Community Briefs

Commission hosts Roll-AIDS event

The Student Welfare Commission, in conjunction with several
other groups, presented their seventh annual Roll-AIDS UCLA skating
event Tuesday night.

Roll-AIDS provided students with information about safe sex and
HIV testing, as well as food and an opportunity to roller skate
around Ackerman Grand Ballroom.

“It’s a great cause and a great event,” said
third-year theater student Grant Peterson, adding that he brought
his own skates but still donated money to the cause.

Students skated around Ackerman starting at 8 p.m., listening to
speakers from the Los Angeles AIDS Committee, Women at Risk and
other HIV/AIDS awareness organizations.

According to the commission, one in every 500 college students
in the country may be HIV positive, and this number may be as high
as one in every 330 students at UCLA.

Accused student granted stay

SANTA BARBARA “”mdash; A university freshman accused of murdering
four pedestrians with his car was granted a delay in his
arraignment Tuesday, and his father acknowledged outside court the
“unspeakable” grief of the victims’ loved
ones.

“I just want to say how devastated and heartbroken we are
for everybody who’s been affected by this ““ this very
horrible tragedy,” said Santa Monica television director
Daniel Attias after his 18-year-old son, David, made a brief
appearance in Superior Court.

With his tearful wife by his side, Daniel Attias struggled to
finish his statement.

“We know that it has affected not just the loved ones and
the families of the victims, whose grief must be unspeakable, and
we extend whatever compassion we’re capable of,” he
said.

Two UCSB students and two others will killed in a car accident
in Isla Vista Friday.

Propst assumes new post

William S. Propst now serves as UCLA’s director of
procurement.

As director, Propst is responsible for purchasing $423 million
in goods and services for the university each year, including
computers, photocopy machines, painting services, and lab and
office supplies.

“We buy the things that support the people who are here to
give UCLA students an education,” said Propst, who assumed
the position on Jan. 16. “We hope to add value to the campus
in terms of what we buy.”

Receiving his undergraduate degree in chemical engineering from
UC Davis and a Master’s in business administration from USC,
Propst believes procurement is a good way to improve business
skills while working with people.

Despite his degree from USC, Propst said he is excited about
having a reason to root for the Bruins in winter season sports.

Since he works off-campus at the Wilshire Center, Propst said he
enjoys coming to campus and absorbing the beauty of its buildings.
After one campus meeting, he visited a Fowler Museum exhibit and is
excited to do more of that in the future.

Registering students must be vaccinated

In accordance with the state Board of Education’s
Hepatitis B requirement, UCLA students have to be vaccinated
against the disease if they want to register for spring
classes.

The vaccination is a series of three shots. To make an
appointment to get vaccinated on campus, students can go to
www.studenthealth.ucla.edu/webappt/request.asp.

Students have also been notified of the need to be vaccinated
through their my.ucla accounts.

Compiled from Daily Bruin Staff and Wire reports.