Los Angeles Queer Studies Conference
Today, 1 p.m. ““ 7 p.m. Saturday, 9:30 a.m. ““ 5:45
p.m. Royce Hall
Speakers from various disciplines will be on campus today to
speak on a wide spectrum of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender
issues, ranging from identity to representation in art.

UCLA became the first university to establish an endowed chair
devoted specifically to the study of the Japanese-American
internment during World War II and named Lane Ryo Hirabayashi to
hold the position.

A UCLA hospital will take over management of the besieged Martin
Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center, county officials decided
Tuesday.
King/Drew, located in south Los Angeles, has repeatedly failed
patient care inspections over the past few years, and the
government announced Sept.

Responding to problems that have caused three California organ
transplant programs to close in the past year, California lawmakers
stressed the need for better regulation of organ transplant
programs at a hearing Tuesday.

Though UCLA’s crowds of students are gone for the summer,
many Westwood store owners said the ones who stay for summer
school, jobs and research are enough to keep business in the
Village going strong.

Though Westwood is no longer known for its vibrant nightlife as
it was in the 1980s, local business owners say the Village is still
a pulsating college town that grows and changes with the times.

Amid shouting, drumming and the booming of megaphones, a group
of about 50 UCLA students from the Social Justice Alliance rallied
Tuesday at noon in support of sweatshop-free collegiate
apparel.

The Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law and the J.
Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University are hosting a
series of law and policy debates on marriage, adoption and families
of same-sex couples today and Saturday.

As the Westwood Farmers’ Market looks to relocate after
its closure last week, some Village business owners said they want
the market to change before it returns to Westwood.

With the final meeting of the Westwood Farmers’ Market
last Thursday, the market’s organizers have been left looking
for alternative options for the future of the market.