Briefs

University leaders speak at convocation

More than 4,500 freshmen and transfer students received a
welcome greeting from university leaders at Monday’s
convocation ceremony.

Brian Copenhaver, provost of the College of Letters &
Science, discussed how the events of Sept. 11 affect students
individually and as part of a collective history as UCLA
students.

USAC President Karren Lane then asked students to share their
personal experiences and history with other students on campus as
part of their UCLA education. Lane said it is important for
students to work collectively and that there is no limit to student
power.

In the past, Chancellor Albert Carnesale spoke to students at
convocation instead of Copenhaver. According to Max Benavidez,
assistant vice chancellor of university communications, freshman
convocation is more of a College of Letters and Science event and
Copenhaver was the best choice for speaker.

Carnesale was at a similar event for new graduate students at
roughly the same time Monday.

Governor names two new regents to board

Gov. Gray Davis named two new members to the UC Board of Regents
last week: Monica Lozano and Norman Pattiz.

Lozano, a resident of Los Angeles, is the president and chief
operating officer of La Opinion Newspaper. She is a member of the
UC Board of Trustees, the Board of Directors of the Alliance for
Student Achievement and the Board of Governors of the L.A.
Annenberg Metropolitan Project.

Pattiz, of Beverly Hills, is the founder and chair of Westwood
One, the nation’s largest radio network. He serves on the
Commission on Building for the 21st Century, Broadcast Education
Association, and Dean’s Advisory Board of Cal State
Fullerton. Pattiz recently served on the Associated Students of
UCLA Communications Board, which governs campus media, including
The Daily Bruin.

MIKE CHIEN UCLA alumnus Glen Winans, the grandson of
Charles Grove Haines, and Chancellor
Albert Carnesale celebrate Haines Hall’s reopening
Tuesday.

Haines Hall reopens after seismic
upgrades

Haines Hall reopened with a final dedication ceremony Tuesday
after undergoing two and a half years of seismic renovations.

“It’s one of the original buildings of UCLA here in
the quad,” said Chancellor Albert Carnesale, who was present
for the unveiling of the plaque. “We won’t feel like we
are fully back at UCLA until we have Powell, Royce, Haines and
Kinsey back to the way they were.”

The building was named for Charles Grove Haines, a former UCLA
professor involved in relocating the university from its original
site on Vermont Avenue in 1927.

Glen Winans, Haines’ grandson and the assistant dean of
administration, was also at the opening ceremony.

The newly-renovated building houses the anthropology and
sociology departments, Chicano Studies Research Center and the
Center for African American Studies.

The Men’s Gym, Kaufman Hall, Acosta Training Center, Life
Sciences Building and Kinsey and Dickson Halls will undergo similar
renovations in the next few years.

Reports from Daily Bruin staff and wire services.