Ahead of this week’s UCLA-USC rivalry game, a well-known UCLA statue was vandalized with red and yellow paint, according to school police.
Sometime this week, vandals broke into a wooden box intended to protect the Bruin Bear, a focal point on campus, and spray-painted USC colors on the body and foundation of the statue, UCLA police lieutenant Kevin Kilgore said.
In 2010, UCLA administration introduced a wooden box to cover the the Bear it cost approximately $20,000 to repair in red and yellow paint damages from the year prior. https://t.co/Sy6vwrVqKw
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The Bruin Bear statue, located in Bruin Plaza, was vandalized sometime this week. The university erects chalkboard walls to protect the bear and other statues during Rivalry Week, the week leading up to the annual football match between USC and UCLA.
One of the walls surrounding the Bruin Bear statue was found removed and the statue inside covered in red and yellow paint around 10 a.m. on Thursday.
UCPD Lt. Kevin Kilgore said he does not believe the statue has been vandalized while the walls have been in place in recent years.
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