Feb. 16, 2012 – Sexual representation is all around us, but how do we detect that exactly? Professor Christopher Mott holds a seminar on Pornography and the Politics of Sexual Representation to teach students how to discern subliminal messages presented by the media. However, they are beginning to learn that there are more issues regarding sex, culture and media that go beyond pornography. In response, Mott has cultivated an environment where students can discuss how these issues have influenced American culture using both an academic and emotional approach.

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Feb. 9, 2012 – Every month, the UCLA Mobile Clinic Project, or MCP, provides medical, social and nutritional services to homeless and under-served people in West Hollywood. The UCLA School of Nursing joined MCP last year and provides a phlebotomy lab, which is a lab where patients can have blood drawn for a number of tests. The lab provides a service which the homeless and underprivileged of West Hollywood may not otherwise be able to receive.

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With six solo albums that have sold more than 100,000 copies and the Grammy Award
nomination for Best Soloist with Orchestra along with a plethora of other major musical
accolades, Richard O’Neill balances his time between solo-based projects, concertos with
orchestras, and lecturing for the viola at UCLA. He recounts the highlights of his musical career
as a solo artist, from performing with the Camerata Pacifica to commercial modeling.

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Feb. 1, 2012 – Arturo "Tudy" Tisnado, a third-year American Indian studies student, shares his passionate devotion to revitalizing Yaqui, the language of his Yoeme kin in Arizona. Proud of his traditional Native American identity, Tisnado wears colorful scrunchies to tie his long, sleek pony tail together; a thin mustache neatly paints his upper lip and a colorful beaded necklace hangs around his neck. Since fall quarter, he's been studying a Yaqui grammar book to learn the indigenous language of his culture to eventually teach it in schools.

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Jan. 26, 2012 – Fourth-year student Kyler Murlas and fifth-year student Jamie Irvine have been cooking meat since before MEAT started. They discuss their tried-and-true tips on properly cooking a steak, their favorite cuts of meat and what proteins they would like to appreciate next.

Read more about MEAT here.

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Jan. 20, 2012 – The UCLA Breathmobile, a self-styled "asthma clinic on wheels," has been making trips to the Long Beach area for more than two years. Originally funded by the South Coast Air Quality Management District, the 33-foot-long RV stays at Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA while it's not being used to diagnose and treat children with asthma symptoms. The Breathmobile's crew and a school nurse reflect on the program's goals, its challenges and its achievements. [3:11]

http://www.aafa-ca.org/Breathmobile_Breathmobile.php