About 200 children and student volunteers at a UCLA nonprofit summer camp moved Saturday to a campsite in Wrightwood for the second session of the program as the San Bernardino fires that forced them to evacuate from their original site continued to spread. UniCamp student counselors moved the first session of the camp from Barton […]
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UCPD searching for suspect in attempted Glenrock Avenue burglary
University police are searching for a man who entered a UCLA student’s Glenrock Avenue apartment early Monday morning and attempted burglary. The man entered the apartment on 558 Glenrock Ave. about 12:10 a.m. Monday through an open window screen, according to a UCPD statement. The student woke up and confronted the man, who then left […]
Gov. Brown signs budget to fund public schools, expand Medi-Cal
Gov. Jerry Brown signed a $115 billion general fund budget Wednesday, which includes an additional $25 million to the University of California system. The new budget increases spending on public schools and expands Medi-Cal to undocumented children, among other changes. The California State University system will receive an additional $97 million to increase enrollment. There […]
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs arrested after altercation at UCLA
This post was updated on June 28 at 3:05 p.m. Rapper Sean Combs, better known as Diddy, was arrested Monday afternoon at UCLA’s Acosta Athletic Training Complex on three charges, including assault with a deadly weapon, making terrorist threats and battery, according to a UCLA statement. University police arrested Combs about 12:30 p.m. after he […]
UCLA football recruit returns to play after facing legal action
UCLA football’s top running back recruit, Sotonye “Soso” Jamabo, was reported to be with the team after facing legal action in April. According to sources, all incoming freshmen, including @Soso_Jamabo1, reported to UCLA today. pic.twitter.com/dKHOx9CLPW — Bruin Report Online (@BruinReport) June 21, 2015 Throughout the entire spring training camp, coach Jim Mora was mute about […]
UCLA researchers find cocaine use compromises immune response to HIV
Researchers at the UCLA AIDS Institute and Center for AIDS Research published reports Thursday concluding that intravenous cocaine usage may harm the immune system’s ability to ward off HIV. The study used BLT mice, or mice engineered to have human-like immune systems with fragments of human thymus cells, liver cells and stem cells. Dimitrios Vatakis, […]
Lawsuit alleges UC Regents’ indifference toward Title IX violations
Two graduate students filed a federal lawsuit against the University of California Board of Regents Thursday, alleging UCLA officials did not adequately address complaints that a professor sexually harassed them. Nefertiti Takla and Kristen Glasgow, both graduate students in history, alleged history professor Gabriel Piterberg sexually harassed them, including making unwelcome sexual comments and advances, […]