Historical society hosts program on Monday
The Westwood-Holmby Historical Society will present their annual
members program Monday at 7 p.m. at St. Alban’s Episcopal
Church.
Author and L.A. historian Jim Heimann will present a slide
lecture on many Westwood landmarks including past and present
buildings like the Fox Village Theater, Truman’s Drive-In
(now the Oppenheimer Tower) and Crumplar’s Malt Shop (now
California Pizza Kitchen).
Founded in 1989, the Westwood-Holmby Historical Society was
active in the preservation effort to protect the 1929 Glendon Manor
apartment building in Westwood Village from demolition.
Admission to the event is free. Membership to the society is
also welcomed. St. Alban’s Episcopal Church is located at 580
Hilgard Ave. To RSVP please call (310) 208-4652.
CSUs crowded, survey finds
A survey of students at California State University campuses
revealed that more than half of the 18,000 people polled have
trouble finding seats in required classes.
The preliminary findings of the Student Needs and Priorities
Assessment Survey, presented Wednesday to the CSU’s governing
body, come as the nation’s largest public university system
anticipates an increase of 130,000 students during the next 10
years.
CSU trustees in recent years have said their top priority is
addressing problems caused by increasing enrollments. The
system’s 23 campuses currently enroll more than 350,000
students.
The survey, conducted every five years, found that 63 percent of
the 18,000 students polled systemwide had a problem getting classes
needed for their degrees and that classes were scheduled at
inconvenient times.
“I think it’s incumbent upon this board to do
something immediately,” said alumni trustee Frederick Pierce
IV. “I say we go as far as it takes to make those classes
available.”
Trustees are considering several solutions, including expanding
weekend and night classes and creating year-round campuses.
More parking and state financial aide being made available for
summer classes are among the improvements suggested by
students.
“We always look at this as the first step of what
we’re doing well and where we need to improve,” said
David Spence, CSU executive vice chancellor.
The survey also found that 61 percent of students ranked as good
or excellent the variety of courses offered, and 79 percent gave
high marks to the quality of instructors.
Panel recommends new HIV testing
An international panel of AIDS experts has established a broad
set of recommendations for drug resistance testing in patients
infected with HIV, published in the May 10 issue of the Journal of
the American Medical Association.
Among its conclusions, the panel presents recommendations for
resistance testing in the development of new drug regimens
following treatment failure, and in developing therapy for pregnant
women infected with HIV.
“HIV drug resistance testing has become a part of the
standard management of patients with HIV, helping to determine what
drugs will or will not work,” Dr. Douglas Richman, professor
of Medicine and Pathology at the UCSD School of Medicine, said in a
statement.
“However, how to use these tests optimally has been a
moving target. We developed these guidelines based on all the most
current data to help physicians,” he continued.
Richman is also a member of the Board of Directors of the
International AIDS Society-USA, the not-for-profit HIV education
organization that convened the panel.
Compiled from Daily Bruin staff and wire reports.