Campus and community events for Oct. 30, 2009.

Several departments at the University are offering students the opportunity to venture to foreign countries in January – allowing them to immerse themselves in different cultures, all the while, receiving credits for their experience.

The second annual Tattoos for the Cure, a breast cancer charity event hosted by Ink’d Chronicles in Pomona on Saturday, helped raise over $6,000 for the Pomona Valley Hospital’s research on breast cancer.

Although many parents and critics of video games claim that many of today’s video games are filled with violence and unrealistic virtual realms, they are not any worse than the alternative – creating games that simulate real life experiences and daily activities.

Puddingstone Lake, located inside of Frank G. Bonelli Regional Park, offers fishing, jet skiing, boating and kayaking for people of all ages.

With newspapers across the country taking a slow plunge and in some areas disappearing altogether, a new form of journalism – “hyperlocal” Web based publications have begun to fill the void – even in La Verne.

The University of La Verne is now offering students the option of buying their books directly online from the ULV bookstore after registering for classes.

I was a leash child. It is embarrassing and shameful to admit, of course, but it still exists today. I remember having a bright pink colored strap placed around my wrist every time I would be taken out of my safe, cozy home to heavily populated areas.

Campus and community events for Oct. 2, 2009.

The African American Student Alliance hosted a Welcome Back Kick Back for all returning and new students of the University of La Verne to meet the new AASA leaders, dance and start off the new fall semester.