When Rev. James Lawson Jr. was four years old, he kicked a playmate who called him a racial epithet. When Lawson was in fourth grade, he smacked a child who called him the N-word. Read more...

Photo: State Sen. María Elena Durazo spoke at the first Lawson Lecture on Monday. The lecture series is named after Rev. James Lawson Jr., a nonviolent civil rights activist who won the UCLA Medal last year. (Christine Kao/Daily Bruin)

UCLA professors used the shape of a circle as a symbol for the double-edged nature of community at a campus event Tuesday. Kevin Kane, a lecturer in world arts and cultures/dance, showed a photograph of people holding hands in a circle to begin to answer the question, “What is community?” at the eighth lecture of the “10 Questions: Centennial Edition” lecture series. Read more...

Photo: Panelists at the eighth lecture in the “10 Questions: Centennial Edition” lecture series discussed what makes a community and how communities can be both inclusive and exclusive. (Courtesy of UCLA Arts)