New hardware introduced in January and currently used at two universities may put an end to illegal music downloads among college students. The hardware, called CopySense Network Appliance, can be used to identify copyrighted songs and to block those songs from being downloaded on peer-to-peer networks. Read more...

Retired history professor Renée Neu Watkins is not entirely sure if she receives all the money she’s due for reprints of excerpts of books that she translated, though she’s not too concerned about it. Read more...

After an election that included both a violation of campaign policy and a slew of write-in votes for Simpsons characters, UCLA School of Law student government officials are expecting to meet with next year’s elected officers to ensure a smooth transition. Read more...

Hundreds of protesters are expected to gather today at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to protest the lab’s nuclear weapons research. The University of California runs the Livermore lab, which has been the site of protests for over 20 years. Read more...

Residents of Beverly Hills and West Los Angeles and its surrounding communities are being forced to travel farther to seek care for life threatening health problems after the closure of Century City Hospital emergency room Monday. Read more...

For all the last-minute tax return filers in the UCLA community, Volunteer Income Tax Assistance is here to help. VITA is a student-coordinated program, in conjunction with the IRS, that is designed to help UCLA students, faculty or local residents properly prepare their annual federal and state income tax returns, free of charge. Read more...

UCLA revoked its sponsorship of fraternity Sigma Chi this week, dissociating one of the campus’ largest Greek houses. Berky Nelson, director of the Center for Student Programming, declined to comment on the university’s reasons for ceasing to recognize the fraternity but noted such action is only taken “with serious thought and investigation.” Other administrative officials contacted also declined to comment, citing instructions from Nelson. Read more...