The Undie Run took some wild new twists and turns Wednesday night. For many, it was no longer just a student tradition. It became a UCLA event. What had for four years consisted of students running in their underwear through Westwood streets during finals week was abruptly halted when dozens of university police officers, some […]
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Officials to meet, address Undie Run safety
As veteran runners express growing concern over the administration’s interference with a purely student-run event, university police continue to finalize plans to ensure the safety of a modified Undie Run route. The new route will begin at the corner of Gayley and Landfair avenues, turn left at the traffic light, cut through De Neve Plaza, […]
Student groups discuss disputed cartoons
The campus student group L.O.G.I.C. plans to show the controversial cartoons depicting the Muslim prophet Muhammad tonight, a week and a half after a similar event at UC Irvine where tempers flared. The cartoons, which violate an Islamic principle that does not allow for visual depictions of the Prophet Muhammad, were originally published in a […]
New route for Undie Run
When students attending this quarter’s Undie Run gather at the corner of Gayley and Landfair avenues in three weeks, they will find the tradition a little different than usual. Instead of running down Landfair Avenue to the corner of Glenrock and Levering avenues, runners clad in their underwear will be directed through De Neve Plaza, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Cooperage robbery raises security issues
The Associated Students UCLA is re-examining its security policies after an armed robbery occurred in the Cooperage while no security guard was on duty. The robbery happened when a man snuck into a back office of the Cooperage, which contains several campus restaurants and a seating area, on the evening of Jan. 5, the Thursday […]