July 15: Farmers’ market returns
Westwood Village once again plays host to a farmers’ market, except this one is run by new people at a new location and new time. Now on Sunday afternoons on Broxton Avenue, the market initially was smaller and less-visited than the previous market, but organizers said they hope the market will gain popularity and bring a sense of community to the area.
July 25: South Campus explosion
About 200 people had to evacuate from a building in South Campus while officials cleaned a chemical spill that resulted in a minor explosion. A pipe burst in the basement of the California NanoSystems Institute building, but foul play was not suspected, according to officials.
Aug. 1: Taser report released
Independent investigators published a report on the incident that occurred on Nov. 14, 2006, when a university police officer used a Taser on a student multiple times in Powell Library, making headlines nationwide. The 77-page document found that officers had violated university policy that night, but an internal UCPD report did not find the same violation. Mostafa Tabatabainejad, the student involved, has filed a lawsuit against the university.
Aug. 1: Block begins
Gene Block took his post as the university’s ninth chancellor. Previously the provost of the University of Virginia, he replaced Acting Chancellor Norman Abrams and will be paid $416,000 annually, the second-highest salary for an administrator in the UC system.
Aug. 13: Dynes resigns
The president of the University of California, Robert Dynes, announced his intentions to step down from his post in June 2008. Provost and Executive Vice President Wyatt Rory Hume will take over his day-to-day duties while Dynes works on select projects throughout the university until the end of his tenure, including increasing student and faculty diversity and advancing research. Dynes, who came president of the university in 2003, was previously a faculty member at, then chancellor of, UC San Diego.
Aug. 14: Self-described pedophile arrested
Jack McClellan was arrested by university police after being seen on campus near the Infant Development Program. After being ordered to stay away from the university, he was arrested again while giving a television interview in a campus parking lot. The self-described pedophile previously ran a Web site discussing his love of young children, and when he moved to California, two lawyers filed for a restraining order barring him from being within 10 yards of any minor. While the charges were later dropped, as prosecutors said the order was too broad to enforce, a judge issued a more specific order, and, as a result, McClellan announced he would be leaving the state.
Compiled by Edward Truong, Bruin senior staff, from Daily Bruin archives.