I could sleep all day and shamelessly ignore people I don’t like, but also to have nine lives. In one of my lifetimes, I’d follow my current path of selling my soul to law school debt. In another, I’d be a professional chef. But one, […]