Shirin Vossoughi Vossoughi is a third-year history and American literature and culture student. Speak your mind and e-mail her at shirinv@ucla.edu. Angry students steal newspapers at Brown University, college kids at UC Berkeley demand an apology for a supposed exercise in “freedom of speech” and conservatives are up in arms. Sounds like perfect media […]
Category Archives: Crime
Task force reviews crime stats
By Robert Salonga Daily Bruin Reporter A task force commissioned by the University of California reported Friday that though there is much room for improvement, past underreporting of crime statistics for UC campuses was not deliberate. Following its investigation of UC Davis, Irvine and Riverside, the task force recommended the UC reconcile varying crime definitions […]
Crime Watch
CRIME WATCH Â 1 Vehicle stolen $12,143 Grand theft $2,502 Petty theft Petty theft Several wallets and purses, two parking permits, a cellular phone, bicycle and a car stereo were stolen during this period, amounting to a total loss of $2,034. Someone stole a stereo and garage opener, worth a total of $200, from a […]
Online services recover from attacks
By Noah Grand Daily Bruin Reporter Despite recent disruptions of two online services at UCLA, officials report that the incidents do not pose reason for alarm. “UCLA is a very high-profile organization. It’s not too surprising that we have been attacked,” said Kent Wada, UCLA Internet technology security director. The undergraduate admissions decision Web site, […]
Crime Watch
CRIME WATCH Â 5 Vehicles stolen $7080 Grand theft $3355 Petty theft Petty theft Five parking permits, five wallets, five cellular phones, two purses, two backpacks and two car stereos were stolen during this period, amounting to a total loss of $2,760. On Wednesday, someone stole eyeglasses and jewelry from a room in De Neve […]
Prank caller gets year in jail, 3 years probation
By Scott B. Wong Daily Bruin Staff A man who pled guilty to making more than 100 obscene phone calls to female UCLA students was sentenced to a year in county jail and three years probation, the Los Angeles City Attorney’s office announced Monday. Wallace Bouier, 42, who was convicted of sexually harassing 117 female […]
Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down
Administration, police remind students of “˜right’ to remain silent Thumbs down to the University of California Police Department and the UCLA administration for inappropriately dealing with UCLA’s traditional Midnight Yell last quarter. Not only did the administration implement extremely harsh rules on student involvement in Midnight Yell, but the excessive police presence requested by the […]