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BY MADELEINE
PAUKER
Daily Buin senior staff
Actress Mayim Bialik
announced on Twitter on
Thursday afternoon that
she will not be speaking
at the commencement cer-
emony for the College of
Letters and Sciences.
Bialik said she declined
to speak at the ceremony
to support the American
Federation of State, Coun-
ty and Municipal Employ-
ees L oc a l 3299, wh ich
represents University of
California service workers
such as custodians, nurses
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and food service workers.
The union has not yet
reached a contract agree-
ment w it h t he UC a nd
held a strike from May 7
to 9 after negotiating for
a six percent annual wage
increase for more than a
year.
In the announcement,
Bialik said labor issues are
important to her because
her g ra ndpa rents were
sweatshop workers and her
parents were civil rights
activists. She added her
Jewish identity also influ-
enced her decision.
“My Jew ish trad ition
is clear that it is of the
ut mo s t i mp or t a nce t o
treat workers fairly and
to protect employees from
injustice,” she said. “The
Talmud states that these
make for a just and godly
society.”
AFSCME Local 3299 has
called on speakers to boy-
cott UC commencements.
Earlier this month, Con-
gressman Ted Lieu pulled
out of the UCLA School of
Law’s commencement and
U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris
declined to speak at UC
Berkeley’s commencement.
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suspended due
to allegations
BY TEDDY ROSENBLUTH
Daily Bruin contributor
A UCLA cardiologist had
h i s me d ic a l l icen se su s -
pended due to allegations of
sexual harassment when he
worked at the Los Angeles
IDOMINICK VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMMONS County-USC Medical Center.
A n a d m i n i st r at ive l aw
judge ruled this week that
Guillermo Andres Cortes, a
doctor at the Ronald Reagan
UCLA Medical Center and
for mer doctor at the L.A.
County-USC Medical Center,
would pose an i m mediate
risk to to the public if he con-
tinued his work as a physi-
cian in California.
The Medical Board of Cal-
ifornia’s petitions outlined
three allegations of sexual
harassment from unidenti-
fied women.
The medical board opened
an investigation in February
after Meena Zareh, a former
USC ca rd iolog y resident,
accused Cortes of cornering
her in a hospital room and
assaulting her in 2015 .
Cortes was placed on leave
f rom the L A Cou nt y-USC
Medical Center in Novem-
ber 2015 but was allowed to
return to work at USC in May
2016. Cortes left the USC hos-
pital in June 2017 and joined
the Ronald Reagan UCL A
Medical Center four months
later.
Ph i l Ha mpton, a UCL A
Health spokesperson, said
that the university was not
aware of the allegations when
Cortes was hired.
Hampton said that Cortes
was placed on paid adminis-
trative leave but did not say
when or why.
The medical board w ill
d e c i d e w h e t h e r C o r t e s’
license should remain sus-
pended at a hearing June 15.
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Congressman Adam Schiff speaks on Russia, North Korea and Trump

BY ANIRUDH KENI
Daily Bruin contributor
The United States congress-
man representing Los Angeles
said at an event Thursday the
current presidential adminis-
tration’s influence on the media
is threatening democracy and
freedom of the press.
Adam Schiff, ranking Dem-
ocratic member of the House
Permanent Select Committee
on Intelligence, spoke at the
Bernard Brodie Distinguished
Lecture Series hosted by the
UCLA Burkle Center for Inter-
national Relations. At the event,
he discussed his role in federal
investigations of Russian inter-
vention in U.S. elections, Mike
Pompeo’s North Korea talks
and Chinese businesses influ-
ences on U.S. politics.
In an interview with mem-
bers of the press before the
event, Schiff said he thinks
college students must actively
vote, organize protests and
discuss politics because of UC
Berkeley students’ low voting
turnout in the last presidential
election.
“We want young, idealistic
and highly motivated people
who aren’t discouraged by the
current poor political land-
scape,” he said. “We must con-
vince young people that their
vote makes a tremendous dif-
ference,”
Schiff said he thinks the
U.S.’s w ithdrawal from the
Iran nuclear proliferation deal,
which took place earlier this
month, reduced the U.S.’s cred-
ibility in negotiations with other
countries, alienated allies by
escalating the threat of pos-
sible sanctions and destroyed
the previous administration’s
legacy of working hard in get-
ting Iran to the table.
“North Korea will now need
a more intense deal than Iran,
and as that might not be pos-
sible, the president might be
prompted to ta ke m i l ita r y
action,” he said. “The president
has given the impression that so
long as it’s a win for him, DPRK
can continue to do whatever
they want, making the U.S. look
desperate for a deal.”
Schiff added he thinks Rus-
sia supported Trump in the
2016 presidential election in an
attempt to weaken the United
States’ democracy.
“I find it troubling how, glob-
ally, autocrats are on the rise
today who challenge the idea
of liberal democracy,” he said.
“And yet with Trump dispar-
aging his own media through
throw ing out press, halting
mergers and taking partisan
decisions for media outlets,
the threat to democracy from
Russia is less than the threat to
democracy from within.”
Schiff said he will ensure
there is authority to investi-
gate and inform U.S. citizens
about possible Russian money
laundering and Trump’s busi-
ness relationships with other
nations if Democrats win the
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A new policy will create a
uniform procedure for adjudi-
cating student group violations
of University policy.
UCL A Dea n of Students
Maria Blandizzi announced a
new Student Group Conduct
Code on May 22, which will
create guidelines for student
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members.
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off campus.
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an eight-person Group Con-
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of group-specific violations
against University policies. The
committee will also post find-
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tions and recommend appropri-
ate sanctions and conditions.
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groups include registered orga-
nizations with UCLA Student
Organizations, Leadership, and
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sororities officially recognized
by the Office of Fraternity and
Sorority Life, the Undergradu-
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which encourage trust.
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“The job of a congressman is
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to recognize the A rmenian
genocide. Although it passed
through the Foreign Affairs
committee, the House f loor
failed to pass it.
“When we need Turkey as
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secretaries and representatives
weighing against the genocide
recognition, and hence we need
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School of Law receives $4.3M donation through Centennial Campaign

BY MEGANA SEKAR
Daily Bruin contributor

U C L A S c h o o l o f L a w ’s
Emmett Institute on Climate
Change and the Environment
received a $4.3 million dona-
tion Thursday to expand its
research on environmental law
and policy.
T he do n a t io n f r o m t he
Emmett Foundation includes
a direct gift of $1.8 million and
the foundation’s commitment to
match up to $2.5 million of gifts
from other donors.
T he Em met t I n st it ut e’s
initiatives include studies on
impacts and the regulation
of climate engineering proj-
ects to inform policymakers.
The institute also advocates
on behalf of island nations in
United Nations’ conferences
on climate change, publishes
Pritzker Environmental Law
and Policy Briefs, and submits
briefs in appellate courts on
various environmental issues.
Emmett Institute students
represent environmental advo-
cacy organizations and gov-
ernment agencies through the
Frank G. Wells Environmental
Law Clinic, as well as publish
UCLA Law’s Journal of Envi-
ronmental Law and Policy.
The gift is part of UCLA’s
Centennial Campaign, which
aims to raise $4.2 billion by
December 2019. The campaign
has reached $3.8 billion.

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Alumnus remembered for his love for UCLA UCLA and USC
team up to create
hangover relief pill
BY RAYMOND LE
Daily Bruin contributor
UCL A rese a rcher s a re
developing a pill to relieve
hangovers.
Yunfeng Lu, a chemical and
biomolecular engineering pro-
fessor at UCLA, and Cheng
Ji, an associate professor at
the University of Southern
California, created a pill that
decreased blood alcohol by
45 percent in inebriated mice
within four hours.
T he pi l l i s a n F DA-
approved nanocapsule filled
with enzymes that are natu-
rally found in liver cells. The
enzymes degrade alcohol so
that individuals are no longer
hungover.
Duo Xu, a chemical and
biomolecular engi neeri ng
graduate student who worked
on the project, said although
the pill can be used to relieve
hangovers, he hopes the pill
will also be used in emergency
rooms to prevent organ dam-
age and loss of consciousness
from alcohol poisoning.
“Alcohol is a big problem
for society as well as individu-
als,” Xu said. “Many people are
hungover, intoxicated and go
to the ER.”
Xu added 10 percent of
emergency department vis-
its are due to acute alcohol
intoxication and even more
result from long-term alcohol
intoxication.
Xu said in order for the pill
to be safe, it must not only
decompose alcohol, but also
the molecule acetaldehyde,
a toxic byproduct of alcohol
decomposition that can cause
cancer by damaging DNA. The
pill has broken down acetal-
dehyde in mice, but it has not
been tested in other animals.
Xu added his team plans to
apply for grants and funding
to test the pill on larger ani-
mals and, eventually, humans.
They have submitted patents
for the nanocapsule through
UCLA.
Helen Meng, a third-year
molecular, cellular, and devel-
opmental biology student, said
she thinks the pill would be
useful for college students
who drink to have fun, espe-
cially those who have lower
alcohol tolerance and are
more prone to hangovers.
Matthew Espinoza, a first-
year music education and
performance student, said he
thinks the pill could be dan-
gerous because students could
become reliant on it and drink
more frequently.
Xu said he had difficulty
f i g u r i n g out how to f i nd
the optimal combination of
enzymes and lower acetalde-
hyde levels, but is glad to have
created an effective pill and
hopes for further success in
human trials.
“Whenever you work on a
project there are always chal-
lenges to be overcome. We
hope to treat this big problem
in our society,” he said.
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UCLA alumnus Sean Wang, who died on May 23, was regarded by many members of the UCLA community as the most spirited Bruin they knew.
BY MADDIE OSTERGAARD
Daily Bruin contributor
UCL A st a f f a nd fa cu lt y
remember Sean Wang for his
commitment to UCLA athlet-
ics, school spirit and passion for
politics and math.
Wang, a UCLA alumnus, died
on May 23. He graduated from
UCLA with a bachelor’s degree
in mathematics in 2001, a mas-
ter’s degree in statistics in 2004
and completed a post doctorate
in statistics.
Mark Handcock, the chair
of the statistics department at
UCLA, said Wang’s positivity
and passion for UCLA was inspi-
rational.
“He was a true Bruin in many
ways. He loved Bruin sports and
he loved the Bruin mission,”
Handcock said. “He was a con-
stant advocate for UCLA not
only within the campus but to
everyone.”
Handcock also said Wang was
enthusiastic about the subjects
he studied and that he will be
missed by the statistics depart-
ment. Wang was a part of the
statistics postdoctoral program
since its inception, and Hand-
cock said he helped cultivate a
positive and inviting working
environment in the department.
“He made whatever activity
he was involved with a better
activity for all those involved,”
Handcock said.
Ryan Rosario, a UCLA alum-
nus, met Wang as an undergrad-
uate when Wang was a graduate
student in 2003.
“I was having lunch with a
friend in De Neve (dining hall).
I remember thinking that it
was cool that there was a grad
student who had a meal plan,”
Rosario said. “Eventually I
started a Ph.D. program in sta-
tistics that he was also a part
of and that was how we got to
be close.”
Rosario taught alongside
Wang as teaching assistants.
Rosario said he thinks Wang
was able to personally con-
nect with his students because
he had been in their position
before.
“ H av i n g s omeb o d y l i ke
(Wang) teaching you is inspi-
rational because he has been
on the other side,” Rosario said.
“He was in your shoes and now
he’s a teacher.”
Michael Brenner, who gradu-
ated from UCLA in 2011, said
he met Wang when they were
both involved with the UCLA’s
Rally Committee, which aims
to organize events that promote
school spirit. Brenner said Wang
had an exceptional amount of
school pride.
“He pretty much attended
every sporting event at UCLA,
from football and basketball
to soccer and gy m nastics,”
Brenner said.
Dante Atkins, who graduated
from UCLA in 2003, knew Wang
from his involvement with Bruin
Democrats and online politi-
cal communities. Atkins said
Wang would even wear UCLA
attire to political conferences.
Atkins said Wang’s passion for
school spirit and its athletics
was exceptional.
“(He could talk) about every
team at UCLA i n exquisite
detail,” Atkins said. “I have
never met nor will ever meet
In inebriated mice, the hangover pill decreased the
someone who is as big a sup- blood alcohol content by 45% in four hours.
porter and fan of the university
or athletics as (Wang).”
Atkins said Wang was an 1. Enzymes that break
down alcohol are put into
involved member of the Demo- nanocapsules.
cratic party and an activist.
“( Wa n g) w a s ex t remely
active with the Bruin Demo-
crats and would attend almost 2. The nanocapsules are
injected into a drunk
every meeting,” Atkins said. “He mouse's veins.
also attended Netroots Nation
annually, which is a major con-
ference for left-leaning activ-
ists.” 3. The capsule travels to the
Wang was also an active mouse's liver where the enzymes
are released into the mouse's cells
member of the Daily Kos, a polit- and help digest the alcohol.
ical blog, Atkins said. Wang’s
username for the Daily Kos was
“BruinKid,” which Atkins said
was indicative of Wang’s school 4. A molecule called acetaldehyde, a
pride. product of alcohol metabolism that
Atkins said the UCLA com- causes vomiting, headaches and makes
people blush when drinking is also
munity meant a great deal to broken down by these enzymes.
Wang.
“A love of mathematics, a life
of politics and a love for UCLA,”
Atkins said. “Those were his 5. Blood alcohol content is
worlds and particularly UCLA reduced.
was his world.”
Email Ostergaard at Source: Duo Xu, a UCLA chemical engineering graduate student. Reporting by Raymond Le, Daily Bruin
mostergaard@dailybruin.com. contributor. Graphic by Wenrui Zhang, Daily Bruin contributor.
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Westwoodstock music festival to rock Village
BY ELI COUNTRYMAN
Daily Bruin reporter
L aw en forcement shut
down the Westwoodstock Stu-
dent Music Festival last year
because of its location in a fra-
ternity house.
But this year the festival will
move to the southern part of
Broxton Avenue to avoid prob-
lems associated with indoor
festivals.
“There’s (an) i m mediate
vibe portrayed by having it in
a Greek house,” said Jonathon
Liu, a fourth-year global stud-
ies student. “Not that it’s good
or bad, but it narrows our audi-
ence right off the bat.”
Liu, one of the co-founders
of the event, said he worked
with the city to ensure that
Westwoodstock runs with a
permit this year. On Saturday,
the city will close off Broxton
Avenue to cars, and 19 perform-
ers will share a stage next to
SpireWorks, playing for both
UCLA students and Westwood
residents alike.
The company House of Bal-
loons put together Westwood-
stock for the first time last year
in the Sigma Alpha Mu house
However, hosting the event at
a fraternity house located in
the northern part of Westwood
limited the demographic of
attendees to UCLA students
last year, said Tim Connors, a
fourth-year cognitive science
student and Westwoodstock
co-founder.
John Colarusso, a fourth-
year psychobiology student and
one of the four co-founders of
the festival, said hosting music
events in apartments or homes
is difficult because the rooms
are of ten crowded and the
performers are harder to see.
Bringing the concert to Brox-
ton Avenue will give perform-
Board game workshop sparks creativity, new skills
BY EVAN CHARFAUROS
Daily Bruin contributor
Students used lasers to cut
acrylic, shape wood and carve
“Rick and Morty” faces into
checkers pieces.
The UCLA Makerspace in
Rieber Hall held a three-part
workshop over the course of
the last four weeks dedicated
to teaching students how to
manufacture board games.
Though the space previous-
ly held small workshops for
specific machinery like 3D
printers or laser cutters, the
Make Your Own Board Game
program was its first directed
long-term workshop.
Makerspace staff member
A l l i son Sh i ndel l prov ided
instructional lectures, direc-
tions and advice for students
attending the meetings. The
first-year computer science
and linguistics student said
she developed the program to
draw attention to the acces-
sibility of the makerspace to
all students.
“People just assume it’s for
(mechanical engineering) stu-
dents or specially authorized
students,” Shindell said. “But
this place is open to anybody
with a UCLA card.”
T he m a kerspace, wh ich
opened fal l quarter, offers
students a range of industrial
machinery to utilize for orga-
nized or personal projects.
The machinery in the room
includes a laser cutter, mul-
tiple 3D printers and a com-
puter numerical control router
for carving.
The 3D printers provided
background noise to Sh in-
del l’s i ntroductor y speech
when students attended the
first meeting during week six
in the workshop’s three-part
series. Assisted by Power-
Point slides, Shindell gave a
basic rundown on many of the
machines offered by the space
and their applications to mak-
ing board games. For instance,
3D printers can generate com-
plex standing pieces while the
laser cutter can carve designs
into wooden boards. The sec-
ond half of the workshop left
attendees to their own devic-
es as they sketched images
and molded clay to plan their
games.
A week later, the president
Fourth-year students John Colarusso, Tim Connors and Jonathan Liu (left to right) co-founded the WestWoodstock Student Music Festival, which will be hosted on Broxton Avenue.
Westwoodstock Student
Music Festival
Broxton Avenue
Saturday, June 2
FREE
ers a more legitimate location
to display their talents with
more space and taller stages,
he said.
Colar usso sa id the open
UCLA Makerspace, which opened fall quarter in Rieber Hall, invited students to make board games with industrialized machinery such as CNC routers. Students created prototypes such as a customized game of checkers.
of UCLA’s 3D printing club,
Ryan Poon, assisted Shindell
in instructing attendees on
how to utilize Fusion 360, a
modeling software that can
produce instructions for 3D
printers. Participants then had
two weeks to enter the maker-
space on their own time and
cut, print or otherwise pro-
duce their games.
The students who had man-
aged to start designing their
own games showcased their
prototypes in the makerspace
for the third and final meeting
Wednesday. The games includ-
ed a modified version of chess,
“Rick and Morty” checkers and
a gumdrop battlefield game of
my creation.
K i mber K i n g, a second-
year electrical engineering
student, customized his “Rick
Friday, June 1, 2018
space along the road will also
be used as an area for attend-
ees to ex press themselves
by drawing on the sidewalks
with chalk. Students from the
design media arts department
will also showcase a fashion
line and paint during the fes-
tival.
Though the event is mainly
focused on bri ngi ng atten-
tion to the musical artists on
campus, Liu said the visual art
and Morty”-themed checkers
board through the workshops.
He developed images of char-
acters from the show in Adobe
Illustrator and used the laser
cutter to emblazon the por-
traits onto each game piece.
He said the help he received
from makerspace staff made
h i m com for t able w ith the
machinery involved.
“I feel like I would be able
to figure out how to etch with
the laser cutter after today,” he
said at the last meeting.
Sh i ndel l thou g ht of her
boa rd ga me theme when
the makerspace staff brain-
stormed projects accessible
to the general student body.
She said that a board game
workshop would work well
because it would give students
a memento to bring home with
along the side will showcase
more talent on campus than
just performers. He said there
is only one stage this year, as
opposed to two last year, which
added more space for different
mediums, like painting.
“This is a music festival and
we do want to celebrate all
types of art, not just music,”
Liu said. “(It’s) something that
creative people can show off
their talent at.”
them and share w ith other
people who m i g ht i n tu r n
become inspired to try out the
makerspace.
Shindell said much of the
student body still finds the
space intimidating, and her
program was an attempt to
build confidence in students
using new machinery for the
first time. Though some might
be hesitant about using a laser
cutter or a 3D printer, she said
most students are fam iliar
with board games and would
be more comfortable in a pro-
gram dedicated to games than
one featuring more complicat-
ed engineering projects.
“Though there is creativ-
ity involved with making the
pieces and making them their
own, (students) already have a
starting point,” Shindell said.
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Because of its new location
in Westwood, Connors said the
festival will also be useful in
bringing students to Westwood
and drawing passers-by into
local businesses.
“Being on the street w ill
help us a lot because it’s out
in the open. Anyone strolling
through Westwood is going to
see it and stop by,” Connors
said. “It’s really inclusive of the
businesses there.”
She said the guided format
of the Make Your Own Board
Game program also benefits
students more than those of
the smaller workshops that
the makerspace prev iously
offered.
“With this program, (par-
ticipants) have some sort of
structure to follow, so I feel
like it’s going to be more satis-
fying,” Shindell said.
First-year physics student
Yuanping Song also found the
program helpful, even though
he only attended two meet-
ings and never got around to
designing his own game.
“I t h i n k t h i s work shop
is a really good pointer for
me regard i n g what k i nd
of resou rces a re ava i lable
th rou g h the ma kerspace,”
Song said. “In the future, if I
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Moving Westwoodstock to
the streets yields a more inclu-
sive community event, said
A ndrew Thomas, executive
director of the Westwood Vil-
lage Improvement Association.
He said Broxton Avenue is a
useful location for events like
Westwoodstock because it har-
bors many restaurants and is a
one-way street.
“Closing Broxton doesn’t
impact the rest of the village
as much from a transportation
standpoint,” he said. “It’s not a
major thoroughfare in our dis-
tract, as opposed to Westwood
Boulevard.”
T h e We s t w o o d V i l l a g e
I m pr ove me nt A s s o c i a t ion
applied to turn Broxton Avenue
into a pedestrian plaza similar
to the Third Street Promenade
in Santa Monica. Colarusso said
Westwoodstock functions as a
proof of concept that the street
can be used for events without
disturbing the flow of traffic.
Liu said a major factor in
placing the festival on Broxton
Avenue was that it is located
near the center of Westwood.
He said students have pro-
gressively spent less time in
Westwood Vi l lage over the
years because UCLA’s campus
provides them with essentials
like restaurants and places to
get their hair cut. But with the
addition of the festival, he said
he hopes students will discover
the different businesses that
the city has to offer and start
getting off campus more.
“We really thought that by
having the festival in the street,
in the open, on Broxton Ave-
nue, it would be a good way of
bringing the two communities
together,” Liu said.
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ecountryman@dailybruin.com
or tweet @EliCountryman.
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have a personal project of my
own, I know which way to go.”
T he m a ker space st a f f
hopes to continue publicizing
the availability of the space
throughout next year w ith
additional workshops. Shindell
said tentative plans for future
progra ms i nclude work i n g
with the Arduino engine, CNC
routing and more board gam-
ing for students who missed it
the first time around.
She said that she was happy
w ith what students accom-
plished through the Make Your
Own Board Game program.
“For being one of the first
programs in the space, having
a decent turnout is very excit-
ing,” she said.
Email Charfauros at
echarfauros@dailybruin.com.
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The first version of Chuck Taylors came out in 1936. Since then, Converse shoes have remained a closet staple spanning
generations. See how fellow Bruins are taking a classic piece and pairing them with modern fashion trends.

AUDREY PRESCOTT
said she loves the black Converse because they
fit well and match with bright colors, as opposed
to a maroon pair she used to own that was harder
to style. The second-year sociology student paired
the sneakers with a thrifted top, denim jacket and
a new pair of striped culotte pants.

SAMANTHA ZIMMER
said her everyday looks embody comfort as
well as style. The second-year biology student
said she has to wear jeans in her lab courses,
so she tries to add some flair to her looks
while staying within the clothing restraints,
like her shoes.
"They’re a very classic shoe," she said. "I’ve
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tivals, I wear them to concerts, I wear them every day. I
wear them whenever I need a pair of shoes to rely on."

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ATOMIC CITY
The contract for the Los Alamos National Laboratory expired in 2017, and the UC,
which has been involved in the management of the lab since its inception in varying
capacities, has again bid to manage the lab.

CLAIRE SUN/ DA I LY BRUIN

as decision comes, residents contemplate history of uc in los alamos

BY DINA STUMPF McGuffie said the UC’s involve- the beginning of the human genome
Daily Bruin contributor ment in the construction of nuclear project,” Hecker said. “I became
weapons was unparalleled. director in 1986 and over the next
The University of California unan- “The UC is really tragically unique year or so in Washington trying
imously supported a bid in January in as much as the entire United to convince them that the human
that, if granted, will allow the UC to States nuclear arsenal was adminis- genome project was worthwhile.”
regain full management control of tered by the University of California,” Through the UC, the laboratory
the Los Alamos National Laboratory. McGuffie said. was able to attract top talent and
The UC system currently acts as William Frazer, professor emeri- conduct notable research, such as
the lead partner of the Los Alamos tus of physics at UC Berkeley, said the human genome project, Hecker
National Security, LLC, a coalition of Groves met with the former UC added.
private businesses including Bechtel President Robert Gordon Sproul in “ I a m n o t s u r e (t h e h u m a n
National, Inc. and AECOM, two engi- 1943 to designate Robert J. Oppen- genome research) could have hap-
neering firms, which has managed heimer, a former professor at UC pened without the University attract-
the laboratory since 2006. Berkeley, as director of the lab. ing that kind of talent that allowed us
H o weve r, t h e U C h a s b e e n “During the Cold War, everything to do that kind of work,” Hecker said.
involved in the development and that happened in Los Alamos was so However, Adm. James D. Wat-
management of the lab since it was classified and maintained this air of kins, the former secretary of energy,
founded in 1943 and directly influ- secrecy,” McGuffie said. informed then-UC President David
ences the development and mainte- Frazer said the UC was initial- P. Gardner in 1992 that the UC was
nance of the atomic arsenal. ly drafted on behalf of the United going to have to compete for the
LANL was organized as part of States to oversee the laboratory as labs for the first time. Gardner was
the 1939 Manhattan Project in order a national service. against this idea, and informed Wat-
to design nuclear weapons and build “Neither Sproul, president of the kins that the UC had been participat-
the first atomic bomb. In 1942, Leslie University, nor his assistant Robert ing in the contract because it had
Groves, a United States Army Corps M. Underhill (were) told the nature been asked to, and that it were not
of Engineers officer who directed of the services,” Frazer said. “But in this for the business. A day later,
the Manhattan Project, decided to this was World War II, so it was their Watkins called Gardner back and
recruit the UC to help the labora- patriotic duty.” said there would not be any com-
tory more quickly attract talented The Atomic Energy Act of 1946 petition on the bid, meaning the lab
scientists. established civilian control over would not form a for-profit LLC with
Siegfried Hecker, director of the atomic weapon development and industrial partners.
Los Alamos National Laboratory nuclear power management and The UC had remained the single
from 1986 to 1997, said the UC’s offered the University an opportuni- managing contractor until 2005,
management of the laboratory was ty to reassess its management role when Los Alamos opened up the
a reason many talented scientists within the laboratory, Frazer added. contract for competition.
came to work there. Although the history of the UC Hecker said he enjoyed working
“The reason (Los Alamos) need- and Los Alamos began initially as a at Los Alamos under the sole man-
ed the University is (because) the war favor with the intention of creat- agement of the University. He added
University was able to bring the best ing nuclear weapons, that objec- he left because he felt the director
talent to this enormous scientific tive shifted in the 1980s when the of the laboratory and employees of
endeavor,” said Hecker, who con- laboratory began focusing on the lab should be motivated primarily by
tinued working at LANL until 2005. maintenance of nuclear weapons the national interest and not by profit
“They wanted something out of the and scientific research in general, motives.
box and different and thought the McGuffie said. “The UC president told me, ‘You
University could supply that.” The Chernobyl disaster of 1986 do what’s right for this country.’ If it
Joshua McGuffie, a graduate in the USSR and the 1992 nucle- was for-profit, they would’ve asked,
student in the UCLA history depart- ar weapons testing moratorium ‘What’s in it for us?’” Hecker said.
ment researching scientific and were major factors for this switch, “I would not have wound up at Los
nuclear history, said the Los Alamos McGuffie added. Alamos if it didn’t have the operative
laboratory played a significant role The contract was renewed in by the University of California.”
in nuclear bomb development in the 1987, with the UC as the sole con- The UC is competing with other
United States. tractor once again. private and higher education enti-
“ I n ter m s of ea rl y Col d Wa r Hecker, who was director of the ties, such as University of Texas
research, Los Alamos was the only lab at the time, said the first respon- at Austin, for the bid with Los Ala-
site dedicated to bomb develop- sibility of the lab was for the stew- mos. The decision was said to be
ment,” McGuffie said. “During the ardship of nuclear weapons. The lab announced sometime between April
war, Los Alamos received uranium was also involved in civilian-related and May, but the DOE has not yet
from (Oakridge, California,) and plu- research, he added. released the winner.
tonium from (Hanford, California). “In the health arena, Los Alamos
They built the first three bombs at and Lawrence Livermore (National Email Stumpf at
the site at Los Alamos.” Laboratory) played the key role in dstumpf@dailybruin.com.

Assessing risk UC’s bid for control of lab needs more transparency
BY EMILY MERZ conducts research about nuclear operate a nuclear laboratory in the to growing concerns about lab safe- These are all just the most pub-
weapons and security, and man- first place. When the UC started ty from the Department of Energy. licly known accounts of misman-

B
ruins may ages nuclear materials. managing the plant in 1943, many But the University fired them when agement.
think that The UC operates LANL today in administrators were unsure exactly they discovered that it was misus- In light of so many cases of
the state of collaboration with Bechtel Corpora- what its faculty were doing at the ing lab funds to purchase a Ford mismanagement, the most glaring
nuclear weapons in tion, which manufactures machin- lab or what the purpose of manag- Mustang and personal computers issue is that the UC has not publicly
the world is a far-removed ery and operates other national ing the lab was. for staff. answered crucial questions about
topic that doesn’t affect them. labs. The two organizations form The UC’s bid to maintain control But the mismanagement didn’t why it wants to operate the plant.
That’s far from the case. Los Alamos National Security, LLC, over LANL is especially bewildering end there. The UC never explained why it cre-
Since the creation of nuclear a type of private corporation, which in light of the UC’s track record of In 2004, the lab’s director had to ated a for-profit LLC to manage the
weapons themselves, the University now oversees the management of countless cases of mismanage- shut down the lab for seven months plant. It has not expressed why it, as
of California has had a direct stake LANL. ment of the lab. after incorrectly assuming comput- a public university system, should
in the management of U.S. nuclear And the UC may be able to The UC does not view it this er disks with classified information have a hand in the state of nuclear
weapons. continue its operation of LANL for way. Stephanie Beecham, a UC about the lab went missing. In the weapons in the U.S. And it has not
Starting with the Manhattan Proj- the next 10 years – that is, if the spokesperson, said the University is same year, an intern suffered loss of addressed its past wrongdoings
ect, when nuclear weapons were Department of Energy approves the “strongly committed to Los Alamos’ vision because of an accident dur- such as firing investigators, misap-
first created, the UC operated the UC’s renewed bid for management. scientific and technological excel- ing which a laser shot into her eye. propriating funds for personal use
Los Alamos National Labratory, a The winner will be announced this lence, driving the lab’s culture of In 2003, the Department of Ener- or mishandling nuclear materials
nuclear laboratory located in New month. operational excellence, and ensur- gy and then-President George W. and secrets.
Mexico that stores the U.S. Depart- The question remains why a ing the continued high quality and Bush opened the operation of LANL Most concerningly, the University
ment of Energy’s nuclear weapons, public university system would integrity of its critical national secu- to competitive bidding from other has not indicated how it will alter
rity missions.” firms, resulting in the UC-Bechtel its leadership style to prevent such
But there’s no clear benefit for Corporation collaboration, in hopes serious violations from happening
the UC, a public university, to oper- of improving the management of again if it gets the bid again. Such a
LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY BUDGET ate the lab beyond the approxi- the lab. management record certainly does
The Los Alamos National Laboratory receives about $2.5 billion annually, with a majority of
funding from federal government sponsors. The UC has been involved since the lab's founding
mately $2 billion per year contract The UC’s creation of an LLC to not reflect well on the UC, which
in 1943, and submitted a bid in late 2017 to continue managing the lab. to operate the plant. manage the plant was suspicious. runs the lab for scientific research
The UC’s inability to acknowl- Once the UC and Bechtel Corpora- and enterprise reasons. The UC has
$74 M edge that it is incompetent at tion formed Los Alamos National sowed doubt about its competence
to DOE Energy and
$92 M Other Programs operating LANL is a reason why the Security, LLC, the Department of at the highest levels of government.
to DOE Office of
Science lab has continued to be poorly man- Energy increased the contract it While the Department of Energy
$115 M aged for years. paid the LLC from $8 million in 2005 debates over the bid to manage
to NNSA Safeguards
and Security
During the 1980s and 1990s, to $80 million in 2010 and tripled the LANL, the UC needs to address
numerous scientists and staff at number of staff receiving salaries these unanswered questions in the
$179 M the lab were fired after expressing of over $200,000 – an oddly conve- name of transparency.
to DOE Environmental
Management concerns about lab management. nient pay increase. The UC has a responsibility to be
During that period, it became evi- The lab treated nuclear waste on the frontier of scientific research
$237 M dent the lab disposed of toxic con- like normal toxic waste in 2014, as one of the leading research uni-
to Strategic Partnerships $1,601 M taminants at more than 1,800 waste shipping 55 gallons of it 330 miles versity systems in the nation. It also
to NNSA Weapons dump sites near the lab, costing the west to the Waste Isolation Pilot must answer to Californians as a
Program
facility $2 billion in cleanup. Plant in Carlsbad, New Mexico. The public institution of the state.
$257 M In 1999, a scientist at the lab was container burst, exposing more than Mismanaging nuclear materials
to NNSA Nonproliferation accused of 59 accounts of mishan- 20 workers to radioactive radioac- in another state, however, doesn’t
dling nuclear secrets and for releas- tive contamination just four years seem to fit either of those respon-
ing classified documents. He went ago. sibilities.
to prison for nine months as a result. The same year, the lab reported
SOURCE: Los Alamos National Labratory. Graphic reporting by Emily Merz, Daily Bruin contributor. Graphic by Mavis Zeng, Daily Bruin contributor. The UC hired security experts to 400 counts of violations of its state Email Merz at
examine the lab in 2000 in response hazardous waste permit. emerz@dailybruin.com.

UC pushes for greater control of lab despite history of mismanagement
BY MEGAN DALEY
Daily Bruin reporter
The Los Alamos National Labora-
tory, based in the desert of north-
ern New Mexico, has reported mul-
tiple instances of environmental
and safety hazards related to its
experimentation with plutonium in its
75-year history.
The laboratory, since its estab-
lishment in 1943 as part of the Man-
hattan Project, has experienced at
least 17 reported major incidents
concerning safety and environ-
mental protection. The University
of California has been involved in
the management of the lab, both
directly and through an LLC, in which
the UC partnered with engineer-
ing and technology corporations
like Bechtel Corporation. The UC
has maintained some management
position since the lab’s inception
and has confirmed its bid to con-
tinue managing it, despite the lab’s
reported history of consistent mis-
management.
For a recent example, in the
Depar tment of Energy ’s 2016
review of lab safety criteria, LANL
was the only nuclear facility of 24
that did not meet expectations for
nuclear criticality safety because
of its excessive number of criticality
safety infractions.
Nuclear criticality incidents are
uncontrolled nuclear chain reac-
tions that result in bursts of deadly
radiation into the immediate area,
and there have been several of
these incidents involving plutonium
at LANL.
Huan Huang, a UCLA physics
professor and UCLA Nuclear Phys-
ics Group member, said although
the levels reported in the DOE’s
review are unlikely to be a direct
danger to lab workers, the results
indicate a red flag for LANL.
“The number of infractions does
show that the lab has an attitude
issue regarding the safety which is
not consistent with the stated mis-
sion of and expectation for a nation-
al lab,” he added.
Many of the most dangerous
accidents at LANL have involved
plutonium in some capacity, said
Greg Mello, the executive direc-
tor of Los Alamos Study Group, a
nonprofit organization that works
for increased accountability and
environmental protection from the
nuclear facility in New Mexico.
“(LANL) had to suspend major
plutonium operations for more than
three years ... due to a nonending
series of nuclear criticality inci-
dents,” he added.
Despite at least four reported
dangerous incidents with plutoni-
Students consider consequences, effects of growing up in Los Alamos
BY EMI NAKAHARA
& ANDREA HENTHORN
Daily Bruin staff
As a child growing up in New
Mexico, Dakota Klasky did not think
she could be anything other than a
scientist.
Klasky, a third-year mathematics
and economics student, moved to
Los Alamos, New Mexico when she
was 8 years old with her mother and
father, who are both physicists in
the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
The Los Alamos National Labo-
ratory is operated by Los Alamos
National Security, LLC, of which the
University of California is a member,
along with several private compa-
nies such as Bechtel Corporation
and AECOM, two engineering firms.
The UC system has been either
directly or indirectly involved in lab
management since it was estab-
lished in 1943.
More than half of Los Alamos’
community members are employed
by the lab, and the town is also
affected by its often detrimental
environmental impacts, said some
students who work there.
K lask y said access to an
advanced science curriculum is
expected in Los Alamos because
the lab attracts highly educated sci-
entists who also work at Los Alamos
High School, the only public high
school in town. The United States
Department of Energy, which funds
the lab, also gives money annually
to the local high school, she added.
However, growing up in a nuclear
town changed the way Klasky and
her peers understood nuclear sci-
ence. She said they learned about
it as scientific progress, and the
community often did not address
impacts on the environment or local
population.
“I was conditioned to think nucle-
ar weapons were good,” Klasky said.
“People don’t really talk about the
fact that nuclear weapons can be
bad. Generally, it’s assumed that it’s
for science, and it’s good to prog-
ress science.”
Like many students in Los Ala-
um, LANL pushed to become the
country’s manufacturing plant for
the plutonium cores of atom bombs,
Mello said.
Plutonium is a radioactive ele-
ment found in the uranium deposits
used to develop nuclear weapons.
Lab technicians must be careful
when working with plutonium sam-
ples and keep them apart to avoid
a potential nuclear chain reaction.
If the plutonium rods are placed
too close together, there is the pos-
sibility of radiation exposure, which
would be fatal to technicians. Mello
said LANL has focused much of its
research on plutonium cores, also
referred to as “plutonium pits,” which
are found in the center of nuclear
weapons. This research has led
to increased danger in the lab, he
added.
In 2011, a supervisor found pluto-
nium rods placed too close together
and ordered a technician to sepa-
rate them. Despite the potential dan-
ger of radiation exposure, a senior
official kept technicians working
rather than following the protocol of
evacuating the room. Following the
incident, many LANL engineers quit,
citing an unsafe work environment.
However, LANL continues its
work with plutonium.
The National Nuclear Security
Administration announced May 11
mos, Klasky works as a summer
undergraduate student researcher
in the lab, conducting statistical pro-
cesses and introductory physics
research.
A n d y S h e n , a s e c o n d - yea r
appl ied mathematics student,
was also raised in Los Alamos and
attended the same high school as
Klasky. Shen said he also saw a
similar STEM-focused future in the
lab after seeing his parents’ work.
Shen returns to Los Alamos dur-
ing summers, where he interns at
the lab. He said the town and its
culture revolves around the labo-
ratory because the majority of the
residents, along with those in neigh-
boring towns, are employed there.
“(Los Alamos) became a town pri-
marily because of the lab,” he said.
“After World War II, when it was built,
the town’s role (to provide employ-
ees) became a lot more illuminated.”
Klasky said the lab owns many
buildings across Los Alamos, such
as an old middle school which now
functions as an office building.
“It really makes you think it’s a lab
town,” Klasky said.
Shen said the schools in Los
Alamos are heavily STEM-focused
to encourage students to consid-
er future employment in the lab.
Recruiters from the lab often visit
high schools to recruit students, and
Shen added that many of his peers
interned at the laboratory for aca-
demic credit.
“On one hand, (this culture) puts
a lot of unneeded pressure on stu-
dents to do what they think is right
based on the norm, but at the same
time it pushes and exposes you to a
lot of things,” Shen said.
Shen said he conducts research
in the applied engineering and tech-
nology department of the lab. His
mother worked in actinide chemical
analysis and radioactive isotopes,
and his father in the department of
energy under the laboratory, testing
environmental conditions such as
soil and groundwater.
“I was fascinated by what (my
parents) did, so I obviously wanted to
seek a job there as well,” Shen said.
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that the production of plutonium
pits will be split between LANL and
the Savannah River Site, a separate
nuclear production facility, in South
Carolina.
LANL will produce at least 30
plutonium cores a year, while at
least 50 will be produced in South
Carolina. U.S. Sens. Martin Heinrich
and Tim Udall, both representing
New Mexico, pushed to keep plu-
tonium pit production at LANL as
it is a source of jobs and profit for
the state.
Local organizations like the
Los Alamos Study Group believe
this would only be harmful to the
local community and environment
because the planned site for the
new factory would have been in too
seismic of a location, Mello said. He
added the Los Alamos Study Group
filed two lawsuits and a federal
appeal to delay in the lab’s planning.
“We don’t want the U.S. to have
a plutonium pit factory because we
don’t want new weapons,” Mello
said. “We can’t stop it everywhere
but we can and have stopped it at
LANL.”
The safety hazards with plutoni-
um stems from LANL’s lack of clear
management, said Jay Coghlan, the
executive director of Nuclear Watch
New Mexico, a nonprofit organiza-
tion that promotes safer regulations
The UC’s membership in Los Ala-
mos National Security, LLC, recog-
nizes laboratory employees as UC
employees, and therefore qualifies
employees’ children and depen-
dents to receive in-state tuition
rates.
Shen said his ability to qualify for
in-state tuition influenced his deci-
sion to come to UCLA. He added
there is currently an open bid among
higher education and private institu-
tions to manage the lab, and that the
UC is in consideration.
However, he is apprehensive of
the bidding decisions because if
the UC is not awarded the bid, he
thinks it may affect whether he can
continue paying in-state tuition to
attend UCLA.
“It’s always something that’s
been on my mind. I know my friends
from my high school at UCLA and
other UCs are worried about it,”
Shen said. “I feel like nobody knows
for sure what’s going to happen.”
Klasky also said she is concerned
it will affect her in-state tuition rate,
and added she has not received any
communication from the UC about
whether or not her tuition rate will
change if the UC bid is not chosen.
Lab management, however, holds
implications for the local community
as much as UC employees.
Charles Montano worked in the
the lab as an auditor for 32 years,
and said during that time he wit-
nessed health and environmental
impacts on the local community, in
addition to instances of mismanage-
ment in the lab.
Montano researched the various
ways the lab impacts the local com-
munity, and the UC’s management
of the lab, for 15 years. He published
a book titled, “Los Alamos: A Whis-
tleblower’s Diary,” in 2015.
Montano said his wife, who never
worked in the lab but lived with Mon-
tano in Los Alamos, was diagnosed
with thyroid cancer and discovered
it in time to receive treatment. He
added that she also ran the gastro-
enterology unit in the local hospital
at the time, and found that incidents
of thyroid cancer in the community
and accountability at nuclear weap-
on facilities. He added he thinks the
lab’s mismanagement issues stem
from the lack of the federal govern-
ment, the UC and corporate part-
ners taking responsibility for the lab.
“The direct link between UC
and LANL mismanagement is that
UC is LANL’s manager, jointly with
Bechtel,” Coghlan said. “The other
corporate partners (BWX Technolo-
gies, Inc. and URS Energy and Con-
struction, Inc.) are junior to UC and
Bechtel.”
Mello said he thinks the UC’s
secrecy and avoidance of respon-
sibility has been a consistent part of
its poor management of LANL. He
added he thinks the UC purpose-
fully keeps quiet about the extent
of its powers over the lab to evade
accountability for any incidents.
“Nothing that happens at LANL
can happen without UC’s participa-
tion and blessing,” Mello said.
The lab’s current contract with
the LLC, which includes the UC,
expires this year and the UC has
placed a bid to attain a manage-
ment position. The UC is applying
for the contract without Bechtel,
likely because it wants to distance
itself from the current history of mis-
management, Coghlan said. Other
schools that have confirmed their
bid in taking over the lab include the
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at large, in addition to lab employ-
ees, were disproportionately high.
“The reality is that most people
don’t think it’s going to happen to
them,” Montano said. “New Mexi-
co being a poor state, people are
primarily concerned with getting
employment and feeding their fami-
lies.”
The water table for the entire
state is also being contaminated by
runoff carrying radioactive materi-
als, Montano said. He works with
local activist groups such as Com-
munities for Clean Water in New
Mexico that work to bring attention
to local environmental impact on
Andy Shen, who spends summers working in the applied engineering and technology department
of the lab, said he is uncertain about how the bid will affect his ability to qualify for in-state tuition.
Dakota Klasky said she experienced a culture shock when she came to UCLA because it was the first
time she heard the diverse range of opinions around nuclear science.
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University of Texas and Texas A&M
University.
Mello said he was surprised the
UC wanted to continue its 75-year
management of the laborator y
given the problems it has faced in
the past. However, he said the gov-
ernment funding and the income it
earns through research may be the
UC’s incentive to remain involved.
The potential for attaching its
names to patents from research
developments is likely another moti-
vation for the UC, he added.
“UC has been very aggressive
about patents in the past,” Mello
said. “There is a sense that if you
make one big patent, you can make
a killing.”
The sense of prestige that comes
from the association with one of the
most famous nuclear facilities in the
world may be another factor, he said.
“(LANL) receives more money for
nuclear weapons than any place in
the world,” Mello said. “Every year.”
While having its name associated
with one of the most famous nuclear
labs in the world might be attrac-
tive, Coghlan said he thinks being
awarded the bid will not turn out well
in the long run for the UC.
“It would be in UC’s best self-
interest to maintain the relationship
with the lab,” he added. “But it would
(also) not be in its best interest.”
He said because the manage-
ment of LANL has a reputation as
being opaque and negligent, the
name of the UC may be tainted if it
were to remain involved.
“I think being central to an ongo-
ing culture that promotes an indefi-
nite presence of nuclear weapons
and improving them, that’s unethical
for core values of any university.”
he added.
Stephanie Beechem, a spokes-
person for the UC, said in a state-
ment that given its experience man-
aging three national laboratories,
the UC is more than qualified to
continue its leadership position at
LANL. She added the safety and
security for the lab’s operations and
management is a top priority.
“We are confident that the uni-
versity has the unmatched expertise
that the lab needs to fulfill its mission
in the years ahead,” she said.
However, Coghlan said given
the history of the UC’s involvement
in the lab’s avoidance of account-
ability, he is uncertain whether
any promises made by the UC to
improve environmental or public
safety regulations will be kept.
“Put me down as a skeptic,” he
added.
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the lab.
Montano was not always a critic
of the lab. When he was a child, he
and his father used to drive to Los
Alamos from their hometown in New
Mexico, and Montano said he would
help his father with construction
jobs.
“When I was growing up, (the lab)
was kind of a mystery on a hill,” Mon-
tano said. “Now, the air of mystery
is gone.”
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Economics|Degree categorization hurts international students
BY AVVALZAMEER
BHATIA
U
CLA seems
to believe that
taking cumber-
some calculus- and statistics-based
classes every quarter qualifies as an
arts degree.
Economics and business econom-
ics are considered Bachelor of Arts
degree programs, even though the
two majors put a heavy emphasis
on mathematics. While this may
not seem a dire circumstance, it is
quite problematic for international
students’ employment options.
After graduation, international
students enrolled in STEM degree
programs can choose to work in
the U.S. for three years for optional
practical training. Non-STEM
students can only work for one
year. Because economics degrees
are considered art majors, students
in the economics department are
currently not eligible for the STEM
work authorization extension of two
years.
In response, a group of inter-
national upperclassmen recently
submitted a petition to request the
department of economics to provide
a Bachelors of Science degree for the
major. The petition, which has 325
signatories as of Thursday, points
out how the STEM classification
would benefit international students
and highlights how concepts taught
in economics classes allow the major
to qualify as a B.S. program.
The economics department needs
to seriously consider this petition.
By acknowledging students’ employ-
ment concerns and working with
appropriate campus entities, such
as the UCLA Academic Senate, to
change the major’s qualifications,
the department can notably improve
students’ employment opportunities
and futures after graduation.
The work visa afforded to
non-STEM majors makes employ-
ers reluctant to hire qualified
international economics students
from UCLA because they don’t want
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Law, respectively, for the same reason.
to invest in hiring and training a
candidate who will have to leave in
one year. Many students believe that
the additional 24 months of the OPT
extension would give them sufficient
time to undergo on-the-job training,
encouraging employers to hire them
and to even sponsor visas that allow
them to stay in the country for full-
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someone conducting economics
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year and leave.” But the major includes enough
The hurdle to making the change quantitative material to qualify as a
to B.S. is the perception that the STEM major under the economet-
economics major isn’t a STEM rics and quantitative economics
program. Dora Costa, the chair of category, a classification that applies
UCLA’s economics department, said to any program that “focuses on the
she thinks the economics major systematic study of mathematical
would require curricular modifica- and statistical analysis of economic
tions to be considered STEM. phenomena and problems.” Econo-
For a major to be considered metrics and quantitative economics
STEM, it needs to fall under a programs are supposed to teach
certain classification of instructional students about optimization theory,
program code, according to the cost-benefit analysis, price theory
United States Department of Educa- and statistics, to name a few. These
tion’s policies. Currently, UCLA concepts are taught at UCLA in
designates its economics major Economics 11, 101, 1 and 41, respec-
as a general economics program, tively, which are all required courses
which the Department of Education in the economics major.
defines as a program that focuses Even if the university thinks
on “production, conservation and the current economics major is not
allocation of resources in conditions quantitative enough to meet this
of scarcity.” STEM requirement, the department
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of economics should still look into
changing the major to qualify as a
STEM program.
Several other top universities
have already recognized economics
as a STEM major. The list includes
six out of the eight Ivy League
universities, as well as the University
of Chicago, Northwestern University,
New York University, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Pomona
College and Williams College.
Economics classes at UCLA teach
similar, if not identical, material to
the classes at all these colleges.
“Many of us had the opportunity
to choose to go to other universi-
ties, but we chose to come to UCLA
instead,” said Trishala Kulkarni, a
fourth-year economics student and
one of the petitioners. “We are as
capable as economics students at
other colleges, and so it is simply
unfair to us that we do not enjoy the
same benefits that they do.”
Some may argue that the econom-
ics major isn’t a STEM program
because UCLA already offers a math-
ematics/economics program that
gives students a B.S. degree. But
the mathematics/economics major
falls under the department of math-
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ematics and stresses mathematical
concepts that are most relevant in
economics.
The economics major, on the
other hand, is far more focused on
the application of mathematics in
the business world and requires
students to take more economics
classes. This difference doesn’t
disqualify economics from being a
STEM program. Other universities
don’t have that mindset, and UCLA
shouldn’t either.
It is about time that UCLA starts
considering economics a B.S. major
to be fair to its students. While
economics definitely has an art to it,
any economics or business econom-
ics student would agree that what
they study seems more like science
than art.
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plenty of time to come back.”
Strumpf was 1-for-8 in the
regional last year, but hit .357
with a team-leading 12 home
runs in his sophomore season.
T h is postsea son w i l l be
Bird’s final stretch as a Bruin,
and he said that while he hasn’t
done a lot of reflecting on his
four years in Westwood, he has
been looking forward to this
weekend for a long time.
“I’m just really excited, this
is what I’ve been waiting for
since I made the decision to
come back for my senior year,”
Bird said. “It’s another chance
at a national championship. ...
I’m excited for the opportunity
this Friday to get going and win
a regional.”
First pitch for the Bruins and
Bulldogs is at 11 a.m. Friday,
and win or lose, UCLA will next
play Saturday.
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Coach Valorie Kondos Field and UCLA gymnastics will welcome freshmen Margzetta Frazier, Sekai Wright and Norah Flatley for the 2018-2019 season after graduating five seniors.

BY JACK PEREZ
Daily Bruin reporter
Following its first national
title since 2010, UCLA gym-
nastics will welcome a trio
of freshmen to give the Bru-
ins another opportunity to
repeat.
Coach Valorie Kondos Field
will be adding three high-lev-
el recruits to next year’s team
after losing five seniors from
this past year’s squad. Each
freshman is a top competitor
in their field, and two have
represented USA Gymnastics
on the international level.
Incoming freshman Marg-
zetta Frazier from Erial, New
has been cementing her status
as an elite gymnast over the
past year, finishing fifth in the
all-around at the 2017 P&G
Championships and second at
the 2018 Birmingham World
Cup in England.
Kondos Field said Frazier’s
talent on all four events will
help soften the blow of losing
the senior class.
“(Frazier) is known for her
versatility, power and pres-
ence on every event, as well as
her innovative skills and con-
nections,” Kondos Field said.
Coming out of Paramount,
California, incoming fresh-
man Sekai Wright has been
competing in Level 10 events
times in which she competed
on the vault. Wright was also
a two-time Level 10 National
Vault Champion.
Kondos Field said Wright’s
ath leticism and grace w i l l
help the Bruins in the upcom-
ing season.
“(Wright)is a powerhouse
who captivates with her dance
as wel l as her h i g h-f ly i n g
sk i l ls,” Kondos Field said.
“Both of these new Bruins are
fierce competitors and primed
to burst onto the national col-
legiate athletic scene.”
Incoming freshman Norah
Flatley competed i nter na-
tionally in 2015, and she was
ex p e ct e d t o comp et e for
ed her run. She has competed
in Level 10 since retiring from
international competition.
Liang Chow, Flatley’s club
coach, pra ised the for mer
U.S. National Team member’s
deter m i nation to i mprove
in every area of competition
and feels she will fare well in
Westwood.
“She is a very dedicated
athlete. A super hardworking
gymnast,” Chow said. “I think
she will be a wonderful asset
for the program, which is one
of the best programs in the
country. I think she will be a
great fit.”
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UCLA’s sevens squad will be competing in the Collegiate Rugby Championship this weekend for the sixth consecutive year. The Bruins were eliminated by Indiana in the quarterfinal round last season. UCLA lost to rival California in the 2016 final and has never won the championship.

GABRIEL MCCARTHY
Daily Bruin reporter
T he Br u i n s w i l l h ave a
chance to hoist their first-ever
Pete Dawk i n s T rophy th is
weekend.
UCLA men’s club rugby will
face three opponents in pool
play of the Penn Mutual Col-
legiate Rugby Championship in
Philadelphia this weekend. The
Bruins are in Pool E along with
Arkansas State, Delaware and
Virginia Tech.
In 2013 and 2014, UCLA lost
in the semifinals, and fell to
rival California in the 2016 final.
Coach Scott Stewart said the
Bruins will face the challenge
of new opposition in this year’s
edition of the tournament.
“The biggest challenge is
that there are some unknowns,”
Stewart said. “Delaware is an
unknown. Arkansas State and
Virginia Tech we know are very
physical teams that have had
a lot of success. The last time
we played Arkansas State they
beat us, so we have our work
cut out for us. We’re looking
forward to the challenge.”
A l l three other teams i n
UCLA’s pool have had some
ex per ience w it h t he CRC.
Arkansas reached the quarter-
finals in its last three appear-
ances at the tournament. Dela-
ware is in the main draw of the
CRC for its second consecutive
year. Virginia Tech made the
championship the past five
years, and is back this year for
its sixth appearance following a
loss in the semifinals last year.
The Br u i ns f i n ished the
season with a record of 18-8-1.
UCLA has a group of freshmen
who have played at the highest
youth levels. Center Benjamin
Broselle and scrumhalf Eric
Naposki-Abdalah are part of the
USA men’s sevens team train-
ing squad.
“They’ve been a welcome
addition this season and are
both very dangerous athletes,”
Stewart said. “They’ve been
training at a very high level
this year.”
Senior center Niall Barry
is leading the team after his
brother Cian graduated. Niall
Barry was a part of the squad
that made the CRC final two
years ago and Stewart said he
will look to a combination of the
young talent and experience to
lead the rest of the squad this
weekend.
“(Niall Barry’s) got a long
legacy,” Stewart said. “We’re
look i n g for h i m a nd those
younger guys to set the plat-
form and lead so that the others
can really focus on their own
game and physicality.”
Stewart said defense takes
priority in how the Bruins play.
The coach said they aim to
counterattack their opponents
after holding a strong defensive
line.
“We like to use our defense
as an offensive weapon so we
start there and we make sure
we’ve got our own half of the
field and our side of the ball tak-
en care of,” Stewart said. “When
we see an opportunity, we try
to work the opposition through
skill and passing. We’ve got a lot
of powerful and fast athletes.”
UCLA will have an opportu-
nity to improve on last year’s
result in the championship,
where it was eliminated in the
quarterfinals by Indiana.
“We’ve enjoyed the season,”
Stewart said. “It’s been a def-
inite upswing from last year
with the new players that we
have acquired. This is a presti-
gious tournament and one that
we have enjoyed participating
in and have had success in the
last five years. We want to con-
tinue that tradition with a big
showing this weekend.”
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the competition is greater, and
so it took some adjustment from
some of our young guys.”
Including the playoffs, the
Bruins accumulated 11 top-10
finishes with one first place
overall finish. UCLA finished
the year on the outside of the
top 25, but received 10 votes
from coaches.
“College golf is extremely
competitive,” Freeman said.
“It gets tougher every year and
we’re trying to become the great
UCLA team each and every
year.”
Throughout the season, the
Bruins faced ups and downs,
never quite breaking into the
top half of the rankings. How-
ever, Freeman still held them to
a championship standard.
“We expect to be competing
for championships,” Freeman
said. “Our guys understand that
and understand what’s required
of them and it takes a lot of hard
work.”
Junior Cole Madey said main-
taining a positive attitude and
great determination was key in
the team’s approach this season.
“We just had a whole new
vibe all throughout the season,”
Madey said. “We had two new
freshmen come in and just right
ourselves.”
At the end of Sunday’s stroke
play, UCLA men’s golf was tied
for 21st place, making an early
exit and leaving their champion-
ship aspirations in Oklahoma.
However, Madey was able to
move on as an individual, fin-
ishing tied for 27th at even par.
“It was fun to have my team-
mates out there watching,”
Madey said. “I think it just
showed a lot of my perseverance
throughout the year to make it
to the final cut.”
The Bruins will only lose one
golfer this year, senior Tyler
Collier, who started his career at
Oregon State in 2014. His career
for the Bruins included an All-
Pac-12 Honorable Mention in
2016-2017, as well as competing
in three conference champion-
ships with the Bruins. This year,
he finished tied for 129th in the
first round of stroke play with a
score of 6-over par.
Next year, UCLA will attempt
to get back on track and secure
its third national championship
in program history and its first
since 2008.
“This year we didn’t accom-
plish every goal that we want-
ed,” Freeman said. “I think
these guys are hungry, they
wanna be great.”
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NCAA REGIONALS
Sophomore second baseman Chase Strumpf, who is batting .357, will have a chance to improve on his 1-for-8 record at the plate in the 2017 NCAA regional this weekend.
Bruins to begin championship
with battle against Bulldogs
BY SAM CONNON
Daily Bruin reporter
The Bruins and Bulldogs
finished the season on differ-
ent paths, but they will come
to blows Friday morning.
No. 2 seed UCLA baseball
(36-19, 19-11 Pac-12) will face
off against No. 3 seed Gonzaga
(32-22) in the opener of the
double-elimination Minneapo-
lis Regional. After closing the
season on a 6-8 stretch, the
Bruins won their season fina-
le against Oregon State, but
were unable to secure a home
regional. The Bulldogs, on the
other hand, are 12-3 in their
last 15 games.
UCLA and Gonzaga have
faced off in three series since
the turn of the century, and
UCLA has won all of them two
games to one. Gonzaga stole
the series opener in 10 innings
in the most recent series in
2017. The Bruins came back
and won the next two games
WOMEN’S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES
3-run homer leads UCLA to comeback against Florida State
BY NICHOLAS
YEKIKIAN
Assistant Sports editor
Ga me one of the 2018
Women’s C ol lege World
Series brought with it a new
feeling for UCLA.
L a s t ye a r t he Br u i n s
dropped their first game of
the WCWS. This year, how-
ever, No. 3 UCLA softball
(56-5) beat No. 6 Florida
State (52-11) 7-4 in their
13th comeback victory of
the year.
The Bruins were down
4-1 in the sixth inning after
redshirt sophomore pitcher
Rachel Garcia gave up 4
runs in top of the fifth.
Senior first baseman Mad-
eline Jelenicki hit a ground
ball to third base with soph-
omore center fielder Bub-
ba Nickels on first nearly
resulting in a double play,
but Seminoles’ first baseman
Carsyn Gordon was pulled
off the bag, and Jelenicki
was safe at first.
A f ter th i rd basema n
Briana Tautalafua singled
up the right side and put
Jelenicki on second, junior
catcher Taylor Pack singled
to left field and loaded the
bases for freshman outfield-
er Julie Rodriguez.
Rodriguez hit a sacrifice
fly to center field to score
pinch runner junior Stevie
Wisz. It was now 4-2, and
with two outs in the bottom
of the sixth, senior second
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Golfers reflect
on latest season
following loss
C O U RTS E Y O F UCLA ATHLETICS
Junior Cole Madey and UCLA men’s golf missed the cut at the 2018 national champion-
ship, but agreed that the energy and attitude within the team was strong all season.
BY HENRY WEINSTOCK throughout the season that will
GRANT MOONEY/ DA I LY BRUIN Daily Bruin contributor allow them to have success in
the future.
The Bruins ended the sea- “When you transition from
son with their heads held high junior golf to amateur golf and
despite missing the cut at the high-level collegiate golf, there
national championship. is a difference,” Freeman said.
Coach Derek Freeman “The golf courses are tougher,
said that the UCLA men have
matured and gained experience
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2018 UCLA FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
Baseball “I feel like I’m getting stron- up to the challenge in the post-
ger week by week,” Bird said. season. Cincinnati Oklahoma
No. 3 Gonzaga
“My arm’s in shape enough to “I think it’s (about) being Sept. 1, 4 p.m. Sept. 8, 10 a.m.
Today, 11 a.m.
throw every day, so hopefully able to take that crowd with Rose Bowl Stadium Norman, Oklahoma
Minneapolis, Minnesota
I get to throw the whole thing you,” Strumpf said. “Make it ESPN FOX
ESPN3
Friday and then coach allows your own environment, make
me to throw the rest of the it feel like you’re at home.” Fresno State Colorado
6-1 and 5-4. weekend.” UCLA is 22-6 at home in Sept.15, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 28, 6 p.m.
Senior right-hander Jake Coach John Savage has used 2018, but 14-13 outside of Jack- Rose Bowl Stadium Boulder, Colorado
Bi rd star ted the Saturday a sophomore-heavy lineup this ie Robinson Stadium. FS1 FS1
game against Gonzaga, tossing season, but only three were The Br u i ns went to a
Washington California
six innings and recording sev- everyday starters when the reg ion a l l a st se a son, but
Oct. 6, TBD Oct. 13, TBD
en strikeouts without allowing Bruins played the Bulldogs have not advanced to a super
Rose Bowl Stadium Berkeley, California
an earned run. Despite toss- last year. Those three sopho- regional since they won the
TBD TBD
ing a quality start against the mores – first baseman Michael College World Series in 2013.
Bulldogs last year, Bird said he Toglia, second baseman Chase Strumpf started in both of Arizona Utah
thinks he’s in an even better Strumpf and third baseman UCLA’s postseason games last Oct. 20, TBD Oct. 26, 7:30 p.m.
position this time around. Ryan Kreidler – were a com- year, and said that he learned Rose Bowl Stadium Rose Bowl Stadium
“There’s a decent amount bined 2-for-11 in the loss to that baseball is much different TBD ESPN
of same hitters in their line- Gonzaga last year, but bounced in June.
up, and I think I’m a lot better back to hit .300 in the next two “I think the biggest thing is Oregon Arizona State
pitcher this year,” Bird said. games. that the game is never over,” Nov. 3, TBD Nov. 10, TBD
Bird has a conference-lead- Strumpf had a solo home Strumpf said. “Keep playing Eugene, Oregon Tempe, Arizona
ing 1.99 ERA and a 7-4 record run in game two of that series the game regardless of the TBD TBD
this season. He has pitched a – the first of his UCLA career. score. If we go up big, we go USC Stanford
career-high 104 innings this That game was at home, how- down big right away, there’s Nov. 17, TBD Nov. 24, TBD
year, including two complete ever, and the righty said that Rose Bowl Stadium Rose Bowl Stadium
games over the past three the Bruins need to adapt to TBD TBD
weeks. playing on the road and step BASEBALL | Page 10
Softball
No. 6 FLORIDA STATE 4
No. 3 UCLA 7
baseman Kylee Perez was
up to bat.
Perez was already 2-for-
3 on the day, logging the
298th and 299th hits of her
collegiate career. Number
300 would come in dramatic
fashion.
The third pitch of the at-
bat from pitcher Kylee Han-
son was moving away from
the lefty hitter, but it didn’t
matter. She reached across
the plate and launched a
moonshot over the right field
wall for the 300th hit of her
career.
Perez’s home r u n was
the Bruins’ only one of the
game, gave them a 5-4 lead
and though they tacked on
two more after that, it was
all they needed to seal their
first win of the WCWS.
Garcia turned in a spot-
less sixth inning and sealed
the win for the Bruins. The
sophomore threw 146 pitch-
es in her complete game
effort, struck out 15 of 31
batters faced and garnered
her 28th win of the season.
The Bruins will head to
the winner’s bracket game
and face the No. 2 Florida
Gators tomorrow night.
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or tweet @NickkWhyy. ahead 5-4. The Bruins overcame a 4-0 deficit and won 7-4 to improve to 1-0 in round-robin play. UCLA will face No. 2 seed Florida on Friday night in the winner’s bracket.