Firefighters put out a small fire in a North Village apartment Saturday night. The Los Angeles Fire Department arrived at the apartment complex at 901 Levering Ave. about 9:30 p.m. Captain Jim Holland, who was on scene, said a towel was left on a radiator and caught fire. He added no one was in the […]
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Bruins hope for more transparency following Title IX document release
Campus groups who focus on preventing and addressing sexual harassment said they hope the release of Title IX reports by the University of California will lead to more transparency. Bruins Against Sexual Harassment, United Auto Workers Local 2865 and Bruin Consent Coalition have protested UCLA’s settlement of a lawsuit with history professor Gabriel Piterberg on […]
Former UCI dean maintained majority of salary after sexual misconduct
This post was updated March 2 at 6:30 p.m. A University of California, Irvine, professor and former dean who sexually harassed employees continued earning more than $200,000 a year after Title IX investigations found him responsible in 2014. Joseph Lewis, an arts professor and former dean of the Claire Trevor School of the Arts had […]
Professor emeritus found to have violated UC sexual misconduct policy
This post was updated Feb. 28 at 10 p.m. A UCLA professor emeritus was one of at least 25 UCLA faculty, staff and contractors who violated sexual misconduct policy within the past three years, according to documents received by The Daily Californian. Eric Gans, a French and Francophone studies distinguished professor emeritus, violated the UC […]
USAC resolution encourages UC to reform sexual assault review process
Students are encouraging the university to adopt a more democratic review process for sexual assault cases. The undergraduate student government passed a resolution last Tuesday that recommends the University of California Office of the President make its peer review committee, which intervenes if the university fails to respond adequately to allegations, more diverse. The resolution […]
UCLA Extension to open new location in San Fernando Valley area
UCLA Extension students will soon be able to enroll in spring classes at a new location in Woodland Hills. The Woodland Hills building will have 12 classrooms at the Warner Center on Oxnard Street, said Wayne Smutz, dean of continuing education and UCLA Extension. Woodland Hills is the second location outside of Westwood that UCLA […]
UC SHIP board looking to add surgery options for transgender students
University of California representatives are working to include certain transgender surgeries in student health insurance coverage. Attendees at the UC Student Health Insurance Plan meeting Tuesday discussed voting to add breast augmentation surgery for male-to-female transgender students to the UC SHIP plan, said David DiTullio, an Executive Oversight Board graduate representative for the Student Health […]