Friday, October 3, 1997
Community Briefs
Former Guess? workers discuss sweatshops at Chicano/a studies
class
Two ex-employees of the GUESS? corporation, Fabiola Fonseca and
Abraham Ortiz, came to UCLA Wednesday to discuss their experiences
with the alledged sweatshop employer.
Fonseca and Ortiz visited student groups and a Chicano/Chicana
studies class, and students appeared to be receptive.
"We didn’t have much time but the students seemed to listen,"
said Katherine Kirsch, an organizer with UNITE, the union
representing garment workers in their dealings with GUESS?.
The company has come under fire in the past year as California
Department of Labor investigations have found violations of hour
and wage laws.
UNITE is also planning a march for this Saturday in downtown
L.A. about sweatshop labor in Los Angeles. UCLA student
organizations, including MEChA and the Vietnamese Student Union,
are planning to participate.
Student groups have made sweatshop labor an increasing focus of
activity in the last year.
New director named for the Breast Center
A Brown University cancer surgeon has been named to direct the
Revlon/University of California, Los Angeles Breast Center, which
has been without a director for 18 months.
Dr. Helena Chang was chosen from among 50 applicants. Her first
day was Wednesday and she is scheduled to begin seeing patients
Oct. 20.
Chang, 48, succeeds Dr. Susan Love, a noted breast cancer
surgeon who stepped down from the center after four years as
director.
Chang supports hormone replacement therapy in post-menopausal
women, a view opposed by the center’s previous director.
"When used carefully and followed by a physician, I think the
risk of breast cancer is minimal" and the treatment "probably is
appropriate for many women," Chang said, adding that she is a
"strong proponent" of mammography for women in their 40s.
Chang is "a strong advocate for women’s health, for women as
partners in their own health, and for issues relative to breast
cancer," said Marlene McCarthy, president of the Rhode Island
chapter of the National Breast Cancer Coalition.
Circle Drive West to close for two months
The stretch of Circle Drive West between Strathmore and De Neve
Drive will be closed from Oct. 6 until Nov. 21, because of
construction of De Neve Plaza.
One lane of De Neve will also be closed, stretching from the
Sproul Hall turnaround to Circle Drive West.
Only emergency vehicles and deliveries to Pauley Pavilion and
the Bradley International Center will be allowed access to this
portion of Circle Drive.
De Neve Plaza is part of an extended construction project on the
hill, which will create more housing for future students.
Construction is currently underway on an international students’
center, as well as construction on Hedrick and Dykstra Hall
cafeterias.
Suggested detours are:
From North Campus, drivers should exit the campus via Bellagio
Drive at Sunset Boulevard, turn left on Veteran Avenue, left again
on Gayley Avenue and then left onto campus at Strathmore Drive.
From South Campus, drivers should follow the same directions in
reverse.
Compiled from Daily Bruin staff and wire reports.