After painting an Ugandan child’s face on a canvas in bright colors, Lydia Kim attempted to destroy the cloth with razor blade scratches and sandpaper to better represent the suppression of the child’s dreams. Read more...

UCLA officials held a town hall-style discussion Wednesday night to facilitate conversation between students and university officials regarding the Nov. 14 Taser incident. The forum, which was organized by the faculty-in-residence program, included eight faculty in residence as well as Bob Naples, assistant vice chancellor for student affairs, and Nancy Greenstein, director of university police community services. Read more...

For opponents of future congressman Keith Ellison, it isn’t a question of which bills he supports. It’s a question of which book. Conservative political pundits are finding another inane issue to fret over by attacking Ellison’s wish to use the Koran for his swearing-in instead of the traditional Christian Bible. Read more...

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MABANCKOU BOOK SIGNING Tuesday, 7 p.m. James West Alumni Center He is fluent in nine African tongues, but French is the language Alain Mabanckou used to write the novels that have since made him a literary celebrity in France. Read more...