The Associated Press A crowd in Beijing July 13 celebrates the announcement that China will host the 2008 Olympics Games. The International Olympic Committee picked China over bids from Toronto, Paris, Istanbul and Osaka. Read more...

By Marcelle Richards Daily Bruin Senior Staff The University Professional and Technical Employees union has finalized contract negotiations with the university after filing and dropping an unfair labor practice charge. Read more...

By Kelly Rayburn Daily Bruin Senior Staff As some of last year’s members go out and next year’s come in, and amid confusion brought on by a by-law in its constitution, the Associated Students of UCLA Communications Board has not yet decided on a $15,000-$20,000 audit of student media. Read more...

By Laura Rico Daily Bruin Contributor This summer fourth-year physiological sciences student Alayna Scruggs is trading the beaches of Santa Monica for the crystal blue waters of the Caribbean island of Barbados. Read more...

By Robert Salonga Daily Bruin Staff Several UC campuses have embraced software developed at UC Berkeley that allows faculty to detect Internet plagiarism. The most widespread detection software available is TurnItIn.com, an Internet service that cross-references the paper in question with other Web sites and papers in its online database ““ which increases in size with each paper submitted. Read more...

Financial aid to cover insurance For UCLA students on financial aid, the Financial Aid Office will add $415 to its per-student budget to cover additional costs which may be brought on by university-required health insurance. Read more...

  COURTNEY STEWART/Daily Bruin Jermaine Taj Ausmore (left) and others listen to Professor Mary Helen Washington of the University of Maryland speak in Hershey Hall. By Rachel Makabi Daily Bruin Contributor When Richard Yarborough attended Michigan State University as an undergraduate student in the early 1970s, he never encountered any African American professors. Read more...