Community Briefs

Thursday, June 11, 1998

Community Briefs

Dialysis Unit handling still pending decision

Recently, officials with the UCLA Dialysis Unit chose Total
Renal Care (TRC), a multi-national corporation, to take over
management of the center at UCLA.

TRC is responsible for the management of over 200 other dialysis
centers worldwide.

While the final decision is pending Regent approval, employees
who are concerned about the consequences of this move on patient
care, are now circulating a petition against TRC.

Officials with the Medical Center refused to comment until the
Regents make their final decision.

Professor documents Aborigine history

Conducting research for over a decade, a UCLA professor and some
of his students have helped document the history of Australian
Aborigines.

Warren TenHouten, a professor of sociology, has led a study in
which Aborigine children were studied and parents were interviewed
in order to understand the Aborigine past.

After finding that Aborigine children and children of other
cultures performed differently in a number of tests, TenHouten led
the first interviews of the Aborigine parents in order to better
understand the test results.

The Aborigines now are working to establish their own research
institute, the Australian Aborigines’ Research Institute (AARI).
AARI currently is seeking grants in order to fund a life-history
study and other studies that address Aborigine issues. TenHouten
will serve as the chair of the AARI Scientific Advisory Board.

Indian youth camp looking for counselors

Applications are now being accepted for a variety of positions
for the 23rd-annual intertribal Youth Camp Program sponsored by the
Indian Youth of America, set to take place on July 3 through July
10. The camp provides a chance for children aged 10 to 14 of Native
American heritage from urban and reservation communities to meet
and take part in various educational, recreational and cultural
activities.

The camp is looking for people to serve in positions ranging
from camp counselor, recreation, arts and crafts instructor and
medical personnel, to people who can educate the children in areas
such as nutrition, self-development and the environment.

Counselors are expected to arrive at the Whispering Pines Camp
near Prescott, Arizona on June 29th to begin their orientation.

Salaries will be $40 per day, in addition to free room and
board. Reimbursements will be made for bus tickets to Prescott and
gas money spent by counselors traveling by car. The application
deadline is June 19.

For more information on fees and available positions and to
obtain an application, contact the Indian Youth of America at (712)
252-3230.

Library offers amnesty for due-date violators

The UCLA Library system will offer an amnesty period for overdue
materials from June 15 through June 26, 1998.

During this two-week period any overdue or billed materials can
be returned without penalty.

There are two conditions of this general amnesty. Reserve and
recalled materials are not included, and the Library cannot refund
money for bills that have already been paid.

To take advantage of this amnesty offer, borrowers should return
materials during the two-week period to any of the universal return
locations on campus.

For materials with bills that are more than two years old,
borrowers should take the materials and a copy of the bill for them
to the circulation desk at the library from which the materials
were borrowed.

Compiled from Daily Bruin staff reports