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IT'S SHOWTIME

Showtime Networks will partner with the School of Theater, Film and Television and provide a production budget of $125,000 to help fund seven student films on the theme of “Images of War in the 21st Century.” The student films, which will be broadcast on the network in 2004, will explore the realities of war in an age of terrorists, advanced biological weapons and the growing threat of nuclear warfare. Eligible graduate students were asked to submit proposals and budgets for their prospective films in the categories of narrative, animation or documentary directing. The winning entries, selected by a faculty committee at UCLA and Showtime executives, were submitted by Brad Sample, Jennifer W. Glas, Kristina Malsberger, Angela Mrema, Jenn Kao, Roberto S. Oregel and Eli Akira Kaufman. “Our students and faculty are thrilled with Showtime’s support,” said Barbara Boyle, chair of the Department of Film, Television and Digital Media.

JOYFUL GIVING

Experience the true joy of the holidays by helping others in need. Individual employees and departments from across the campus are invited to participate in the UCLA Medical Center’s Adopt-A-Family program. There are hundreds of families waiting to be adopted this holiday season. Each year, UCLA patients and their families who are experiencing financial, physical or emotional hardship during this special time of the year receive much-needed food and clothing, thanks to the program. It is sponsored by the UCLA Medical Center Auxiliary Board and the clinical social work department. For more information on how to participate, contact Rita Pico at (310) 474-0425 or ciaoritad@aol.com; or Carey McCarthy at (310) 794-1161 or cmccarthy@mednet.ucla.edu.

ROSE PARADE

UCLA Medical Center is joining the Coalition on Donation to work on the first-ever Rose Parade float to carry the positive message of organ and tissue donation to the millions of people who will see the 2004 New Year’s Day parade. A float themed “A Symphony of Life” was originally inspired by Gary Foxen, a UCLA lung transplant recipient. Seven UCLA transplant recipients will ride on the float, along with Olympic snowboard bronze medalist and liver transplant recipient Chris Klug. If you’d like to volunteer to decorate the Rose Parade float, contact the UCLA Medical Center’s Marketing Department at (310) 794-8949. For more information, visit www.onelegacy.org/prod/components/rose/.

BIKERS BRING TOYS

For the 14th consecutive year, a pack of more than 100 motorcycle riders and friends from the Southern California Fullerton Harley Owner’s Group (H.O.G.) roared up Tiverton Avenue to deliver toys to the Mattel Children’s Hospital at UCLA on Nov. 23. The annual toy run was started by Joyce Chance, whose young son, Johnnie Baker, was a cancer patient at UCLA. After her son’s death, Chance started the toy drive in his honor. The Harley bikers formed a “love-line” to unload hundreds of toys, which will be distributed to pediatric patients over the holidays.