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...matter of time before the L.A.P.D. began to lose its grip on gangs. "Immediately after the dissolution of CRASH, there was a lull," says detective Chuck Zeglin, a gang specialist who has 18 years' experience in the L.A.P.D.'s detective-support division. "Then a lot of the more hard-core gangsters came to believe we were not going to be as proactive as before, and they went a little crazy...
Chino is as hard-core as it gets. In jail he learned how to make a tattooing needle, and a recent afternoon found him sitting in a small apartment in Highland Park inscribing a bunny design on the shoulder of Guapa, a 19-year-old female gang member. As Chino worked, he talked about the thrill he got from shooting at people when he was younger. "After a while I really wanted to see myself hit someone," he said. "That is how intense it became in my relationship with my gun. So I walked up to some guys and shot...
...also made a commitment to teaching undergraduate courses. Last year, he taught Freshman Seminar 47t, “Globalization: Opportunities and Challenges,” and this year Summers co-taught the core course Social Analysis 78, “Globalization and its Critics” with another academic superstar, Bass Professor of Government Michael J. Sandel. In addition, he holds office hours several times throughout the year, available by appointment to all students...
...fall of 2001, West’s course Afro-American Studies 10, “Introduction to Afro-American Studies,” drew 579 students alone. That year, Af Am 10 could be taken for Core credit; since West left, the course was overhauled and no longer qualifies for Core credit. Af Am 10 enrolled just 17 students last year, though it attracted 46 students this year...
...signed, it’s another thing to make sure you’re not missing a course that really is quite central to what you want to learn,” says Nancy L. Rosenblum, chair of the government department. “That’s the core of advising...