Christopher Waterman stood in the theater lobby four hours before his first Musicians’ Union gig and nervously played his bass arrangement over and over. He was 19 years old and had recently left his home in Florida to attend college in Boston and become a professional musician – a decision that would bring him to dozens of towns and cities across the United States and lead him toplay with artists such as Zoot Sims, Larry Coryell and the Glenn Miller and Jimmy Dorsey orchestras. Read more...
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October 24, 1:11 am
Dean Waterman to resign June 2015, hopes to teach more
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October 23, 7:17 pm
Former UC Davis police officer awarded $38K
A former UC Davis police officer who pepper-sprayed seated demonstrators in a controversial 2011 incident will receive more than $38,000 for psychiatric injuries he claimed to have suffered in the event’s aftermath. Read more...
Photo: Lt. John Pike, left, attempts to maintain control over the crowd after he pepper-sprayed students on the UC Davis quad on Nov. 18, 2011. Pike was recently awarded a $38,000 workers’ compensation settlement due to trauma suffered during and after the event.
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October 23, 5:43 am
In the shadows: On the Fringes
In the Malawian LGBT community's fight for health care and human rights, some populations are left out. Explore the last chapter of a three-day series about LGBT men and women in Malawi, a country that outlaws homosexuality and in which UCLA has a strong research presence. The journalists traveled to Malawi as this year's Bridget O'Brien Scholarship recipients. Read more...
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October 23, 4:09 am
USAC votes down resolution on Israeli-Palestinian conflict
The Undergraduate Students Association Council voted 5-7-0 against the resolution, during a more than seven-hour-long council meeting that ended around 3 a.m. Read more...
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October 23, 2:45 am
UCLA professor to receive John Gardner Legacy of Leadership Award
A professor at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, Fernando Torres-Gil, will be awarded the John Gardner Legacy of Leadership Award in Washington, D.C. on Friday. Read more...
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October 23, 2:40 am
USAC members, students debate controversial resolution
More than 100 students attended the undergraduate student government meeting Tuesday night to protest or voice their support for a resolution in support of a peaceful campus approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and investments in specific companies. Read more...
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October 22, 2:00 am
In the shadows: Looking for Light
Explore chapter two in a three-day series about the health care and human rights violations that LGBT men and women face in Malawi, a country that outlaws homosexuality and in which UCLA has a strong research presence. The journalists traveled to Malawi as this year's Bridget O'Brien Scholarship recipients. Read more...