University of the Pacific News

Victor Inzunza, like thousands of troops before and after him, returned from war haunted by what he'd experienced.

A trove of some 6,500 letters to and from renowned California conservationist John Muir is now available on the Internet.

Today's youth are tomorrow's doctors, lawyers and teachers. And Latino leaders want to motivate those students to be the next responsible and educated leaders for future generations.

Lincoln Unified School District Trustee Paul Canepa confirmed he will run for City Council next year in north Stockton's District 3. Canepa, 43, a second-term school board member, had widely been expected to join the contest and previously said he was considering it.

University of the Pacific pharmacy students will hold community meetings to help people on Medicare enroll in prescription drug plans.

Personal accountability and personal responsibility. For decades, those adult traits have not been evident when Americans deal with their doctor - or other health-care professionals, for that matter.

Call it serendipity. Or karma. Maybe pure coincidence. Whatever. For 45 years, Ray Manzarek and Michael C Ford have shared a mutual admiration for communication, improvisation and creativity.

The catalog of Stanworth Beckler's musical work tells the story of a prolific writer who began tinkering with music as a homesick 18-year-old soldier on an Arizona base during World War II and continues to this day.

For the fifth year, students in University of the Pacific's Brubeck Institute Jazz Quintet and a group of Russian musicians - escorted by Bayrak for the third time - are sharing ideas, rhythms, chops and lots of smiles during a two-week program that culminates with three public performances this week.

Two groups are working independently on major changes to California's constitution.

Students in Robert Benedetti's California government class at the University of the Pacific will spend the term rewriting the state's constitution.

As diplomatic relationships between the United States and the Middle East have been tumultuous in recent years, many Americans have a perception that the Muslim world not only dislikes, but is fighting against, American values, said Juan Cole, an author and history professor at the University of Michigan.

The call came from a student asking that we review the food in University of the Pacific's DeRosa Center.

A few dozen people attended a memorial for slain University of the Pacific student Mario Marcus McArn Jr.

Police reported an arrest Monday in connection with one of three apparently unrelated San Joaquin County homicides over the weekend.

Management guru Peter Drucker was a "great man with a really warm and sincere heart," Claremont artist Opoku Acheampong said.

Police have arrested a Stockton man suspected in the shooting death of a 27-year-old at a Halloween party early Sunday.

Christian Jutt submitted this photo of this year's Peacekeeper Award recipients.

Leaders in Total Compensation at Private Colleges, 2007-8. Source: IRS tax reports analyzed by the Chronicle of Higher Education.

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