By George Fujii Daily Bruin Staff As undergraduates prepare to vote in this week’s Undergraduate Students Association Council elections, the new Viable Alternative slate and various independent candidates are informally working together to challenge the veteran Praxis slate for USAC hegemony. Read more...

By Benjamin Parke Daily Bruin Contributor If UCLA goes ahead with its plans to contract out its medical records department and hospital laundry facility, legislation currently being considered in Sacramento would require that displaced employees be placed in other jobs. Read more...

By Joy McMasters Daily Bruin Staff The protests which so frequently surround the meetings of international financial institutions demonstrate that at least some think they need reform, and yesterday, the chief economist from the World Bank agreed. Read more...

By Michael Falcone Daily Bruin Contributor From the basement of Charles E. Young Research Library, a few ambitious librarians and archivists are helping to put the dot-com in political history. Read more...

By David Drucker Daily Bruin Contributor College students nationwide, including those at UCLA, are a growing segment of Internet stock traders who are just as likely to watch the Financial News Network as they are ESPN or MTV. Read more...

Presidential candidates debate today The Daily Bruin will hold its annual Undergraduate Students Association Council presidential debate today at noon in Meyerhoff Park. Participating in the debate will be Elizabeth Houston and Jason Lautenschleger ““ both independent candidates ““ and Katynja McCory, a member of the Praxis slate. Read more...