In anticipation of the large crowds expected to flood Westwood following the UCLA-USC football game at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum this Saturday, the Los Angeles Police Department and UCPD have teamed up in an attempt to ensure that things don’t get out of hand. Because of the heightened rivalry that has developed between the Bruins […]
Category Archives: Crime
Man pleads guilty to sexual assault charge
Hilton Ingram Fisher was sentenced to 12 years in California state prison after being convicted last month on one count of sexual assault in connection with an incident on campus four years ago. Two separate incidents of sexual assault ““ one in the second-floor women’s restroom of Schoenberg Hall and another in the sixth-floor women’s […]
Hill is a home for the holidays
While most students spend their Thanksgiving holiday away from UCLA with their friends and family in the comfort of their own homes, a select few stay behind to provide services for the students who remain on campus for various personal reasons. Though the Office of Residential Life will not be hosting any events during the […]
Letter to the editor
UCPD street light advice not feasible I find university police spokeswoman Nancy Greenstein’s encouragement to walk in well-lit areas ridiculous and virtually impossible in the Village. I’ve always noticed the high number of non-working lights in the Village (“Where the streets have no light,” Nov. 17). On a recent trip to find street parking late […]
Where the streets have no light
As students walk home to their apartments on the west side of campus, they may find that many of the streetlights that had been installed to brighten their path are now dark. As of Wednesday night, about a third of the street lights by the apartments on the west side of campus are not working, […]
Serve and overprotect
“Isn’t there somewhere else you should be?” It’s a question I’ve often meant to ask on a Thursday night in the blocks surrounding fraternity row. Sheltered by the city limits of Bel Air, Brentwood and the Westwood commercial district, dozens of college students congregate in the streets, idly wandering from party to party. But it’s […]
Editorial: Let UCLA tradition run free of regulation
To those university officials and student representatives considering regulation and over-coordination of the Undie Run, we have one thing to say: Hands off our drawers. The Undie Run, a recently established and wildly popular tradition, takes place on Wednesday night every quarter during finals week. Students gather at the top of Landfair Avenue and run […]