Awareness, self esteem and enlightenment are words that University of La Verne senior Jeanette Williams lives by.

On Nov. 23 I ventured into the city with a few friends. As I walked down Spring Street we noticed the now infamous Occupy L.A. camp on the south side of City Hall and decided to pay a visit.

Last week I had the pleasure of meeting with President Devorah Lieberman, Vice Provost Homa Shabahang and ASULV President Nick Sloot to discuss the 6.5 percent tuition increase.

Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul promised that he would cut the federal budget by $1 trillion if he is elected president.

Rob Fukuzaki, sports anchor for ABC 7 and University of La Verne alumnus, returned to deliver the keynote speech for Communications Day.

Describing Florence + The Machine’s “Ceremonials” as a mixture of strangeness and charm would be far too easy.

Speakers at the inauguration of President Devorah Lieberman praised her accomplishments and welcomed her to the community, but in her speech Lieberman focused on the past, present and future of the University.

It is hard to believe that losing weight could be as simple as a 20 minute exercise regimen three times a week combined with a Mediterranean diet, but Assistant Professor of Move­ment and Sports Science Sarah Dunn has proven the truth of the statement.

Campus and community events for the week of Oct. 21, 2011.

Bill Cook, professor of English, and Moroccan Fulbright scholar Sawsan Hussein teamed up to explain the current and historical aspects of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by describing it from political and humanistic angles.