Devorah A. Lieberman will be the University of La Verne’s 18th president, starting July 1, 2011. She will be the University’s first woman president, replacing Steve Morgan, who has held the position for 26 years.

Residential advisers and residents are doing their part to make the holiday season special, by “adopting” seven children from David And Margaret Foster Family Agency. David and Margaret is an organization that provides services to children and families in need – from acting as a foster family agency to providing transitional housing for youth at risk of homelessness.

Annie Curasi, a senior musical theater major, performed her senior performance thesis “The Last 5 Years,” a musical by Jason Robert-Brown, at 8 p.m. on Dec. 2 in the Jane Dibbell Cabaret.

President Steve Morgan sent out an e-mail to faculty announcing that, with the endorsement of the Board of Trustees, he had decided to removed the word “interim” from Provost Greg Dewey’s title on Nov. 23.

Walking through the two sets of double doors into Panda Garden Buffet, the smell of Asian cuisine hit me immediately and my mouth began to salivate at the thought of various Chinese foods filling my mouth.

The theater department hosted student-directed one-acts as part of an Introduction to Theatrical Directing class at the University of La Verne. The projects took hours of preparation, and were finally performed starting Wednesday.

For many students at the University of La Verne, winter break is essentially a vacation from school. Moving home for two months allows students to visit with family, see old friends and relax after a hard semester filled with research projects, group assignments and classes that never seem to let up.

Professor of English Kenneth Scambray shed a new light on Italian immigrants, as he conducted a faculty lecture titled “Italian Immigration in the West: 1890-1940” Monday in the President’s Dining Room.

A strong first half was not enough to finish off the Chapman Panthers as the men’s basketball team fell, 85-74.

As many know, Pope Benedict XVI recently spoke out in Peter Seewald’s book, “Light of the World: The Pope, the Church and the Signs of the Times,” condoning the use of condoms. The use of any form of contraceptive is judged by the Catholic Church to be evil because it prevents conception.