Heather Chow awoke to a flashlight shining into the windows of her secluded Canyon Point room at 5:30 a.m. Read more...
Crime, News, Westwood
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December 2, 8:37 am
Dorm rooms broken into during Thanksgiving weekend
Crime, News
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November 29, 2:38 pm
UCLA campus fountains vandalized with red dye
Red dye was discovered in three fountains around campus by maintenance crews this morning, although university police said there is nothing connecting the vandalism to the upcoming annual rivalry football game against USC on Saturday. Read more...
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Maintenance crews found red dye in three fountains on campus early this morning.
Campus, Crime, News
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November 29, 12:51 am
Security tightens for the Bruin statue before USC game
UCLA has taken unprecedented measures, including a new cover and video cameras, to protect the Bruin statue from vandalism leading up to Saturday's UCLA-USC football matchup. Read more...
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Kristi Fleming, a second-year anthropology student, sets up a tent for her and other students defending the Bruin statue from vandals before the upcoming rivalry game.
Crime, News, Westwood
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November 29, 12:50 am
UPDATED: *Intruder tries to break into Canyon Point dorm room*
University police are looking for a man who broke into a dorm room on the ground level of Canyon Point on Sunday morning. A student who was sleeping in the room at the time heard the man as he tried to break the exterior window at 5:30 a.m. Read more...
Campus, Crime, News
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November 29, 12:48 am
UCPD suffers once again from state budget cuts
University police have been forced to scale back because of consecutive, 5 percent cuts that have slashed the police department's budget in 2009 and again in 2010. These cuts stem from a loss of state funding, which provides for about 50 percent, or $6 million, of the UCPD budget. In general, UCPD must be more wary with the way it spends money, said assistant chief of police Jeff Young. Read more...
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November 24, 1:24 am
Professor receives threatening package
Animal rights activists claimed responsibility for sending a package with razor blades and a threatening letter to a UCLA neuroscientist who conducts animal research. Read more...
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Professor David Jentsch received a package this month containing razor blades.
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November 23, 5:11 pm
*UPDATED: UCLA researcher receives allegedly AIDS-tainted razor blades from Animal Liberation Front*
Animal research extremists claimed responsibility today for sending a package and threatening letter to David Jentsch, a neuroscientist at UCLA who conducts research on animals. Read more...