Three incoming UCLA freshman football players were arrested for suspected felony theft earlier this week, according to university police.
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Spring quarter’s Undie Run takes place despite lack of official university sponsorship
They ebbed and flowed, some sporting bikinis and others in boy shorts. Each time the crosswalk’s little white man was illuminated, a fresh mob of sprinters haphazardly made its way through the Strathmore Drive and Gayley Avenue intersection while chants of “U-C-L-A” and boisterous 8-claps echoed in the midnight air.
Man dies in Vespa accident
A man riding a motor scooter died after a collision with a car at the intersection in front of De Neve Plaza around 11 a.m. on Saturday, police said.
UCLA student steals $16,353 in gift cards
In a matter of 12 days, a UCLA student stole $16,353 from Visa gift cards and transferred the money to credit his Bruin Card account.
Pedestrians need protection
Most students can relate to the stress of standing at the bottom of the Saxon Steps, rapidly looking both ways on Gayley Avenue and toward the goal of Landfair Avenue, waiting for oncoming traffic to cease. At all hours of the day and night, students make the crossing from the Saxon Steps to the apartments. This is not the only poorly designed element of our campus that presents a danger to students. With the rise in the issuance of jaywalking tickets to students, campus designers and university police should realign their priorities to reflect increased prevention, rather than the punishment, for unsafe transportation corridors in the Westwood area.
UCLA still stripped of Undie Run
Negotiations with the administration to bring back a university-sanctioned Undie Run for students were halted last week because of safety and liability concerns.
Suspected signboard vandal confesses after arrest by UCPD
University police arrested a man Wednesday night who allegedly vandalized the 54 undergraduate student government election signboards and sandwich boards that line Bruin Walk to promote the candidates.