By Robert Salonga Daily Bruin Staff U.S. Customs officials raided UCLA and other major universities Dec. 11, seizing computers used by suspected members of a worldwide software piracy ring known as “DrinkOrDie.” According to the Customs Service, the raids were part of “Operation Buccaneer,” an investigation into a global network of cyberspace groups who use the Internet to pirate billions of dollars worth of software. Read more...

Patient with artificial heart dies after 56 days The world’s fourth artificial heart recipient died at the UCLA Medical Center on Dec. 12. Though the artificial heart continued to function well, due to persistent multiple organ system failure, support was withdrawn at the family’s request. Read more...

By Robert Salonga Daily Bruin Staff U.S. Customs officials raided UCLA and other major universities Tuesday, seizing computers used by suspected members of a worldwide software piracy ring known as "DrinkOrDie." According to the Customs Service, the raids were part of "Operation Buccaneer," an investigation into a global network of cyberspace groups who use the Internet to pirate billions of dollars worth of software. Read more...

By Crystal Betz Daily Bruin Contributor The UCLA School of Public Policy and Social Research is conducting an extensive telephone survey to determine the role of nonprofit organizations in Los Angeles. Read more...

  KEITH ENRIQUEZ/Daily Bruin Senior Staff Peter Navarro talks about the post Sept. 11 economy. By Teri H.P. Nguyen Daily Bruin Contributor For 50 years, the UCLA Anderson Forecast has been on the money. Read more...

  ELI GILL Wennifer Lin Curry, founder of Cannabis University, promoted her new club on Bruin Walk. By Emily Taylor-Mortorff Daily Bruin Contributor In protest of the U.S. Read more...