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. Read more...
Community, Crime, Opinion
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May 25, 9:00 pm
Pedestrians need protection
Campus, Crime, News
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May 23, 9:00 pm
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. Read more...
Campus, Crime, News
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May 7, 12:17 am
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. Read more...
Campus, Crime, News
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April 21, 10:52 pm
Rising bike thefts on UCLA campus prompt precautions
After the first time his bike was stolen from the Hedrick Hall bike racks, John Masline bought an identical bike as a replacement. Read more...
Campus, Crime, News
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April 15, 10:42 pm
Bomb squad responds to suspicious item at Covel
Covel Commons was evacuated around 11:35 a.m. Thursday morning after a pipe was found in a fire extinguisher box, but declared safe about two hours later after a bomb squad examined the object and determined it was not a threat. Read more...
Campus, Crime, News
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April 15, 11:51 am
Covel Commons declared safe after evacuation
Police declared Covel Commons safe at about 1:35 p.m. today after the building had been evacuated because of a pipe found in a fire extinguisher box. Read more...
Campus, Crime, News
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April 15, 10:05 am
Covel Commons evacuated because of pipe in fire extinguisher box
Covel Commons has been evacuated as of about 11:45 a.m. because of a pipe found in a fire extinguisher box. Read more...