Changes to an existing wire-tapping law have the potential to
pose a financial burden for universities and college students
nationwide.
The federal government is requiring universities to overhaul
their Internet networks by spring of 2007 to allow law enforcement
officials to better monitor online communication.

A new government commission met for the first time Monday to
discuss improving higher education and creating a more skilled
workforce.
The new panel, the Commission on the Future of Higher Education,
has been formed to address the changing economic and labor needs of
the country, but there has been some opposition to the new board
due to the lack of academics who will be part of it.

Amid fresh lawsuits filed by the Recording Industry Association
of America, UCLA is now awaiting subpoenas to be issued which would
request the school to turn over information linking the IP
addresses to student names.

The Recording Industry Association of America issued a new round
of copyright infringement lawsuits for illegal file sharing last
week, which includes seven UCLA students out of a total of 91
students nationwide.

It was only a few years ago that Rebecca Soll and her family
went through an ordeal that they said they wish never happened.
“He knew where we lived … it was really creepy,”
the fourth-year political science and history student said.

A recent court ruling may affect the ways corporate America and
the University of California deal with their pension plans.
United Airlines won a May 10 court ruling allowing it to default
on its four pension programs.

San Francisco was selected to be the headquarters of a new
government agency overseeing stem cell research on Friday, in a
move that might boost the local economy.

Students and alumni at the Anderson School of Management packed
into Korn Convocation Hall to hear from one corporate executive
whose management style is analyzed and taught in business schools
nationwide.

Though most students probably would be bored listening to a
lecture about Social Security reform, professors and students at
the UCLA Anderson School of Management were intrigued by the
findings of a Yale professor on the subject.

This past March, the U.S. Senate voted 100-0 on a resolution
that said improving Social Security is “a vital national
priority.”
But Congress has not been as unanimous in agreeing on a set plan
to improve the United States’ largest government entitlement
program.