“We are a waste culture,” said Christopher Veirs, senior planner and sustainability coordinator for the city of Claremont, during a lecture last week at the University of La Verne.

Diversity week was filled with many events all with the goal of changing the way students think about social subjects, including a dialogue on race and ethnicity on Tuesday.

The University of La Verne Saudi Students Association won the first place award in a competition against nearly 150 other Saudi clubs nationwide.

This semester the La Verne Magazine is under the leadership of its new editor in chief, Angie Marcos.

Campus and community news briefs for the week of March 4, 2011.

La Verne law students had their best showing in three years when the College of Law hosted the National Trial Team Competition last week.

A fact of university life is exposure to diseases – including viral and bacterial meningitis, a serious illness that college age students may be particularly susceptible to. Earlier this month an e-mail sent across campus brought this risk of the disease to the fore, when the community learned that a student here had viral meningitis.

As multicultural affairs director at the University of La Verne, Daniel Loera has devoted most of his professional life to educating students about the importance of diversity. In a recent interview he discussed why he displays his high school diploma, how entering the seminary liberated him and why college is not about discovering ourselves, but others.

Gina Elise, founder of the organization Pinups for Vets, is making difference through creating a World War II era pin-up calendar. That is why when Jennahway Huerta, senior public affairs major, learned Elise needed some public relations help, she jumped at the opportunity, and parlayed this good cause into a public affairs senior project.

The following students in the CAPA program earned a grade point average of 3.75 or higher during the fall 2010 semester.