The conversion of apartment complexes into condominiums is a trend that has recently begun sweeping into Westwood, with one building already converted and two more considering the option for the future. Club California, a complex on Roebling Avenue, was the first apartment building in Westwood to be transformed and sold as condos. Apartments at 403 […]
Author Archives: Carolyn McGough
Keeping the campus well-groomed
Admissions season is here, and as campus tours wind their way through UCLA, the carefully manicured lawns may play as important a role in prospective students’ decisions as quality of dorm food. Many of those students now visiting UCLA do not realize the university sets aside $86 million and hires about 920 Facilities Management employees […]
Hospital opening delayed again
The new Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, originally scheduled to open three years ago, has been delayed again. The university has set no official date for the opening, and the hospital may not accept patients until 2008. The new facility will replace the original UCLA Medical Center, built in 1955 and damaged in the 1994 […]
Divestment was just the beginning
Nearly a year after the University of California voted to divest from Sudan, organizers of the Darfur Action Committee on campus say violence in the region still requires student attention and action. The Darfur Action Committee, or DAC, plans to hold daily events on campus this week as part of “Darfur Week of Awareness: A […]
Jury rules UCLA handled harassment case properly
In response to a lawsuit accusing UCLA of improperly responding to an alleged case of sexual harassment, a Los Angeles jury ruled 10-2 in favor of the university, saying its actions investigating the accusations made by a former psychiatric resident had been appropriate. Dr. David Martorano filed the lawsuit, asserting that after he ended an […]
Cost of parking permits to rise
Students pay high prices to obtain parking permits at UCLA, and in fall quarter 2007 the prices are only getting higher. Eric Lew, associate director of Parking Services, announced at an Undergraduate Students Association Council meeting last week that parking-permit holders will see prices go up in the next year. Two types of parking permits […]
Hillel director apologizes for attack
Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller, director of Hillel at UCLA, has sent a written statement to freelance journalist Rachel Neuwirth apologizing for attacking her on campus in 2003. The apology is part of a settlement in the lawsuit Neuwirth brought against Seidler-Feller in 2003 in response to the incident, said Neuwirth’s attorney, Charles Fonorow. The case was […]