In an attempt to create more proportional representation on the undergraduate student government, council is considering changes to the voting system for the May elections. At Tuesday’s meeting, councilmembers heard a presentation about the different voting system options by Elections Board chairwoman Sandybeth Carrillo, a former Daily Bruin reporter, who recommended that the council either specify the single transferable vote (STV) process already planned for general representative races or switch all 13 races to the instant runoff voting (IRV) system. Read more...

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If communist Vietnamese authorities find out that a representative of the democratic organization Bloc 8406 had lectured UCLA students by phone about the movement for democracy in Vietnam, he could be arrested. Read more...

There are bright posters on the wall and children bouncing out of their seats, and at first glance it looks like any other classroom. But in this L.A. Read more...

As a result of new efforts by the Recording Industry Association of America to target online piracy at colleges nationwide, downloading music illegally may prove costly for more students. Read more...

The University of California-managed Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has been commissioned to create a new nuclear warhead, but critics are questioning the UC’s involvement in the development of nuclear weapons. Read more...