'Grammy* award
Retirement home interning program earns distinction
By Linda Ornelas
Staff Writer
A Hollywood retirement community has been recognized for an innovative program in which university students interact with residents as part of their graduate studies in gerontology.
Kingsley Manor, which sponsored a program for university students to live, work and play as part of the community, has been chosen to receive the Innovation of the Year Award from the American Association of Homes.
The award, which will be formally presented in November, is given annually by the home association in recognition of creative approaches to care and service for the elderly.
As part of the five-year-old Students-As-Resi-dents program, gerontology graduate students work 14 hours a week as interns at a local retirement community in exchange for room and board.
The students' work ranges from direct contact with elderly patients to involvement in administrative duties for the community.
The program was created by the Kingsley Manor staff, in cooperation with the university's gerontology department, to provide a learning environment for students and residents.
The program also allows the facility's faculty to gain competent service from students, to use vacant space in a worthwhile manner and to promote contacts with the university.
"It is a really good cooperative arrangement between the academic and private community,
(See Gerontology, page 5)
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The rock band D.B.A. performs Wednesday during a noontime concert in front of Tommy Trojan.
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Tibetan spiritual leader wins 1989 Nobel Peace Prize
OSLO, Nonway — The Dalai Lama, the spiritual and temporal leader of Tibet whose title means Ocean of Mercy, won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize on Thursday for decades of non-violent struggle to free his country from China.
He said in response: “My case is nothing special. I am a simple Buddhist monk — no more, no less.’’ He expressed hope the award would focus attention on compassion in every human being.
China called the award an insult and interference in its internal affairs.
Analysts also said it might help eventually to break the deadlock between China, which has occupied the Himalayan nation since 1950, and the Dalai Lama, who leads an exile government based in India.
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Bookstore’s increased inventory draws dollars
By Petula Dvorak
Staff Writer
The University Bookstore, sporting a new look and expanded inventory that has received kudos from many students, is bringing in almost twice the revenue it generated in its old space, officials said Thursday.
The $8.8 million dollar facility is expected to take in enough revenue to pay for itself and for its mortgage by the end of the year, said Eugene Lawless, executive director of the bookstore and dining services.
To do so, the bookstore will have to take in $32 million — a 35 percent increase over last year's total.
Though it's hard to predict exactly where the sales are going, Lawless said, the store is "pretty well on track."
In the first part of the semester, he said, the new store's revenue was 50 to 60 percent more than last year.
"It is our greatest hope that we break even this year. That's something most businesses don't do their first year," Lawless said.
Outfitting students with books and school supplies at the beginning of the fall semester last year took three to four weeks because of an inefficient system, said Jack Arnold, (See Bookstore, page 3)
Fraternity battles blaze
Cooking oil stored in oven accidentally ignited by member
By Carole Cleveland
Assignment Editor
Five fire trucks responded Thursday afternoon to a kitchen fire at the Delta Sigma Phi fraternity, after attempts by fraternity members failed to extinguish the blaze.
The fire burned one of the fraternity's iron ovens and charred the wall behind it, firefighters said.
The cost to replace the oven will
be about $2,000, said Capt. Dennis Wilcox of the Los Angeles Fire Department.
Cooking oil being stored in the oven caught fire after a fraternity member mistakenly turned the oven on, said the fraternity's cook, who requested anonymity.
Two ovens stand side by side in the fraternity's kitchen, but only one of them is normally used, the cook said.
"Somebody turned on the wrong oven," she said. "I made french fries yesterday and stored the oil in there. As a rule we just don't turn that (See Fire, page 6)
Concerns over grade inflation prompt review of distribution
By Julie Chen
Staff Writer
A growing concern about "grade inflation" has prompted a review of grade distribution among many departments at the university.
The concern involves an increasing number of A grades distributed among students and the effect they may have on the value of the degrees students receive.
The inflation has hit some areas of study harder than others, said Joseph Kertes, associate dean of the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences.
Engineering, biology and chemistry departments probably have not felt the impact as much as the social sciences or humanities departments, Kertes said.
The reason for this difference is that some areas of study are much more objective and clear cut than others, he said.
A memorandum titled "Grades and Grade Inflation" was distributed last summer to chairs and directors in LAS from William Spitzer, then dean of the college.
The memorandum informed deans that a review had been planned to compare summaries of grades in different departments.
Each department is to review its own grade distribution and gather its own information, Kertes said.	(See	Grades,	page	5)
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