Students get high finish at bowl
UCLA students earned second place in the College Bowl National
Championship Tournament, the highest it has ranked in the
university’s quiz bowl history.
The tournament was held April 26″“28 at Kansas State
University.
The competing team members were: Joshua McGuffie, 20, a senior
geography student; Jeremy McKenzie, a senior political science
student; Steve Reeder, a senior political science student; Matthew
Sherman, a freshman undeclared student; and Patrick Friel, a
graduate student in mathematics.
Lab scientists receive medals
Theoretical physicist Marvin Cohen and surface chemist Gabor
Somorjai ““ both scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory ““ will receive the National Medal of Science, the
nation’s highest award for lifetime achievement in scientific
research.
“Each one of these individuals has helped advance our
country’s place … as a leader in discovery, creativity and
technology,” said President George W. Bush. “Their
contributions have touched all of our lives and will continue
to.”
UCR teacher hosts weekly MTV show
UC Riverside English professor Josh Kun has an alter ego. When
he is not teaching and doing research about African American and
Latino music and literature, he hosts “The Red Zone,” a
weekly show of alternative music with Latin roots which debuted May
4 on MTV Español to three million U.S. homes.
MTV Español offers around the clock pop and rock music
predominantly in Spanish, although Kun’s show is mostly in
English.
From Daily Bruin wire services.