Bruins United candidates will not be able to campaign for the majority of the day today, the last day of the Undergraduate Students Association Council’s runoff election, because of sanctions from the Elections Board. Read more...

The University of California announced Wednesday an agreement with a team of industrial partners to prepare for the competition to manage Los Alamos National Laboratory. Though the final decision of whether to bid for the lab will depend on a vote by the UC Board of Regents, UC spokesman Chris Harrington said the agreement is an aggressive step by the university to strengthen its possible bid for a new contract. Read more...

As American soldiers engage in war abroad, army recruiters are waging an ideological battle at home with several of the nation’s top law schools. The legal wrangle, which could potentially transform Army recruiting on college campuses nationwide, directly addresses the conflict between the military’s need for new recruits and universities asserting their rights to academic freedom of expression. Read more...

Santa Catalina Island ferry hits pier, two injured AVALON “”mdash; Transmission trouble caused a 127-foot Catalina Classic Cruises ferryboat to slam into a pier at Two Harbors on Santa Catalina Island. Read more...

Now that the construction of the new residential plazas is nearing completion on the Hill, preliminary plans to refurbish the older high-rise residential halls are being made. Read more...

Young human rights activists from four corners of the globe will be honored on campus today. The activists, from Russia, Mexico, Liberia and Burma, will be given Reebok’s Human Rights Award. Read more...

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