By Jamie Hsiung Daily Bruin Contributor When the March 5 primary election arrives, nine Californian counties ““ including Los Angeles ““ will still be using the same punch-card voting machines that gave Florida its fair share of headaches during the 2000 presidential election. Read more...

Click here to see a larger image By Robert Salonga Daily Bruin Staff Student fees could be the next victim of the state’s budget crunch. When the UC Regents met to discuss mid-year budget cuts and the 2002-03 UC state budget Wednesday, some considered increasing undergraduate student fees as a practical method to accommodate the financial shortfalls. Read more...

By Robert Salonga Daily Bruin Staff Let the construction begin. A joint committee of the UC Board of Regents on Wednesday unanimously approved the Environmental Impact Report and design plans for the UC system’s 10th campus in Merced, reports that have been criticized by environmental groups for the potential damage they say the campus could have on native wildlife. Read more...

Click here to see a larger image By Rachel Makabi Daily Bruin Reporter More than 95,000 University of California hopefuls submitted applications this year for fall 2002 enrollment ““ a 3.4 percent increase from last year ““ according to figures released by the UC Office of the President Wednesday. Read more...

  NICOLE MILLER/Daily Bruin Former UCLA cancer patient Kim Shool carries the Olympic Torch down Wilshire Boulevard Tuesday afternoon. By Scott Schultz Daily Bruin Senior Staff Kim Shool walked down Wilshire Boulevard with a proud gait Tuesday evening and the Olympic Torch in her hand. Read more...

  CHRIS BACKLEY/Daily Bruin About 400 people showed up at the Anderson School to hear from Sherry Lansing, CEO of Paramount Pictures’ Motion Picture Group. Read more...