Thursday, May 15



Community ties are UCLA’s best asset

It was my first regents meeting. Not knowing where to go, I went in through the public entrance. After passing through the metal detector, the UCPD patted me down and I entered the room. There was a velvet rope that separated the University officials from the public. When I tried to cross this velvet rope to join the Board, I was immediately stopped by a UCPD officer, who warned me in a stern tone, “You don’t belong there.” Indeed, thinking about who my “colleagues” were to be ““ they were the social elite, political heavyweights, probably worth more than the GDP of a small country ““ I didn’t belong on the Board. As a middle-to-working class Pilipino suburban “kid,” I knew what I was getting into but didn’t know if I could handle it. I was obsessed with the question, “How can I push an agenda here?” I felt this intense burden to get something done with the time I had. With over 160,000 UC students, and only one on the Board, it would be a disgrace and disservice if this university remained unchanged on my watch. Read more...


Crimewatch

Petty Theft Over the past week, five bikes were stolen on campus. On June 1, a wallet was stolen at the John Wooden Center basketball courts. Read more...


Drug probation centers lacking, study shows

California drug probation centers need to strengthen their disciplinary tactics, according to a study recently released by UCLA. The study released by the California Policy Research Center stated that about a third of probationers failed to show for drug testing or have tested positive for illicit drug use. Read more...


Crimewatch

Petty Theft On May 20 a woman’s 24-speed mountain bike valued at $300 was removed from the School of Dentistry bike rack. Later that day a cell phone worth $80 was taken from a table in Lu Valle Commons. Read more...


Alleged thieves arrested on Hill

The arrest of two alleged trespassers at De Neve Plaza last week may lead to the resolution of multiple laptop burglaries on the Hill. Mike Yi, 19, and Daniel Dongha Shin, 22, were arrested when patrol officers noticed one of them breaking into the Dogwood and Cedar buildings early in the morning on May 8. Read more...



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