VA to investigate radiation in park

Due to community pressure, the federal government announced last week that it will test the Brentwood Barrington Dog Park and surrounding area for radioactive medical waste. From 1952 to 1968, UCLA and Veterans Administration researchers buried waste in the park, including gloves, lab glass and animal carcasses that were exposed to radiation as part of […]

Bruins’ lobbying goes beyond campus bounds

After studying drug regulations in their public policy class, Eric Gorin-Regan and Daniel Walter were hooked ““ on public policy, that is. One year later, their interest would take them and fellow student Matt Nazareth to Washington, D.C., to lobby about drug policy issues as part of a developing political student group called Students for […]