News Briefs
By Daily Bruin Staff
Oct. 14, 2001 9:00 p.m.
Man arrested at Rose Bowl
Police arrested a man at the Rose Bowl Saturday after he
threatened to blow up the stadium. No explosives were found.
Michael Jondreau, 58, of Santa Monica, made the threat to two
UCLA students who were watching the Bruins play Washington, said
Janet Pope, a spokeswoman for the Pasadena Police Department.
“The students, obviously very frightened, flagged down one
of the police officers, and that was when we took him into
custody,” Pope said. “We checked and found no
explosives, so we don’t know why he said that.
Jondreau was booked on suspicion of making criminal threats
““ a felony, Pope said. No bail can be posted, and the case
will likely go to court today, said Lt. Lisa Perrine.
According to Perrine, the incident occurred outside the Rose
Bowl in the concourse area at Gate A.
Anti-war protest in Westwood
Approximately 250 people gathered at the Westwood Federal
Building on Saturday in a peaceful anti-war rally as U.S. attacks
against Afghanistan continued.
The event was the third anti-war rally at the Federal Building
since the United States launched attacks on Oct. 9.
“We are here standing up for the people of
Afghanistan,” said Magda Miller, a rally organizer from the
International Action Center.
Standing behind a large banner reading “Stop Star
Wars” ““ referring to the proposed missile defense
system ““Â protesters chanted, “Not one victim more,
stop the bombing, stop the war.”
Others carried signs reading “War is also
terrorism,” and “Support our troops, bring them home
now.”
Many motorists honked and hollered support as they passed by on
Wilshire Boulevard.
But one man shouted as he drove by in a convertible: “Bomb
them, bomb them, bomb them.”
New field studies reaction to fear
Electronic devices to probe the brain’s reaction to fear
is part of a new interdisciplinary field known as Neuroelectronics,
which will be among the innovations presented at the UCLA
Electrical Engineering Department’s Annual Research Review
today and Tuesday.
The event, to take place in Covel Commons, will allow graduate
students to present their latest research and answer questions from
industrial and government sponsors.
Neuroelectronics brings together the disciplines of electrical
engineering and neurology.
A wireless probe implanted into the brain of a rat will provide
information about how its brain reacts to fear.
Compiled from Daily Bruin staff and wire reports.
