Subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences

• Great Moments in Understatement

  From Elizabeth Keckley's 1868 memoir, Behind the Scenes: Slavery had its dark side as well as its bright side. Truly, a classic of understatement. And now, the most recent example. From this morning's Reg story "Putting a price on a home": … Californians are mindful of the surge in housing costs in recent years. Mindful? Really? Yes, the Reg is willing to go out on a limb, and state that people have noticed what's happened to real estate prices. But only because there's a new study.

  October 3, 2006

• Lights! Cola! Action!

  We don't know whether to be proud, repulsed, jealous--all three? Chapman University grad stud Rosemary Lambert's short film The Reel Monkey won the Grand Prize in a film competition. So far, so good--until you discover it's the 2006 Coca-Cola Refreshing Filmmaker Competition. You see, student filmmakers--from the likes of USC, NYU and Farber College, we're told--have their Coke-enhanced scripts approved by the good folks at Coca-Cola, who then pick their faves, give the young 'uns $7,500 cash an

  March 3, 2006

• Minimum Wage NO! Slavery YES!

  First off, behold the new look of the UC Irvine student newspaper New University's website. Much improved. Second, take a gander at Linda Domingo's story on social science professor David Neumark's recent address to the all-new Social Science Dinner Club gathered in the University Club. Neumark essentially argued against increases in the minimum wage and for the return of state-sponsored slavery. Okay, so we're making up the slavery part (we think), but Neumark does contend that a higher minimum

  September 20, 2006

• Rich Nixon

  Yorba Linda is now the richest city in the United States according to a newly released 2006 U.S. Census Bureau Report. The ultra-chic YL, famous for being the birthplace of Richard Nixon, boasts an impressive median household income of $121,075. That's almost $18,000 above Newport Beach, which only placed third. Guess now they're gonna have to change their name to Old-and-broke-port Beach. Bangdon.

  August 28, 2007

• Wednesday's Headlines

  More immigrants than ever: Bilingual folks ain't so special anymore. The U.S. Census Bureau reports that nearly one in five people living in the United States speaks a language other than English. The number of immigrants in the country is at an all time high at 37.5 million, according to 2006 data released by the bureau, and our state is, as Cesar Millan would say, pack leader: "California led the nation in immigrants, at 27 percent of the state's population, and in people who spoke a foreign

  September 12, 2007

• Rocco Recall Documentary Hits the Internets

  Chapman University political science professor Fred Smoller has been fascinated by the spectacular rise to power of Steve Rocco, the wacky Orange Unified School District trustee, ever since Rocco won his election in November 2004, and particularly after parents who voted for Rocco because the ballot described him as a "teacher" and his opponent, Phil Martinez, as a park ranger, realized they'd just elected a nutbar and tried (unsuccessfully) to recall him. Unbeknownst to voters--and the nationa

  January 16, 2008

• The Writing's on the Wall: Graffiti Archaeology

  Graffiti is one of the four elements of hip-hop. Ya heard? That's why I'm slapping this onto Heard Mentality. Graffiti Archaeology is an engrossing site that will eat up a good chunk of your day if you're not careful. Read the mission statement below. Graffiti Archaeology is a project devoted to the study of graffiti-covered walls as they change over time. The core of the project is a timelapse collage, made of photos of graffiti taken at the same location by many different photographers ove

  January 18, 2008

• To Do This Weekend 8/15-8/17

  Air Supply, Friday 8:30 p.m. The Power of Love. The Grove of Anaheim 2200 E. Katella Ave. Anaheim, CA 92806 714-712-2750 '80s DJ, Saturday 10 p.m. Bust out the leg warmers The Royal Hawaiian 331 N. Coast Hwy. Laguna Beach, CA 92651 949-494-8001 Bernadette Peters with Orchestra, Saturday 8 p.m. Golden Globe and Tony Award-winning performer Bernadette Peters Cerritos Center 12700 Center Court Dr. Cerritos, CA 90703 800-300-4345 ‘Discovering Chimpanzees: The Remarkable World 
of Jane G

  August 15, 2008

• To Do This Weekend 8/22-8/24

  Debra's Girls Present: Going Green Theme Party, Friday 7 p.m. Long Beach's favorite gay bar pitches in to help the environment. Ripples 5101 E. Ocean Blvd. Long Beach, CA 562-433-0357 Hootie & The Blowfish, Friday 8 p.m. Hold My Hand! House of Blues 1530 S. Disneyland Dr. Anaheim, CA 714-778-2583 Grillin' n Chillin' Cooking Class, Saturday 11:30 p.m. Join Memphis Café Owner and Executive Chef Diego Velasco for a summer cooking class will feature a sizzling menu that combines gourmet Southwest

  August 22, 2008

• Nixons Rap Sheet

  October 12, 2000

• Living With the Media

  March 13, 2003

• Special Screenings

  January 12, 2006

• Native American Saga, Part 2: So Many Bones, So Little Time

  "Next is another fun item," joked Chairman Bill Mungary as the California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC) moved on to the controversy surrounding remains unearthed on the mesa above the Bolsa Chica wetlands after a lengthy debate over the treatment of buried remains at Mission San Juan Capistrano. The commission, meeting Friday in the San Juan Capistrano City Council chambers, is empowered by state resources laws to protect Native American remains, gravesites

  December 14, 2008

• Battle Over Bolsa Chica and Indian Bones Keeps Humming Along

  When the California Coastal Commission meets in Huntington Beach on Thursday, panelists will be staring into at least one familiar face: that of Chief Anthony Morales of the Gabrielino-Tongva Band of Mission Indians (pictured). While the commission deals with coastal development issues up and down the state, their monthly meetings bounce around from city to city so they can be closer to all the people whose interests they allegedly represent. Following them from town to town

  February 4, 2009

• David Belardes, OC's Most Controversial Native American Leader, Draws a Line in the Cemetery

  February 5, 2009

• A Psychoanalyst Represses a Murder in Hanif Kureishi's New Novel 'Something to Tell You'

  December 25, 2008

• In Search of Lost Ships

  November 20, 2008

• Native Americans Seeking to Protect Ancestors Buried at Bolsa Chica Get No Relief . . . Yet

  November 20, 2008

• Ra Feud

  November 6, 2008

• Handle With Care

  November 6, 2008

• Ooh Ooh Ah Ah

  July 3, 2008

• Some of Alfonso Bustamante’s Tenants Say His Historic Santa Ana Apartments Leave Them Cold

  February 28, 2008

• Lifestyles of the Rich and Heinous

  The wealthy are just another savage tribe in Fierce People

  September 20, 2007

• Special Screenings

  Movie of the Week: Jacob's Ladder
  

  March 8, 2007

• Children's Art Festival

  Ehlers Recreation Center

  April 23, 2009

• Someone Needs New Underwear

  May 4, 2006

• 'Carpetbaggers, Thieves and Land-grabbers'

  April 6, 2006

• CD Review

  February 16, 2006

• No Bueno, Big Guy

  January 12, 2006

• Monkey Love

  December 15, 2005

• 400 Dates

  May 5, 2005

• Death Row Defender

  October 14, 2004

• Diary of a Mad County

  October 7, 2004

• Memory & Manipulation

  The trials of Elizabeth Loftus, defender of the wrongly accused

  September 9, 2004

• The Birth, the Death, the Ghost

  July 1, 2004

• Testing

  October 23, 2003

• Red Ken

  April 10, 2003

• University of Cheney

  December 27, 2001

• This is Where We Pray

  November 8, 2001

• World Traveler

  December 28, 2000

• I . . . Shot My Son

  July 20, 2000

• Trivial Pursuit

  July 6, 2000

• Air Sick

  October 14, 1999

• Counter Culture

  September 30, 1999

• Out of Sight

  October 1, 1998

• Pacific Rim Family Festival

  June 4, 2009

• Why Do More Latinos Settle in OC Than Closer to the Border?

  You'd think San Diego County's closeness to the Mexican border would make it a natural place for Latinos to call home, but according to the U.S. Census Bureau, San Diego County continues to have the lowest concentration of Latinos among Southern California counties. That's because, immigration trackers tell San Diego Union-Tribune's Lori Weisberg and Leslie Berestein, Orange and Los Angeles counties are far more hospitable places for Latino households searching for work and strong social

  May 14, 2009

• Middle-Class Latinas, and the Gabachos Who Won't Believe Them

  I'm speaking today at USC (go Bruins!) at the invitation of sociology professor Jody Agius Vallejo, a proud graduate of El Dorado High in Placentia (this might be the first time in Weekly history we've mentioned that high school...) and UCI doctoral grad from its School of Sociology. She's done a lot of work on Orange County, specifically middle-class Mexis and their own unique integration into a county that simply can't believe wabs are capable of living outside the rough parts of SanTana and A

  October 7, 2009

• The Archaeology of Possession, Inheritance, and Value

  October 8, 2009

• Spooky Science: Skeletons!

  October 15, 2009