Monday, May 18


New security technologies presented at UCLA symposium

As homeland security becomes increasingly important, UCLA researchers are developing technologies to protect civil infrastructures such as highways and water supplies. Researchers presented their technologies during a homeland security symposium hosted Friday by the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science. Read more...


Offbeat

Deceased voter throws election into runoff OCILLA, Ga. “”mdash; Every last vote counts ““ even if it’s the voter’s last vote. A city council race in south Georgia was thrown into a runoff by the absentee ballot of a woman who died on election day ““ and not the night before, as officials first believed. Read more...


Survival of the hippest

Caught in the midst of the file-sharing debate, a little music store down the lane is surviving while other Westwood record stores have gone out of business. Read more...




Model U.N. summit keeps students busy, on the go

Shelma Jun has been functioning on little sleep this past week. And it’s not because of midterms. Jun, a third-year business economics student, is on the executive board responsible for planning the Model United Nations Summit, which will begin at UCLA today. Read more...