The University of California announced Wednesday an agreement with a team of industrial partners to prepare for the competition to manage Los Alamos National Laboratory. Though the final decision of whether to bid for the lab will depend on a vote by the UC Board of Regents, UC spokesman Chris Harrington said the agreement is an aggressive step by the university to strengthen its possible bid for a new contract. Read more...

An ominous warning arrived from campus administrators via e-mail on Monday: Share music or movie files, and you will face major new penalties as signed into law by President Bush. Read more...

For over a decade it has been a UCLA tradition that seniors donate into a special fund and buy UCLA a class gift. It is disappointing that tradition has been altered by the UCLA Fund to instead divert the money to a general pool that supports no predetermined gift. Read more...

Santa Catalina Island ferry hits pier, two injured AVALON “”mdash; Transmission trouble caused a 127-foot Catalina Classic Cruises ferryboat to slam into a pier at Two Harbors on Santa Catalina Island. Read more...

Now that the construction of the new residential plazas is nearing completion on the Hill, preliminary plans to refurbish the older high-rise residential halls are being made. Read more...

Young human rights activists from four corners of the globe will be honored on campus today. The activists, from Russia, Mexico, Liberia and Burma, will be given Reebok’s Human Rights Award. Read more...

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