BRIDGET OWENS/Daily Bruin Band members Steve Romero and Steve Kaufman unload stolen band equipment from a USC van Monday. The equipment was noticed missing Sunday after a USC-UCLA band flag football game held on the Trojans’ campus. Read more...

By Bimal Rajkomar Daily Bruin Reporter Funded by smokers themselves, researchers have found that nicotine degenerates the part of the brain that controls sexual arousal, emotional control and REM sleep. Read more...

By Noah Grand Daily Bruin Contributor A new medical procedure developed by UCLA neurosurgeon Dr. Aaron Filler and colleagues will allow doctors to deliver medicine through the nerves to specific parts of the body. Read more...

  Photo courtesy of the the Department of Organismic Biology, Ecology and Evolution Graduate student Ladan Mohajerani died on Oct. 31. By Hemesh Patel Daily Bruin Reporter UCLA graduate student Ladan Mohajerani was one of 81 passengers killed in Singapore Airline’s Flight SQ006 at the end of last month. Read more...

By Michael Levine Daily Bruin Contributor After two years of negotiations, the UC and the Coalition of University Employees union have tentatively agreed on their first-ever contract. Read more...

CRIME WATCH 1 Vehicle stolen $10,620 Grand theft $3,307 Petty theft Petty theft Three parking permits, nine cellular phones and several bags were stolen this past period, amounting to a total loss of $5,115. Read more...

  PRIYA SHARMA Several hundred protesters gathered in front of the Federal Building Saturday, crowding all four corners of the intersection between Wilshire Boulevard and Veteran Avenue, demanding a revote. Read more...