Special Publications

CARISSA MARSHA&E Editor When Elizabeth Price visited Nairobi, Kenya she met a family in which four out of the five family members were infected with HIV. The youngest, a 3-year-old girl, had not contracted it during birth and was spared her mother’s disease. While the parents of the little girl were glad at least one of their children had escaped the disease, it was a … [Read more...] about Fight to prevent aids morphs into global activism

LISA YAMADAStaff Writer Architecture is moving away from the rational to the fantastic and free. Contemporary architecture is becoming controlled chaos, where angles can jut awkwardly left or pointedly right, masses of concrete and glass can form bulbous, flowing structures. More than the aesthetics are changing, these experimental designs are also becoming increasingly … [Read more...] about Design stars concern

AIRAN SCRUBYEditor in Chief Every generation seeks to define itself, to set itself apart from those that came before. Particularly since the Baby Boomers, sociologists and historians have sought to classify each generation as well.  Generation X, so long a topic of fascination for the academic and media worlds, has grown up, now in their late 20s and early 30s. And the … [Read more...] about Access to technology defines Generation Y; molds outlook

Rachel JohnsonNews Assistant The closure of Diedrich’s Coffee in the Malibu Colony Plaza was set for Monday but will now be closed tomorrow, according to a store employee who wishes to remain unnamed. “There were some issues with paperwork and policing,” the employee said. Many employees interviewed, including the manager, said that they did not want to disclose their names … [Read more...] about Diedrich’s will close its doors tomorrow

Peter HamiltonStaff Writer So far this year Dean David Baird’s Distinguished Lecture Series has been popular with students and faculty. With speakers like U.S. Senator John Kerry and Dr. Leonard Shlain, chairman of laparoscopic surgery at the California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco, this year's lectures have been interesting, and more importantly, crowd-pleasing. … [Read more...] about Dean David Baird’s Distinguished Lecture Series update