Sunday, November 8

With slow sales and high rents, Westwood shops such as The Mystery Bookstore and Thank You Mart close doors to business

Long Story Short: The woes of Westwood Village

For all the talk about budget shortfalls in the University of California, Los Angeles is facing a $350 million one of its own. One way the city can raise revenue is to sell parking structures. The last public parking in Westwood can be found in the garage on Broxton Avenue, but that may soon be a thing of the past. [5:15]

"Long Story Short: The woes of Westwood Village"

Businesses in Westwood are losing the battle against the deteriorating economy. Read more...

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The Mystery Bookstore is one of the stores in the Westwood neighborhood that recently announced it will be closing because of economic pressures.





Professor Stuart Biegel will lecture on his findings about pre-college LGBT discrimination at UCLA School of Law’s ‘The Right to be Out’

LGBT students report varying temperatures in UCLA's climate of acceptance

December 23, 2010 – Several suicides of LGBT high school and college students sparked a flurry of media attention last year. What’s the climate at UCLA? Do LGBT students feel accepted? [3:20]

"LGBT students report varying temperatures in UCLA's climate of acceptance"

Armando Huipe had known for more than seven years that he was gay, but he did not come out after his high school graduation. "I was playing a role at school and at home," said Huipe, a fourth-year English student and president of Delta Lambda Phi, UCLA's fraternity for gay, bisexual and progressive men. Read more...


Publication bias creates problems in research process

A study published in a research journal often becomes accepted ideology in the scientific community, influencing decisions made by medical professionals, researchers and the general public. Yet the pressure to publish positive results in journals sometimes leads to the publication of misleading or inaccurate studies "“ the same studies used to determine which drugs doctors prescribe to patients, or whether or not to administer vaccines to children. Read more...