The UCLA Records Management and Information Practices Office has delayed the Daily Bruin’s access to public documents for 20 days. The Bruin requested emails under the California Public Records Act on Jan. 30 about why UCLA ended its participation in the Westwood Organized Meaningful Projects. UCLA students and community members worked on projects to clean […]
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UCPD Chief James Herren to retire after seven years of service
UCLA Police Department Chief James Herren will retire in June after almost seven years in the position working to improve community relationships and accountability. Herren joined the university as chief of police in 2009. He has since worked to improve interactions between officers and the community, and better prepare officers to handle public safety issues, […]
Head of BlackRock, alumnus Laurence Fink to speak at 2016 commencement
Laurence D. Fink, UCLA alumnus and businessman, will be the keynote speaker at the UCLA College of Letters and Science commencement ceremonies on June 10 in Pauley Pavilion, UCLA officials announced Thursday. In 1988, Fink helped create finance management company BlackRock, which has managed more than $4.6 trillion on behalf of clients. BlackRock manages pension […]
Q&A: UCPD representative discusses budget, funding methodology
University police manages a budget of more than $12 million, about 60 percent of which is used to pay its staff. Each year, UCPD’s finance division determines how money is distributed to each department, and aims to solve issues such as deficits. The Daily Bruin recently requested UCPD’s budget for the past five years. Documents […]
Petition calls for dismissal of professor accused of sexual assault
A group of graduate students started a petition that demands the University of California dismiss a UCLA history professor accused of sexually assaulting two students. Preston McBride, president of the History Graduate Students Association, said graduate students started the petition after UCLA officials allowed history professor Gabriel Piterberg to return to teach on campus. Two […]
UCPD looking for man accused of sexually assaulting student
University police are searching for a man who allegedly sexually assaulted a UCLA student on the Hill early Friday. The student reported an acquaintance assaulted the student in a residence hall at 2:30 a.m. on Friday, according to a UCPD alert. The man was described as Asian, 5 feet 10 inches tall and 155 pounds […]
Throwback Thursday, Week 2: The ‘Southern Campus’ moves westward
I was on the roof of Kerckhoff Hall yesterday, and I just had to take the chance to look at how UCLA developed. It was hard to imagine that when UCLA moved to Westwood in 1929, there was no Bruin Walk, no grassy hills besides Janss Steps and I probably would have be able to […]