INDEX
2004
February 24,
2004 (Vol. 24, No. 10)
NEWS
BUREAU
BRIEFS
GEFFEN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: Researchers at the
David Geffen School of Medicine and the Aeras Global TB Vaccine
Foundation are conducting the nation’s first clinical trial
of a live recombinant tuberculosis vaccine.… TRANSPORTATION
SERVICES : A growing number of staff and faculty are taking
the bus to work despite having to pay a little more for every ride,
according to UCLA Transportation Services.... UNIVERSITY
OF CALIFORNIA: The University of California recently renegotiated
a five-year agreement with publishing giant Reed Elsevier, whose
ScienceDirect online database contains such premier titles as The
Lancet, Brain Research and Nuclear Physics A and B.
CAMPUS PREPARES FOR CUTS
While there are still months of debate ahead before the Legislature
adopts a 2004-05 budget, campus administrators estimate UCLA’s
net loss for the next fiscal year, based on Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s
plan, could be $30 million to $40 million if student fee increases
are adopted. That amounts to 5%-7% of the campus’ operating
budget.
FORMER INTERNEES MAKE
SURE NO ONE FORGETS
During World War II, 25-year-old George Aratani was trying
his best to run his late father’s California produce and shipping
businesses from the Gila River, Ariz., internment camp where he
was being held with other Japanese Americans.
MORE BRUINS ARE OPTING
TO STUDY OVERSEAS
For Franchesca Cabrera, flamenco isn’t just a hobby
— it’s her life. Yet it wasn’t until she traveled
to Spain last spring that Cabrera, a UCLA world arts and cultures
senior, discovered just why she was so attracted to flamenco.
NEWS 2
CAMPUS
BRIEFS
HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION: Using Asian case studies
to help teachers bring worldwide human rights issues into the classroom,
staff and faculty from the UCLA Asia Institute, the Center for Southeast
Asian Studies and the International Institute held a human rights
workshop Feb. 7-8 for 41 K-12 teachers from public schools throughout
the Los Angeles region.... PROMISING TREATMENT:
A new UCLA study provides the first evidence that patients with
heart failure may benefit from statin drug treatment. The finding
may lead to a novel therapy for the 5 million Americans who suffer
from this life-threatening condition.... UC, CSU TO CUT
ENERGY USE: The California Public Utilities Commission
has awarded the University of California and the California State
University $12 million to implement energy-efficiency programs,
reduce costs and move UC and CSU toward greater environmental sustainability.
DID
YOU KNOW?
The University of California ranked first for the most patents awarded
colleges and universities in 2003, according to the U.S. Patent
and Trademark Office. This is the 10th consecutive year UC has led
the list. Of the 439 patents issued to UC last year, 46 were generated
at UCLA. Overall, UCLA now manages 790 active inventions, 388 U.S.
patents and 111 technology transfer licenses.
PROP. 55 WOULD FUND SEISMIC
UPGRADES
The March 2 statewide ballot will pose a $12.3-billion question
to California voters: Should a bond of that amount be floated to
provide construction funds to make long-overdue repairs, relieve
overcrowding and upgrade aging school buildings on campuses, from
K-12 to community colleges and universities?
SERIES EXPLORES ELDER CARE,
AGING
More and more, UCLA faculty and staff are juggling career demands
with those of caring for elderly relatives. Many times, they struggle
alone; co-workers and supervisors are often unaware that the person
in the office next door may be dealing with a stressful and time-consuming
elder care problem.
YESTERDAY,
TODAY & TOMORROW
ALUMNI ASSOCATION HONOREES: The UCLA Alumni
Association will honor winners of 2004 UCLA Awards on May 22 at
Anderson Plaza. Alumnus of the Year is U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska)....
SHYNESS, INFECTION LINKED: How you react to stress
influences how easily you resist or succumb to disease, including
viruses like HIV, scientists at the UCLA AIDS Institute discovered
recently.
PEOPLE
FATHER'S CRUSADE FOR
PEACE
Two years have passed since the world learned of the brutal kidnapping
and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in Karachi,
Pakistan, at the hands of his Islamic captors on Feb. 21, 2002.
SHE GIVES HOPE TO CANCER PATIENTS
Lorena Iniguez often hears desperation in the voices of the people
who call her on the phone.
15 SECONDS
KATHY O'BYRNE: Director,
UCLA Center for Community Learning.
NAMES AND FACES
Huzzah: Deborah Koniak-Griffin
... Adeline Nyamathi ... Dana Cuff ... Peter McLaren.
Celebrate: Judy Mitoma
... Lillian Gelberg ... Gail G. Harrison ... Owen Witte ... Shelley
E. Taylor ... Jeanette Bolden ... James P. Bradley.
In Memoriam: Rokuro "Rocky"
Muki ... Harold Price.
CAMPUS
'ROUND
AND ABOUT
SUMMER OF DISCOVERY:
Corinne A. Seeds University Elementary School (UES) offers creative
and challenging summer classes in art, literature, science and math
on the UCLA campus.... WHY MEDICATIONS DON'T WORK: Ever
wonder why the allergy medicine your friend swears by does nothing
for you? The answer is in your DNA.... DIET AND PROSTATE
CANCER: A low-fat diet may help men with aggressive prostate
cancer better fight their disease and live longer, according to
researchers at the Jonsson Cancer Center who showed that a diet
low in polyunsaturated fats slowed cancer growth and increased survival
times in lab models.
HOLD
THE FRIES, BRING ON THE BROCCOLI
Why are Americans getting fatter? Are our genes predisposing
us to an ever-expanding waistline? Even if we know we are predisposed
to obesity or diabetes, will that knowledge motivate us to change
our lifestyles and stop supersizing our next order of fries?
SOLVING
FILM INDUSTRY'S DIVERSITY DILEMMA
You can spot them on any playground or school lunchroom. They revel
in pushing other kids around, assaulting their hapless victims with
a few well-chosen expletives, preferably in front of a crowd.
REGENTS
ON TOUR HEAR FROM EMPLOYEE, FACULTY
To increase diversity on screen and off in an industry that critics
say lacks color, representatives from government, UCLA and the entertainment
world recommended giving tax incentives to the industry to support
diverse programming and hiring, and more financial aid to film students
of color.
VOICES
STATE MUST INVEST IN NURSING
Hardly anyone in California is immune to the negative effects of
the state’s nursing shortage. The reason is simple enough:
Good hospital care depends largely on the number of nurses employed.
IMMANUEL KANT:STILL RELEVANT
AFTER ALL THESE YEARS
As a scholar of English Romanticism, I have long been preoccupied
with the relationship between Britain and Germany. The connection
is impossible to explore without referring to Immanuel Kant, the
great German philosopher who died 200 years ago this month.
WHAT'S ON MY MIND:
COUPLE STANDS UP FOR LOVE —
AND A VERY HUMAN RIGHT
Frank Sinatra said it best. He famously crooned to lovers
all over the world: “Love and marriage, love and marriage,
go together like a horse and carriage; this I tell ya, brother,
you can’t have one without the other.”
OUR WORLD by
MATTHEW HENRY HALL
CLOSE UP
WOMEN FILMMAKERS BREAK
DOWN BARRIERS
In 1960, when Barbara Boyle, now head of the Department
of Film, Television and Digital Media at the School of Theater,
Film and Television (TFT), was finishing UCLA law school, a professor
sent her to American International Pictures in Hollywood to interview
for a job as a labor relations attorney.
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