If the Recording Industry Association of America and Sen. Orrin Hatch get their way, the day may soon come when a court clerk can give your name to the RIAA, and within hours your computer will be attacked, leaving you with a non-functional hulk. Read more...

Recently on The John Walsh Show, Walsh introduced his white supremacist guests, explaining they preferred to be identified as “racialists” not “racists.” Walsh maintained an aura of tolerance for his guests, but was also able to express his ambivalence to the term ““ call them what you will, it doesn’t change what they are. Read more...

Neurology dept. ranks No. 1 in national funding The department of neurology received $23.4 million in research grants in 2002 from the National Institutes of Health, ranking No. Read more...

What do you think about the effort to recall Governor Gray Davis? Dan Norton Fifth-year, microbiology “I don’t really know what Davis has done (to help California). Read more...

Robert Dynes is a name students should know if they care about the future of this university. When he takes over as president of the University of California system in October, Dynes will be asked to guide it through one of the university’s most difficult periods in history ““ enrollment continues to soar and the state budget continues to shrink. Read more...

In what some affirmative action-supporters are hailing as a huge victory, a divided Supreme Court ruled that universities can give minority applicants an edge in the admittance process ““ within certain limits. Read more...

Maria de Jesus Quiej Alvarez, one of the 23-month-old twins formerly conjoined at the head, was discharged from UCLA’s Mattel Children’s Hospital on June 7. She is staying at a local home provided by volunteers from the Healing the Children Foundation. Read more...