This post was updated Nov. 1 at 12:23 p.m. Voters commuting to polling locations will be able to take the Los Angeles Metro bus and rail transit system for free on Election Day. Read more...
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News, Science & Health
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October 31, 8:34 pm
CAT scans of sabertooth cats’ skulls unearth evolution of predatory behavior
Some sabertooth cats had powerful skulls that allowed them to kill their prey in one or two bites, according to research published at UCLA. A UCLA professor, along with a team of international researchers, published a study in October that analyzed sabertooth cat skulls from two different species to determine how the cats killed their prey. Read more...
Photo: Reconstructions of the skulls of two species of sabertooth cats. (Courtesy of Stephan Lautenschlager)
News, Student Government
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October 31, 4:14 pm
USAC recap – Oct. 30
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every Tuesday at 7 p.m. Read more...
A Closer Look, Campus, Crime, News
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October 31, 1:56 am
Bird and Lime slapped with class-action lawsuit over rider and pedestrian injuries
Two Los Angeles-based attorneys filed a class-action lawsuit against e-scooter companies and scooter manufacturers on behalf of injured riders and pedestrians earlier this month. Catherine Lerer and Jeffrey Costell filed the lawsuit on behalf of eight plaintiffs in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Oct. Read more...
Photo: Bird and Lime e-scooters companies have been named in a class-action lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court on behalf of injured riders and pedestrians this week. (Amy Dixon/Photo editor)
A Closer Look, Campus, News, Science & Health
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October 31, 1:49 am
Pangolin Trafficking Project researchers voice concerns about pangolin awareness
Researchers in the UCLA Congo Basin Institute and Center for Tropical Research are using genomic tools to track down the global trafficking routes of pangolins and their scales. Read more...
Photo: (Nicole Anisgard Parra/Illustrations Director)
A Closer Look, Campus, News, Student Government
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October 31, 1:44 am
Freshly appointed election board chair hopes to rewrite election code
This post was updated Oct. 31 at 2:33 p.m. A former undergraduate student government presidential candidate was appointed election board chair Tuesday night. Richard White, a fourth-year political science student and the Leaders Influencing Tomorrow presidential candidate in the 2018 Undergraduate Student Association Council elections, was confirmed by the council in a 10-2-1 vote after three hours of debate. Read more...
Photo: The Undergraduate Students Association Council voted 10-2-1 to approve Richard White, a former USAC presidential candidate and fourth-year political science student, as election board chair. (Liz Ketcham/Assistant Photo editor)
Crime, News
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October 30, 7:59 pm
UCPD searches for man who has repeatedly exposed himself on Midvale Avenue
University police are searching for a man involved in a series of indecent exposures from August to October. A man was seen masturbating in a vehicle after asking to speak with female pedestrians who were UCLA students on four separate occasions on Midvale Avenue between Strathmore Drive and Gayley Avenue, according to UCPD. Read more...
Photo: UCPD described the man as black, about 20 to 35 years old and bald or with short hair. He was last seen wearing a t-shirt and sweatpants. (Courtesy of UCPD)