Author Archive | Karo Chakhlasyan

Debaters face judicial review

By Karo Chakhlasyan on December 7, 2012 in News

Five members of the University of La Verne’s decorated debate team are awaiting the results of a University judicial review after they were pulled over last Thursday for speeding, and a student driver was charged with driving under the influence while on the way to a debate tournament at UC Davis.

Lenore Moreno, senior movement and sports science major, was the only women’s cross country runner to go to nationals in Terre Haute, Ind., on Nov. 17. She placed 17th out of 277 runners. When she is not running she likes to watch the “Twilight” movies, drink coffee and hang out with her dog. Moreno’s favorite “Twilight” movie is “Eclipse.” / photo by Kelley Maggiulli

Lenore Moreno goes the distance

By Karo Chakhlasyan, Kelley Maggiulli on November 30, 2012 in Cross Country, Sports

After being named the Division III West Region Female Athlete of the Year, placing 17th overall at the NCAA championships and breaking several school records, senior Lenore Moreno has yet to feel the end of her collegiate cross-country career.

Site-specific installation art has brought the environment from outside the galleries inside. The current exhibit, titled âSite,â was curated by Associate Professor of Art History, Jon Leaver, and brought the work of Chad Attie and Bettina Hubby to the Harris Art Gallery. Theresa Porter, senior speech communications major, found interest in Bettina Hubbyâs âCone tribute in blackâ since it is a different process than a picture or painting. Hubby got her inspiration from a construction site right outside of her studio in Los Angeles, and created this piece by using ceramic tiles and picture decals. / photo by Jessica Harsen

Chaos controlled on white walls

By Jessica Harsen, Karo Chakhlasyan on November 16, 2012 in Arts, Etc., Fine Art

Tension between the elegant and raw scattered on the clear white walls of the Harris Gallery in its latest instillation “Site,” featuring the collaboration between artist Chad Attie and Bettina Hubby.

The Irene Carlson Gallery of Photography hosted a well-attended reception for the photographers and writers in the most recent expedition âDissentâ, on Thursday November 2. Alumni Photographers were asked to make pictures on the concept of âdissentâ, and creative writing students, directed by Professor Sean Bernard, were asked to caption those pictures, without talking to the photographer, based on what they saw in the picture and the concept of âdissentâ. Gallery guests included Isela PeÃ±a-Rager and Raffi Zinzalian two of the alumni photographers whose work was being shown, adjunct instructor Anne Battle, Alisha Rosas the Interim Director of Public Relations, Dr. Al Clark, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, and Professor Jeffrey Kahan, faculty advisors to Alpha Chi National Honor Society. Alpha Chi co-sponsored the reception with the Photography Department and the Writing Program. / photo by Kelley Maggiulli

Alumni return to display photos

By Karo Chakhlasyan, Kelley Maggiulli on November 9, 2012 in Arts, Etc., Fine Art

New memories were made while old memories hung on the walls of the Carlson Gallery on Nov. 2, as alumni, students and faculty members gathered at the opening reception of “Alumni Allegories: Dissent.”

Happenings

By Karo Chakhlasyan, Mariela Patron on October 26, 2012 in Happenings

Campus and community arts events for the week of Oct. 26, 2012.

Romance divided by a wall

By Karo Chakhlasyan on October 19, 2012 in Arts, Etc., Theater

The lights dimmed, the applause came to a slow stop and the scene crew set up a brick wall dividing the stage. Thus began an unexpected tale of romance as “The Romancers,” a play directed by theater arts major Zachary Green began Wednesday night in Dailey Theatre.

During Saturday night’s game against Occidental, senior middle blocker Kayla Cribbs defends her side of the net from junior middle blocker Aly Fritz. The Leopards outran the Tigers in three sets at Frantz Athletic Court and improve their overall record to 16-2 and 9-1 in SCIAC. / photo by Zachary Horton

Leopards maul Tigers for victory

By Karo Chakhlasyan, Zachary Horton on October 12, 2012 in Sports, Volleyball

With an attack error by Occidental outside hitter Dana Michels closing the third set, the Leopards swept the Tigers off their paws in a 3-0 victory Saturday night at Frantz Athletic Court.

Jozef Goetz, professor of computer science, presents his findings on “Web Analytics” Monday as part of the Faculty Lecture Series in the President’s Dining Room. Web analytics involves taking an enormous amount of data collected from website traffic and categorizing and making use of it. Goetz presented the same lecture at the Institute of Informatics of the Wroclaw University of Technology in Poland in June. Katherine Careaga

Goetz shares Web analytics basics

By Karo Chakhlasyan, Katherine Careaga on October 5, 2012 in News

Standing before faculty members and a couple of students, Professor of Computer Science Jozef Goetz presented a lecture on “Web Analytics” Monday in the President’s Dining Room.

Mt. Baldy becomes more eclectic

By Karo Chakhlasyan on September 28, 2012 in Arts, Etc., Music

Upstairs, three women, each wearing shorter shorts than the next began dancing down stairs to the Snowcrest Lodge bottom floor where Justin Taylor, singer of Jutty Ranx, expressed his gratitude towards the Crest Fest audience Saturday night.

909 Fest celebrates the quirky

By Karo Chakhlasyan on September 14, 2012 in Arts, Etc., Movies

The third annual 909 Film Festival screened an array of Inland Empire-inspired films, ranging from the adorable to the downright bizarre. It ended with two University of La Verne student-produced films that earned awards Sunday night at Pitzer College in Claremont.

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