Author Archives: Jeong Park

Sexual violence, accessible education the focus of new USSA campaigns

Members of the United States Student Association voted on Sunday to launch separate campaigns against sexual violence on college campuses and to promote accessible and affordable education for underrepresented students this year. Fourteen delegates from UCLA took part in USSA’s National Student Congress, which took place at the University of California, Irvine from Aug. 7 to […]

Protest at Federal Building leads to confrontation between crowds

About 300 pro-Palestine protesters gathered in Westwood on Sunday across the street from the largest crowd of pro-Israel counter-protesters at the Wilshire Federal Building in nearly a month. Both crowds confronted each other at various times during the rally as about two dozen police officers and sheriff’s deputies restrained crowds from getting involved in a […]

LADWP considers raising water fees to speed up city pipe replacements

Los Angeles Department of Water and Power officials said they are considering a 2 percent hike in water fees for residents to raise money for pipe replacements in Los Angeles in the wake of last Tuesday’s flood near UCLA. The department told the Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday it needs more funding from the […]

Water main break may have resulted from outdated engineering practices

City officials cited outdated engineering practices as the cause of last week’s water main burst in several statements this week. There was an extensive amount of corrosion both inside and outside of the pipes that burst on July 29 near UCLA, said Jim McDaniel, senior assistant general manager for the Los Angeles Department of Water […]

UCLA flood raises questions about LA water infrastructure

The ruptured water main that spewed millions of gallons onto campus Tuesday was 93 years old, but in Los Angeles, hundreds of miles of century-old water pipes are tucked beneath the city’s streets. Although Los Angeles’ aging water infrastructure is a well-known fact, last week’s pipe burst and the flood that followed have drawn attention […]

Bills to strengthen universities’ handling of sexual violence

Different groups of federal legislators proposed bills Wednesday calling for a greater protection of survivors of sexual violence and for uniform reporting and proceeding standards for addressing sexual violence on college campuses. The Campus Accountability and Safety Act will require universities to disclose information about their handling of sexual violence with a stiff penalty for […]