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• Diddy's son's scholarship controversial

  the education of the son of one of the entertainment world's richest figures. UCLA spokesman Ricardo Vazquez told the Los Angeles Times that UCLA has a "robust financial aid program," and said the money used for merit-based athletic scholarships was "entirely   Read more »

• Hofstra softball team advances to NCAA regional final

  and her teammates made the plays behind her as Hofstra University advanced to the championship round of the NCAA Los Angeles Regional softball playoffs with a 2-0 victory over San Diego State Saturday afternoon at UCLA 's Easton Stadium.It was the 19th straight   Read more »

• Researchers ID Genes That May Determine Mental Illness

  searched for two things in this study," senior author Paul Thompson , a professor of neurology at the University of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine and a member of UCLA 's Laboratory of Neuro Imaging, said in a university news release."We   Read more »

• Antioxidants May Not Help Alzheimer's Patients

  they cautioned.Greg Cole, associate director of the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at the University of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine, said that vitamin E alone has shown some limited benefits in Alzheimer patients, but with   Read more »

• Conservative publisher Breitbart dies in LA at 43

  died in Los Angeles. He was 43.Breitbart's website, bigjournalism.com, announced Thursday he died of natural causes in Los Angeles in the early morning hours. His death was confirmed by breitbart.com editor-in-chief Joel Pollak, who said he was at the hospital,   Read more »

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• UO coach Casey Martin takes swing at return to Olympic Club for U.S. Open

  most hectic, week of his career. “I’ll be out there Monday morning — hopefully hitting some fairways,” said Martin, in Los Angeles for the past week with the Ducks, whose run in the NCAA championships continued Friday with a quarterfinal victory over UCLA. 38 m ago from The Register Guard Read more »

• 14 student protesters arrested at UCLA

  LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Fourteen student protesters were arrested at UCLA Friday after they occupied the admissions office, demanding an increase in minority enrollment. Around 30 demonstrators were calling on UCLA to double the number of minority students. 1:47 AM from KABC Los Angeles Read more »

• Toreros have a longer route to travel if they want to advance

  Kenney, Special to the U-T | LOS ANGELES The annual destination for college baseball teams is commonly called “The Road to Omaha,” which is where the College World Series is held each year. The road just got a lot longer for USD, which took a detour to the 6/1/12 from San Diego Union-Tribune Read more »

• Oregon upsets UCLA to advance

  Country Club. Oregon will square off against top-ranked Texas on Saturday in the national semifinals. Alabama will face California in the other national semifinal. The Ducks are the only team remaining with prior experience in NCAA tournament stroke play. 6/1/12 from NCAA.com Read more »

• Baseball. Plutko Throws Complete Game, Lifting UCLA Past Creighton, 3-0

  two postseason starts - he allowed one hit in 7.2 scoreless frames in a start against San Francisco in the 2011 NCAA Los Angeles Regional ... Beau Amaral established UCLA's all-time postseason hits record (25), moving past Nick Theodorou (23) on the Bruins' 6/1/12 from UCLA Athletics Read more »