Chavez-Martinez was the 2020-2021 Outreach Director. She was previously an assistant news editor managing the campus politics beat and still writes for the Daily Bruin news section occasionally. She is also a fourth-year English and Economics student at UCLA.

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Red tape lined the entrance of Kaplan Hall on Sunday evening after a separated pipe connector caused a flood Friday, which impacted 60% of the building. (Marilyn Chavez-Martinez/Daily Bruin senior staff)

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Kaplan Hall flooded Friday evening, causing potential class relocations and cancellations.  A separated pipe connector caused a chilled water line to break between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m.

https://dailybruin.com/2020/02/09/kaplan-hall-flooded-causing-potential-class-relocations-and-cancellations/

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Kaplan Hall flooded, causing potential class relocations and cancellations

By Marilyn Chavez-Martinez

Feb. 9, 2020 8:04 p.m.