A study conducted at UCLA found that the “crazy cat lady” stereotype may be more fiction than fact. The results found there is no substantial difference in self-reported symptoms of depression and anxiety between people who own cats, dogs or no pets, and concluded there is no evidence to support the “crazy cat lady” stereotype. Read more...
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UCLA conservationists and legal experts said upcoming changes to how the Endangered Species Act is implemented will make it more difficult to protect wildlife from extinction. Read more...
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This post was updated Oct. 29 at 5:24 p.m. Plans for a new soccer field at a Westwood park underwent changes in light of resident concerns. Read more...
Photo: Nikki Mark, former executive director of the Los Angeles Football Club Academy, proposed a soccer field at Westwood park and named it after her son Tommy Mark. The plan has been revised after community feedback but still faces challenges. (Axel Lopez/Daily Bruin senior staff)
An alumna claims UCLA Residential Life treated her unfairly after she reported an alleged incident of sexual harassment in 2016 while still a student. Yu Akao, a former student, alleged in an email that her former suite mate’s boyfriend sexually harassed her as she attempted to exit the shower in her Delta Terrace residence during fall quarter 2016. Read more...
Photo: An alumni alleges Residential Life mishandled her sexual harassment claim. She said she chose to speak out about it to prevent other students from having the same experience. (Daily Bruin file photo)
UCLA is already a competitive university, with a first-year acceptance rate of 14% in 2018 – the same as Cornell’s that year. For students applying to programs outside the College of Letters and Science, however, the bar can be even higher. Read more...
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Workers cleaning out Westwood barbershop Kami’s Hairstyling will have to take down old blue and yellow football jerseys, Bruin pennants and hundreds of framed photographs of regulars dating back to the shop’s founding in the ’70s. Read more...
Photo: Kamran “Kami” Parsee, the owner of Kami’s Hairstyling, died in August. His barbershop, a Westwood institution for 50 years, served hundreds of students and notable figures and provided them a warm, friendly environment to catch up with the campus. (Liz Ketcham/Photo editor)
The Westwood Village Improvement Association is a nonprofit organization tasked with improving the state of Westwood Village. Property and business owners created the association in 2011 to provide the Village with functions the city of Los Angeles could not provide. Read more...
