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.
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.
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...
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...
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.
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...
Four cars in Lot 1 were broken into Monday, following numerous thefts in the structure in the past two weeks, according to university police. Read more...
