Among the many papers and projects keeping students busy this month at California State University, Dominguez Hills
is a unique collaboration with Cambodia Town of Long Beach. Students in anthropology professor Susan Needham’s Ethnographic Field Methods class interviewed and photographed artisans and experts on cultural activities such as cooking, shadow puppets, classical dance, and wedding traditions throughout the semesterand will assist the artisans when they present their work in the city’s Cambodian Arts and Handicrafts oln Dec. 6 at the Mark Twain Library.

Millage Peaks (Class of ’75, B.A., psychology) is a 33-year veteran of the Los Angeles Fire Department, but as the new fire chief of just over two months, he says that he did not appreciate the enormity of his new post until he actually took it. The Berkeley native looks forward to diversifying the profile of the LAFD by recruiting more women as firefighters and fulfilling the needs of Los Angeles County within a limited budget.

On Nov. 7, over 200 people attended a community town hall at California State University, Dominguez Hills to raise awareness of the budget cuts to the CSU system, the unemployment rate affecting the state, and volunteer and internship opportunities in the community. Featured speakers included Councilman Mike Gipson, city of Carson; David Bradfield, professor of music and chapter president, California Faculty Association; Dr. Vivian Price, assistant professor of interdisciplinary studies; Dr. Frank Stricker, emeriti professor of history; Henry Fields Sr. of Justice Corps, and Mai Nowlin of Habitat for Humanity.