This post was updated June 2 at 12:50 a.m. A murder-suicide in the Engineering IV building put UCLA in the national spotlight Wednesday. What followed was a score of hot takes about campus shootings and gun regulations from media outlets worldwide. Despite the frenzy of rumors and misinformation spreading through social media and across the […]
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Student plays bagpipes at Janss Steps after lifting of lockdown
Andrew Pietersen spent the morning hiding at Bruin Buzz in Ackerman Union during the UCLA lockdown. In the afternoon after the lockdown was lifted, he grabbed his bagpipes from his apartment and began performing the Scottish instrument on the hill by Janss Steps. The third-year bioengineering student inherited the bagpipes from his grandfather in 2004 […]
Campus concerts, events canceled, postponed
All campus events including classes, public concerts and recitals have been canceled for Wednesday, officials announced. Activities will resume Thursday, said Neal Stulberg, co-director of the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, in an email statement. He said Maryann Gray, assistant provost in the office of the Executive Vice Chancellor Scott Waugh, canceled all activities […]
Two dead in murder-suicide on UCLA campus
This post was updated June 1 at 11:21 p.m. Two people died in a murder-suicide at UCLA’s Engineering IV building early Wednesday, police said. The shooting took place in a small office around 10 a.m., said Los Angeles Police Department Chief Charlie Beck at a press conference. Both the shooter and another person died at […]