This post was updated on April 30 at 7:35 p.m. A bomb threat was found in a Student Activities Center bathroom Thursday, prompting officials to ask students to leave the building for the rest of the day. The threat, a message written in graffiti that suggested a bomb would go off at a certain time […]
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Lit candle causes fire in Rieber Hall
A lit candle caused a fire in a room on the fifth floor of Rieber Hall, causing students to be evacuated from the dorm building late Tuesday evening, university police said. UCPD received a call at 10:09 p.m. reporting the fire, Lt. Richard Davis said. The room was vacant at the time of the fire, […]
USAC votes to investigate LET’S ACT! fundraising allegations
This post was updated on April 29 at 11:07 a.m. The undergraduate student government unanimously voted Tuesday night for the Election Board to investigate allegations that the LET’S ACT! slate used illegal fundraising tactics for multiple campaigns, possibly delaying the release of this year’s election results. Because elections cannot officially end until all complaints are […]
GSA candidate appeals election board decision on complaint
The graduate student government Election Board delayed releasing election results Tuesday night after a candidate appealed for the government’s forum to re-evaluate a complaint he made during the election process. Matthew FitzGerald, a law student and candidate for the Graduate Students Association vice president of external affairs position, filed a complaint to the Election Board […]
Problems on MyUCLA prevent students from securing commencement tickets
Frustrated seniors repeatedly refreshed the MyUCLA website and waited for it to work Tuesday as technical problems prevented them from securing tickets for the 2015 commencement ceremony. The university’s information technology department was aware of the problem and working to resolve it as of press time, said Jean-Paul Renaud, senior director of communications for the […]
UCPD searching for man involved in sexual battery off campus
University police are looking for a man who grabbed a UCLA student from behind late Sunday near the corner of Gayley and Landfair avenues. The man slapped and squeezed the student’s buttocks as she walked to the intersection about 11:25 p.m. Sunday, according to a UCPD statement. The student screamed, and the man ran south […]
Judicial Board rules against Bruins United for online campaigning violation
The undergraduate student government Judicial Board ruled Monday that the Bruins United slate violated online campaigning rules last week, after the slate appealed an Election Board sanction. The Undergraduate Students Association Council Election Board sanctioned Bruins United and LET’S ACT! candidates on April 17 for posting cover photos it considered promotional on Facebook earlier in […]