In the nights before his 2011 graduation from UCLA, Charles Bergmann stayed up late in his Westwood Village apartment, making calls to the Ukraine.
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UCLA professor unites three university campuses through online class
Twice a week, UCLA professor Robert Goldberg lectures in three places at once.
Alumnus, longtime UCLA network engineer Christopher Thomas dies of cancer
Christopher Thomas, a UCLA network engineer of 40 years, died of colon cancer on Dec. 29. He was 67.
Bruins find summer adventures abroad in Africa and France
With three full months away from campus and coursework, Bruins will spread across the globe this summer, creating their own stories of adventure and travel.
Applied linguistics department closes admissions after failing to meet all of Academic Senate's demands, now in limbo as it awaits disbandment decision
After allegedly failing to meet requests for change from the Academic Senate, the applied linguistics department will not be allowed to accept new students for the 2012-13 school year.
Project preserves union history
Jono Schaffer once sat with hundreds of fellow strikers on the curb of a bustling L.A. street. Their statement stopped cars, created traffic and prompted highway patrollers to beg the workers to leave.
A member of the Service Employees International Union, Schaffer chuckles constantly in an online video while telling UCLA students of the times he went on strike.
Student groped by man near Rieber Court
A student told police that a man touched her breasts in a Rieber Court crosswalk on Sunday at about 5 p.m.
The suspect, described as a 20-year-old Asian man with “funky hair,” approached the student from behind while she walked in the crosswalk, according to a university police statement. He is likely a student, said UCPD sergeant Miguel Banuelos.
After he cupped the woman’s breasts, the suspect’s friend reportedly pulled him away, saying, “What’s wrong with you!”
The student said she thought the man was drunk or under the influence of drugs. She felt it necessary to report the incident but did not want to file an official police report, Banuelos said.
University police alerted the Office of Residential Life, and posters describing the incident were hung around the Hill as a warning to students.
Officials will investigate whether security cameras are stationed near the location of the incident, Banuelos said.