The Mount Magazine

Sandy Banks, 2012 commencement speaker.

The Mount welcomes Los Angeles Times columnist Sandy Banks as its 2012 commencement speaker on May 7 at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City. Banks' 32-year career at the Los Angeles Times has included stints as a reporter, writer, editor, columnist, editorial writer and director of the newspaper's internship program. She was on the team awarded a Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the Los Angeles riots in 1992. She is best known for her twice-a-week columns, which offer her personal perspective on events and issues in the news. Her work has won national recognition from journalism groups and organizations as varied as the National Council of Jewish Women and the Muslim Women's League; the Watts Community Health Foundation and the Beverly Hills Rotary Club; the California Teachers' Association and the Union of Medical Marijuana Patients. Continue Reading...