Sunday, May 3

Community Briefs

Researchers reveal how “˜mind’s eye’ works UCLA School of Medicine and Caltech researchers have shed new light on how the “mind’s eye” works, uncovering evidence that single neurons ““ individual cells in the brain ““ are involved in recalling specific visual images to mind. Read more...


Supporters rally for, against vote recount

  CRISTINA CUNANAN Election recount protesters such as James Joblon were seen on Wilshire in front of the Federal Building on Saturday. By Michael Falcone Daily Bruin Senior Staff A demonstration in Westwood Saturday drew more than 150 protesters, with some calling for an immediate end to the presidential ballot recounts in Florida and others declaring they must continue. Read more...



Progress and Discovery

UCLA FIRSTS Every other Friday, The Bruin will highlight social, political and scientific advancements that originated at UCLA and set standards for both the university and the nation. Read more...


Voter turnout among youth shows slight increase

By Marcelle Richards Daily Bruin Contributor Teenagers and twenty-somethings have long been branded politically apathetic due to a history of low voter turnout, a label that may be chipped away by the two million increase in this year’s youth vote. Read more...


Community Briefs

CLICC Lab closed due to mice infestation The College Library Instructional Computing Commons closed Wednesday after someone discovered a bag of lab mice beneath the Macintosh stations around 12:30 a.m. Read more...


Board looks to draw more grad students

  KEITH ENRIQUEZ/Daily Bruin Senior Staff UC Regent Ward Connerly listens at the meeting Thursday. By Barbara Ortutay Daily Bruin Senior Staff To keep up with the state’s demand for high-tech workers and to address the decline in graduate student attendance, the UC Board of Regents announced plans to enroll an additional 11,000 graduates in the next decade. Read more...