Community Briefs

Pow-wow comes to campus this weekend

Indigenous American drum groups, dancers and individuals from
throughout the United States and the Americas will gather to share
their cultures with the community during the 15th Annual Pow-wow at
UCLA on Saturday and Sunday.

Many groups will participate in the pow-wow’s dance
competitions. More than 20,000 people are expected to attend the
two-day event on the North Athletic Field. The event is sponsored
by the American Indian Student Association.

The master of ceremonies for the event is Sammy
“Tone-Kei” White of the Kiowa tribe and the arena
director is Jim Red Eagle of the Assiniboine/Sioux tribe.

The event is a Native American celebration of tradition, arts,
crafts, food and dancing. The theme this year is “Approaching
A New Dawn.”

The dancing begins with the first grand entry at 1 p.m. on
Saturday. The remaining entries will be held at 7 p.m Saturday and
at 1 p.m. Sunday.

About 50 artisans and vendors from throughout the country will
be displaying and selling their work at the event. The event is
free and open to everyone.

Study finds differences in heart surgery

A UCLA study on children born with heart disease showed that
children with private insurance underwent surgery at a younger age
than children with managed health care plans and children with
Medi-Cal.

The study, published in the May issue of Pediatrics, evaluated
the factors that influence the age when children receive definitive
surgical repair.

“This study suggests that type of insurance and race have
strong influences on the utilization of health services in children
with heart disease,” lead author Dr. Ruey-Kang R. Chang, a
UCLA pediatric cardiologist at the Mattel Children’s hospital
at UCLA, said in a statement.

The researchers found a consistent trend for four types of
congenital heart disease. Children were younger by six months to
one year if they had private insurance as opposed to managed care.
Those with managed care received surgical intervention at a
slightly younger age than those covered by Medi-Cal.

They also found that surgical centers performing more surgeries
tended to operate on children at a younger age. Also, Asian
children tended to be older at they time of surgery of congenital
heart defects.

State bar will honor former law dean

Dean Emeritus of the UCLA School of Law William Warren will
receive an outstanding achievement award from the State Bar of
California’s Business Law Section.

The honor will be presented at the First Business Law Spring
Meeting on June 2-4 in Monterey.

The award has been presented only twice, in 1997 and 1998. In
1998 the award was shared by Brad Clarke and Richard Jennings. The
late Harold Marsh, who worked closely with Warren on the Uniform
Commercial Code for 40 years while serving on the faculty of the
UCLA School of Law, received the honor in 1997.

The outstanding achievement award recognizes a lifetime
contribution of excellence in the practice or scholarships of
business law.

Warren joined the law school faculty in 1959 and served as dean
from 1975 through 1982.

The State Bar is honoring Warren for his “outstanding
contributions in legislative reform … scholarship and academic
leadership in commercial law and consumer and creditors
rights’ fields.”

Compiled from Daily Bruin staff and wire reports.