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Jessica Yu's 'Last Call at the Oasis' made her a water activist
If you want to say that Jessica Yu burst onto the film scene in 1993 with her short "Sour Death Balls," you'd be almost literally right. The film is almost 10 minutes of people trying to handle the disgusting confection. Yu's work wins accolades,...
Tags: Entertainment, Documentary (genre), Mark Twain, University of California, Irvine, Water
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INKED! Sweet racism is icing on the (cup)cake?
Little Debbie is rolling over in her grave, blowing cream-filled chunks into her cocoa-dusted bonnet.
That some rabble-rousing young Republicans from America’s liberal hotbed have corrupted the treat du jour for their bitter bon mot on affirmative...Tags: Republican Party, Social Issues, Slavery, Justice and Rights, Civil Rights
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Patt Morrison Asks: The brain, Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa
![Here's a Hollywood pitch for you: Leading U.S. neurosurgeon started life as a struggling Mexican boy who made it from illegal-immigrant California farmworker to Harvard Med. Not buying it? You should. Dr. Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa was that kid and is that man -- associate prof, surgeon and head of the brain tumor stem cell lab at Johns Hopkins. His work puts him, passionately, on the cutting-edge of brain cancer research, and his life wedges him, reluctantly, into the immigration quarrel. He tells his story -- his traumas and triumphs, and his patients' -- in an autobiography, "Becoming Dr. Q," and here, now.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/column/2011-09/65140152-30171726.jpg "Here's a Hollywood pitch for you: Leading U.S. neurosurgeon started life as a struggling Mexican boy who made it from illegal-immigrant California farmworker to Harvard Med. Not buying it? You should. Dr. Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa was that kid and is that man -- associate prof, surgeon and head of the brain tumor stem cell lab at Johns Hopkins. His work puts him, passionately, on the cutting-edge of brain cancer research, and his life wedges him, reluctantly, into the immigration quarrel. He tells his story -- his traumas and triumphs, and his patients' -- in an autobiography, "Becoming Dr. Q,\" and here, now.")
Here's a Hollywood pitch for you: Leading U.S. neurosurgeon started life as a struggling Mexican boy who made it from illegal-immigrant California farmworker to Harvard Med. Not buying it? You should. Dr. Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa was that kid and is that...Tags: Museums, Entertainment, Apple iPhone, Fine Arts, Marathon
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On the Media: Is a not-for-profit news website in the cards for L.A.?
I've been wondering for a couple of years whether someone would bring Los Angeles the kind of not-for-profit news website that has popped up in cities like San Diego, San Francisco, Minneapolis, Austin and Chicago.
That day may be drawing closer, as...Tags: University of Southern California, Austin (Chicago, Illinois), Newspapers, Shareholders, Entertainment
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Stimulus to nowhere
No one spends money like the federal government. This year alone, it will shovel out $3.7 trillion, which works out to $7 million a minute. So it may surprise you to find out the clearest lesson from the Obama administration's fiscal stimulus program: The...Tags: Steve Chapman, Economy, Business and Finance, Economic Policy, Money and Monetary Policy, Economy
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UC seeks president with 'creativity, courage ... and limitless energy'
L.A. NOWIs it a call for a superhero or a university administrator? The UC Regents on Thursday released their formal set of qualifications they are seeking in candidates to replace system President Mark G. Yudof, who is retiring in August. The...... -
Illegal immigrants should have health coverage, foundation says
L.A. NOWThe California Endowment is launching a campaign to extend medical coverage to all uninsured state residents, including undocumented immigrants. An estimated 3 million to 4 million Californians, or about 10% of the state’s population, could remain... -
UC Riverside student Senate urges divestment from firms working in West Bank
L.A. NOWUC Riverside’s student Senate this week passed a controversial resolution urging the university system to divest from nine companies that the students contend are violating the human rights of Palestinians and aiding Israel’s occupation of the... -
UC Berkeley and UCLA ranked among top 10 universities worldwide
L.A. NOWThe University of California system once again scored very well in an annual reputational ranking of world research universities by the Times Higher Education magazine of Great Britain, with UC Berkeley and UCLA in the top 10, officials announced Monday..... -
UC seeks public input on hiring university's next president
L.A. NOWHave any thoughts about who should be the next president of the University of California or what that person should do to help the 10-campus system? Now you have a formal place to post your nominations, comments and opinions. A......
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