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Activities add to holiday festivities
The 12th annual La Verne Heritage Christmas Tree Farm will not only be selling Christmas trees to local residents this holiday season, but will offer families a day of fun with various activities located on the grounds.
Living in a fictional world
When I was 9 years old, I was introduced into the world of Harry Potter by a friend in my fourth grade class.
Penalties assigned for water waste
La Verne has placed mandatory water restrictions on its residents, including the University of La Verne, requiring everyone to use less water or pay penalties.
Christmas trumps all holidays
Visit any department store and you will be welcomed by white glowing lights, glittery red and green streamers, elegantly dressed up trees, classical festive music and signs that remind you that Christmas is on Dec. 25, lest we all forget and Christmas goes uncelebrated this year.
Festivities highlight Homecoming
La Verne’s annual Homecoming Week kicked off on Monday with traditional Illuminations and the presentation of the Homecoming Court, on the front steps of Founders Hall.
Faculty approves 18-unit semester
Undergraduate students may soon be able to take a maximum of 18 units per semester instead of the 17 units currently allowed, pending Board of Trustees approval.
Italy trip planned for January
This January will mark the ninth year Kenneth Scambray, professor of English, travels to Italy with University of La Verne students for his Italy Experience class.
Fox 11 anchor Carlos Amezcua keynotes Communications Day
Roughly 230 high school students had a taste of college life and the various media fields last week at the communications department’s annual Communications Day.
A month to remember
November is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month. In the United States today more than five million people live with the incurable disease. By 2050 this number is expected to climb to 14 million Americans.

