After her daughter fell off the top bunk bed of her dorm room last week, a mother of a UCLA student is taking action in an attempt to ensure it doesn’t happen again. Susan Lee, whose daughter fell off her bunk bed and sustained a two-inch vertical laceration on the back of her head, said […]
Author Archives: Derek Lipkin
Series of sexual batteries continues
Another woman reported being sexually battered on the west side of Westwood, the eighth incident of sexual battery in the past two and a half months. On Feb. 26 at 11:30 a.m., the suspect approached a woman from behind as she walked southbound on the 400 block of Kelton Avenue, according to a university police […]
Gone with the bin
Some students recycle by putting bottles and paper in bins. Others use those same bottles as vases filled with flowers or decorations to line the balconies and shelves of their apartments. Regardless of how they do it, many students at UCLA recycle, including those who are residents in the local apartments. But many have expressed […]
Trial to begin for local shooting
The suspect arrested in the Dec. 25, 2005, shooting of a Habibi Cafe patron was ordered Tuesday by a Superior Court judge to stand trial. Rafael Martirosyan was ordered to stand trial by L.A. Superior Court Judge Donna Groman. In a preliminary hearing Groman ruled that there was enough evidence to have Martirosyan stand trial […]
Felony charges filed in embezzlement case
Charges have been filed against two men suspected of theft and illegal purchase of construction tools at UCLA. James Ott and Robert Kann were each charged with one felony count of embezzlement by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office on Monday, said Richard Elias, the university police detective who headed the investigation when the […]
A Closer Look: Facebook may mar even the best of resumes
Questionable comments about underage drinking, stories of skylarking and, sometimes, not the most flattering photos. These and more can all be found throughout Facebook profiles of UCLA students. Scrolling through hundreds of pages, students can peruse the profiles of most of their schoolmates, searching through photo upon photo, group by group, name by name. But […]
Bill to widen freeway signed
Current UCLA students may never see a reduction in the traffic that plagues the 405 Freeway from the 101 Freeway interchange to the 10 Freeway. But the next generation of Bruins might. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed Senate Bill 1026 into legislation Friday, providing for the use of a design-build construction process in the widening of […]