UCLA’s sorority row is being terrorized by aggressive homeless men threatening and harassing terrified sisters.
Students revealed a relentless pattern of menacing encounters from vagrants targeting the women daily as they walk to and from campus.
They describe men yelling vulgarities, making sexual remarks and approaching them on sidewalks near the houses, including one man they dubbed “the screamer.”
Now the UCLA Panhellenic Association — the university’s largest women’s organization — has brought in private security guards to patrol overnight.
Launched in early April, the program now watches over the 600 to 800 block of Hilgard Avenue, where 10 sorority houses stand housing hundreds of girls, every night from 6 p.m. until 2 a.m.
Charlie Mosh, a UCLA student, described one individual to KTLA, saying, “We called him the screamer. He would sit there and scream vulgarities, yell at you, threaten you.”
Another student, who did not want to be identified, said: “I think it’s mainly mentally ill, but I have heard stories of girls being verbally harassed, sexual comments as well.”
Unhoused individuals have also caused repeated incidents of lewd and alarming behavior at the top California college.
The concerns have been especially troubling for sorority members who regularly cross nearby Westholme Avenue to reach UCLA’s campus.
Panhellenic leaders plan to continue the private security initiative if it proves effective, while also highlighting the broader concern female students should not have to personally fund extra protection.
Student Skyler Moses added: “I think it makes people feel safe that someone is physically here. We have a big group chat throughout Panhell about incidents that happen on the street just so everyone is aware. Having a house mom. But there’s no security within the house.”
UCLA has been approached for comment.
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