Westwood Village may be part of the city that gave rise to such music industry giants as Capitol Records and Geffen Records, but in recent years the Village’s music scene has taken a hit as record stores have packed up and moved out. Both record store owners and students attribute the stores’ departures to the […]
Author Archives: Julia Erlandson
Wesley Clark to join UCLA campus
General Wesley Clark’s military career has taken him from Kosovo to Panama, from Europe to Washington, D.C. But starting in October, Clark will settle at UCLA ““ at least for a couple days a month. Clark, who was a candidate for the Democratic nomination to run for president in the 2004 election, will join UCLA’s […]
Wesley Clark to lend expertise to study of international relations at UCLA
Gen. Wesley Clark, a 2004 Democratic presidential candidate, will join UCLA’s Ronald W. Burkle Center for International Relations as a senior fellow, university officials announced today. Clark, a retired four-star general with 34 years of military experience, plans to do research, publish papers, guest lecture in undergraduate and graduate classes and host an annual national […]
Embryos may survive stem-cell harvest method
See how the new Lanza method works in an interactive graphic Scientists say they have discovered a way to harvest stem cells without destroying human embryos, but university officials said it is too early to know whether the new method will make its way into UCLA labs. Dr. Robert Lanza, vice president of Advanced Cell […]
Area crime up from last year
So far this year, university police have released 12 alerts notifying the Westwood community of especially concerning crimes. In all of 2005, eight such alerts were released. The disparity reflects a recent increase in minor criminal activity in the UCLA area, ranging from the string of sexual batteries in January to this month’s peeper incidents […]
Researcher vows to stop using animals
A UCLA professor has vowed to stop experimenting on animals as a result of pressure from animal rights activists, UCLA officials and one activist group said. Dario Ringach, an associate professor of neuroscience, sent an e-mail to the Animal Liberation Front on Tuesday titled, “You win,” promising to stop his animal testing, according to a […]
Prowler incidents reported
In response to a recent series of peeper and prowler incidents on and around campus, university police have issued a crime alert urging residents to exercise caution and vigilance. Since July 25, five prowler incidents have been reported and the UCPD is investigating them as being possibly connected to one another, said Nancy Greenstein, director […]