Writers Archives: Ryan Gann

Women’s basketball earns OT win

By Julian Mininsohn, Ryan Gann on December 6, 2013 in Basketball, Sports

The women’s basketball team defeated La Sierra 73-71 in overtime Saturday at Frantz Athletic Court.

Michael Bracamontes sells traditional Tongva jewelry to Ceeroosha Andreas at the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden Acorn Festival Saturday. Bracamontes makes the jewelry and sells it with the help of and his mother, Dlia Bracamontes. Andreas returned to the festival on the second day to buy some more earrings from them. The festival celebrated the traditional harvest season for the Tongva tribe, for whom the acorn is a staple in their diet. The 13th annual acorn festival was held Nov. 16 and 17. / photo by Ryan Gann

Festival shares culture and crafts

By Julian Burrell, Ryan Gann on November 22, 2013 in Community News, News

Native American dancers, singers, artisans and tribal leaders all participated in the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden’s Acorn Festival last weekend as part of a celebration of the modern connection between the California native plant and human life.

The Bookshop in the Claremont Forum, located at 586 W. First St., is home of the Nationwide Prison Library Project. The Prison Library Project is a non-profit organization where volunteers come read mail from inmates across the country and package books to be sent to them. Martha Harris, John Maull, Hugo Rocha and Monique Yateem from the First Street Gallery Art Center come every Tuesday for about an hour to volunteer and help wrap the books to be sent to the inmates. Photo By: Ryan Gann

Bookstore frees inmates’ minds

By Rachel Sandoval, Ryan Gann on November 15, 2013 in LV Life

Daniel Murphy, an employee at the Forum bookstore, is busy taping a box of used books to send out to a prison later in the day. The box holds a variety of books that all have the ability to change a prisoner’s life.

Senior point guard Alonzo Young attempts a layup against El Salvador’s James Valladares in the second half of the men’s basketball game Wednesday. The Leopards went on to lose to the El Salvador National Team, 78-77, after rallying from a 15-point deficit in the second half. / photo by Ryan Gann

Basketball loses close game in home opener

By Jolene Nacapuy, Ryan Gann on November 8, 2013 in Basketball, Sports

The men’s basketball team faced a tough loss for the seasons’ first home game against the El Salvador National Team, losing 78-77, Wednesday night.

New Adjunct Professor of Speech Communication Michaeline Anderson teaches two sections of the Fundamentals of Public Speaking course. Besides speech communication, Anderson also studied art history as an undergraduate student. As a huge Harry Potter fan, Anderson occasionally wears a Gryffindor tie to class on casual days. / Photo by Ryan Gann

Anderson motivates speech pupils

By Alana Glenn, Ryan Gann on November 8, 2013 in News

When Michaeline Anderson isn’t in the classroom teaching speech communication, she’s in the classroom learning everything from contemporary art to records management, currently continuing her masters education at San Jose State and bringing her diverse teachings to students at the University of La Verne.

Steve Kurtis gets a pink breast cancer awareness ribbon with boxing gloves hanging from the ends tattooed on his left hand by Ink’d Chronicles tattoo artist Guillermo Gonzalez. Ink’d Chronicles hosted its annual “Tattoos for the Cure” event Saturday to raise money to fight breast cancer. / photo by Ryan Gann

Tattoos leave a mark for the cure

By Hayley Hulin, Ryan Gann on October 25, 2013 in Community News, News

Ink’d Chronicles tattoo studio held a breast cancer charity event, “Tattoos for the Cure,” from noon to midnight Saturday in the Pomona Arts Colony.

Kanya Godde joined the ULV faculty this fall as assistant professor of anthropology. Godde has a Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Tennessee. These casts of human skulls are used during some of the lectures for her forensic anthropology class. / photo by Ryan Gann

Godde examines skeletal remains

By Des Delgadillo, Jolene Nacapuy, Ryan Gann on October 18, 2013 in News

A new assistant professor of anthropology at the University of La Verne, Godde cut her teeth in forensics working at the University of Knoxville’s Decomposition Facility, an operation commonly referred to as a “body farm.”

Dan Kennan, senior adjunct professor of sociology, has written the books for two of his courses, including Selected Topics: The 1960s and the Native American Experience. / photo by Ryan Gann

Kennan fights for justice

By Christian Orozco, Ryan Gann on October 11, 2013 in News

If you have not seen senior adjunct professor of sociology Dan Kennan on campus, you might have seen his face on the corner of Indian Hill Boulevard and Arrow Highway in Claremont every Friday protesting the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, and any other pre-emptive strike the United States looks to make that could start another […]

Junior kinesiology major Jayden Earlywine runs the second mile of the 8-kilometer Pomona-Pitzer Invitational cross country race Saturday. He finished 84th in a field of 165 runners, with a time of 27:46.2. The men’s cross country team took sixth place out of 13 teams with a team average time of 26:44.98. The women’s team finished in 11th out of 12 teams. / photo by Ryan Gann

Leopards show speed at Pomona

By Jolene Nacapuy, Ryan Gann on October 11, 2013 in Cross Country, Sports

The men’s cross country team finished in sixth place and the women’s team finished in 11th place Saturday at the Pomona-Pitzer Invitational.

Douglas Cleveland performed at the Mabel Shaw Bridges Hall of Music at Pomona College on Sunday. Cleveland opened the performance with “Preludium in G Major” by Nicolaus Bruhns. He teaches organ at the University of Washington. / photo by Ryan Gann

Cleveland entertains, organ style

By Ryan Gann on October 4, 2013 in Arts, Etc., Music

Douglas Cleveland performed at the Mabel Shaw Bridges Hall of Music at Pomona College on Sunday.

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