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LAist Film Calendar 02/09-02/12: Oscars Love Shorts, Cinefamily Loves Valentines

LAist Film Calendar 02/09-02/12: Oscars Love Shorts, Cinefamily Loves Valentines

This Valentine's weekend, remember it isn't the size of the short that counts, but how it puts its frames to use. For feature length lovers, there's Cinefamily's Seven Days of Valentines and many more. See you (making out) at the movies! more ›

Female UCLA Student Sexually Assaulted On Campus Near Residence Hall

Female UCLA Student Sexually Assaulted On Campus Near Residence Hall

University police say that a UCLA student was sexually assaulted near a residence hall on campus early this morning. A male suspect called out to a female student climbing what are called the Saxon Steps before he sexually assaulted her. more ›

They Tried to Make Her Go to Rehab, But Heather Locklear Said No, No, No

They Tried to Make Her Go to Rehab, But Heather Locklear Said No, No, No

Heather Locklear's family reportedly wants her to go rehab but for right now she's telling them no, no, no. more ›

Don't Mess With Mora: New UCLA Football Coach Boots 2 Players Following First Official Team Meeting

Don't Mess With Mora: New UCLA Football Coach Boots 2 Players Following First Official Team Meeting

The UCLA football team is down three players, as was announced by new coach Jim Mora on Monday. Mora dismissed two players today, while a third failed to meet the school's academic standards and is no longer a UCLA student. more ›

A Loss For the Right: Political Commenter Tony Blankley Dead at 63

A Loss For the Right: Political Commenter Tony Blankley Dead at 63

Conservative author and political commenter Tony Blankley, heard locally on KCRW's "Left, Right, and Center," representing the right, has died. Blankley was 63, and had stomach cancer. more ›

UCLA Kiss Cam Marriage Proposal Fail: 'Is This a Joke?'

UCLA Kiss Cam Marriage Proposal Fail: 'Is This a Joke?'

Every once in a while someone decides to use the Kiss Cam to pop the Big Question, and sometimes that turns out to be the most humiliating public display of all. more ›

UCLA Professor and UC System Face Felony Charges In Connection With 2008 Fatal Lab Fire

UCLA Professor and UC System Face Felony Charges In Connection With 2008 Fatal Lab Fire

A UCLA chemistry professor and the University of California are facing criminal charges in connection with a laboratory fire that killed a worker Sheharbano "Sheri" Sangji three years ago. Sangji, 23, was burned so severely by the laboratory fire that she died 18 days later. more ›

Extra, Extra: There's Apparently a Market for a Tupac Sex Tape, UCLA Likes Judgment Against 'Animal Extremists,' and Weird Electoral Quirks

Extra, Extra: There's Apparently a Market for a Tupac Sex Tape, UCLA Likes Judgment Against 'Animal Extremists,' and Weird Electoral Quirks

In tonight's Extra, Extra, we discover there's someone out there who paid for a Tupac sex tape, a weird quirk of electoral law means millions of Californians will be unrepresented at the state capital and Ron Howard finished up a crowd-sourced project. Plus: Keep up with us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter: @LAist @LAistFood @LAistSports. more ›

Students With Voices: UC Students Rattle Board of Regents Meeting

Students With Voices: UC Students Rattle Board of Regents Meeting

The chants of University of California (UC) students disrupted the UC Board of Regents teleconference meeting today at UCLA and other UC campuses, forcing board members to relocate to different meeting rooms. About 60 students from several campuses gathered in UCLA's Bruin Plaza to listen to the broadcasted teleconference and, of course, to protest. more ›

UCLA Head Football Coach Fired

UCLA Head Football Coach Fired

UCLA announced today that they have fired their head football coach, Rick Neuheisel -- or, in PR parlance, Neuheisel has been "relieved of his duties." The firing comes on the heels of UCLA's brutal 50-0 loss to USC over the weekend. more ›

Letter to the Chancellor: UCLA Faculty Fights for Students' Free Speech

Letter to the Chancellor: UCLA Faculty Fights for Students' Free Speech

Over 40 UCLA faculty members have signed a letter addressed to Chancellor Gene Block that pens concern about restraint of free speech. The letter criticizes Friday's arrests of 14 Occupy UCLA protestors and says the administration lacked valid reasoning for the measures taken to dismantle the protest. more ›

Extra, Extra: Fraternity Hazing, College Rivalry Week and Free Pie

Extra, Extra: Fraternity Hazing, College Rivalry Week and Free Pie

In tonight's Extra, Extra, a UC Davis student sues the school, UCLA and USC gear up for the big game, and we're told there will be pie. Plus: Keep up with us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter: @LAist @LAistFood @LAistSports. more ›

UCLA Students Arrested During Big Banks Protest

       

On the heels of National Bank Transfer Day, UCLA students joined forces with Occupy L.A. - and the rest of the statewide anti-big bank movement - on Wednesday to protest cuts to higher education and public services. The Refund California Coalition organized the L.A. march, which took place in the downtown financial district at 4:30pm. Over 100 UCLA students remained on their turf to protest. more ›

UCLA Students Shut Down Streets and Face Arrest During Protest

UCLA Students Shut Down Streets and Face Arrest During Protest

UCLA students and supporters took to the streets today to protest cuts to the budget that have led to an increase in fees, reports the AP. About 200 people participated, closing down parts of Wilshire and Westwood boulevards. more ›

18-Year-Old Man Found Dead at UCLA Frat House [UPDATED]

18-Year-Old Man Found Dead at UCLA Frat House [UPDATED]

The party came to an abrupt halt on Saturday afternoon for UCLA's Theta Chi fraternity. Glen Parrish, an 18-year-old Manhattan Beach resident, was found dead at the frat house. Friends discovered Parrish's body in bed. He was pronounced dead at 2:10pm. The teen was not a student at UCLA. He attended Arizona State University and was visiting a Theta Chi member. more ›

Burglar Makes Off With Records for 16,000 Patients in the UCLA Health System

Burglar Makes Off With Records for 16,000 Patients in the UCLA Health System

UCLA is now warning 16,000 patients that a burglar made off with their personal medical records two months ago, according to the Associated Press. When the doctor's home was burglarized, the thief swiped the hard drive with the medical records — and the scrap of paper right next to it with the password. Whoops. more ›

Academy Awards Producer Gil Cates Dies on UCLA Campus

Academy Awards Producer Gil Cates Dies on UCLA Campus

Halloween was a sad day for the entertainment industry and UCLA community. Gilbert "Gil" Cates, founding dean of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television and producing director at the Geffen Playhouse, died at age 77 yesterday on the UCLA campus. more ›

Happy Birthday, Internet! The First Internet Message Was Sent From UCLA 42 Years Ago Today (And It Crashed Halfway Through)

Happy Birthday, Internet! The First Internet Message Was Sent From UCLA 42 Years Ago Today (And It Crashed Halfway Through)

Today UCLA is going to be having a little shin-dig to celebrate a very historic occasion: 42 years ago today someone sent a message on the internet for the very first time. Of course, the internet crashed halfway through and only the first two letters of the message "login" made it. more ›

Streaker During UCLA Game Distracts Refs From Escalating Fight

Streaker During UCLA Game Distracts Refs From Escalating Fight

If you're going to streak across a sports arena, you should try to choose an opportune moment to do it. Unfortunately, things didn't work out that way for one local nudie as he ran around Arizona stadium in the buff yesterday during a UCLA-Arizona game. According to NBC Los Angeles, the streaker came out onto the field dressed as a referee. more ›

UCLA May Allow Co-Ed Dorm Rooms

UCLA May Allow Co-Ed Dorm Rooms

Watch out, America -- our nation's moral fiber is unraveling with frightening haste. The latest proof? UCLA is reportedly considering allowing male and female students to room together. Suzanne Seplow of UCLA's office of Residential Life tells CBS News that the possible change comes on the heels of universities finding ways to accommodate transgendered students. more ›

UCLA Student Sexually Assaulted Near Campus

UCLA Student Sexually Assaulted Near Campus

While walking near Strathmore Drive and Levering Avenue by the UCLA campus on Saturday, a student was grabbed and sexually assaulted, reports ABC News. The attack happened at about 7:00 p.m. more ›

Actors, 'L&O: SVU' Star Mariska Hargitay Wants to Send You to College

Actors, 'L&O: SVU' Star Mariska Hargitay Wants to Send You to College

She's a native Angeleno and the progeny of a Hollywood icon, and now actress Mariska Hargitay is paying it forward for young actors. The "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" star has given her alma mater, the UCLA School of Theater Arts and Television, $100,000 for an acting scholarship. more ›

Justin Bieber, Charades & AK-47s: How UCLA Student Chris Jeon Spent His Libyan Summer

Justin Bieber, Charades & AK-47s: How UCLA Student Chris Jeon Spent His Libyan Summer

After a month of Libyan revolution life, UCLA math major Chris Jeon has returned home. Gripping videos and stories are not the only items Jeon brought back to the States. He also carries a new found respect for the cost of freedom. more ›

UCLA Grad Student Shuns Mirror, Stops Asking "Who's The Fairest of Them All?"

UCLA Grad Student Shuns Mirror, Stops Asking "Who's The Fairest of Them All?"

Kjerstin Gruys, a UCLA grad student working on a thesis about body image, has decided to stop checking herself out in the mirror for an entire year. Yes, even though halfway through her mirror-less year — which is next month — she's getting married. Her rules are pretty thorough, and if she follows them, she won't be seeing any images of herself the entire year. more ›

UCLA's Thrill-Seeking Chris Jeon Isn't Leaving Libya Just Yet, Correspondents Say

UCLA's Thrill-Seeking Chris Jeon Isn't Leaving Libya Just Yet, Correspondents Say

Contrary to reports that the rebels didn't want Chris Jeon after all, some foreign correspondents stationed in Libya are saying that Jeon is considered a hero — and he isn't leaving the fight just yet. Foreign correspondent Bradley Hopesent out a tweet this morning, saying, "Last we heard, he was still a celebrated mascot of the rebels, going from brigade to brigade. But info is hard to get." more ›

Celebrity Summer School: NBA Players & P. Diddy Hit The UCLA History Books

Celebrity Summer School: NBA Players & P. Diddy Hit The UCLA History Books

P. Diddy and four NBA players - including two All-Stars, are brushing up on their history this summer at UCLA, reports CBS LA. Cleveland Cavaliers guard Baron Davis and Minnesota Timberwolves forward Kevin Love tweeted excitedly about their new summer school classmate, noting Oklahoma City Thunder's point guard Russell Westbrook's attendance. more ›

Backpack Bandits Arrested After Allegedly Targeting SoCal Universities

Backpack Bandits Arrested After Allegedly Targeting SoCal Universities

After a string of burglaries at five southern California campusus, police have arrested a man and a woman tin Irvine in connection to the crimes, reports the OC Register. Karim Patrece Davis, 28, and Angie Latoya Gray, 25, were taken into custody on August 4, after officials allegedly tracked stolen credit cards that the pair had been using. more ›

Will You Survive 'The Rampture'? Wilshire On & Off Ramps to 405 Will Be Closed For Several Days in November

Will You Survive 'The Rampture'? Wilshire On & Off Ramps to 405 Will Be Closed For Several Days in November

From the folks who brought you the marvel that was Carmageddon comes The Rampture--no, it's not a traffic-inspired disaster movie, but rather a nickname bestowed upon the several days of closures the eight Wilshire Boulevard on and off ramps to the 405 Freeway will undergo at various times in November. more ›

Is the Ching Chong Ling Long Food Delivery Service Racist?

Is the Ching Chong Ling Long Food Delivery Service Racist?

"Ching Chong Ling Long" means many things: It means you're an airheaded UCLA student ranting about Asian schoolmates in the library. It means "I love you" to one songwriter. It means a clever marketing ploy for a Chinese food delivery service in Westwood. But when it comes to the latter, one politician says it simply means "racist." more ›

Hospitals Say Employees' Commute Overlooked in 405 Shutdown Plan

Hospitals Say Employees' Commute Overlooked in 405 Shutdown Plan

City officials insist that public safety is the number one priority in the complex plan surrounding next month's closure of the 405 but administrators at four area hospitals fear that essential staff will be unable to commute to and from work. more ›

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