By Robert Salonga
DAILY BRUIN SENIOR STAFF
[email protected]
The newly-inaugurated Undergraduate Students Association Council
kept rolling along, appointing additional members to important
campus advisory boards and committees.
On June 11, USAC named students to the Associated Students of
UCLA board of directors, Communications Board and several student
programming committees.
Maggy Athanasious, a fourth-year political science and
psychology student, was named to the BOD, which oversees the
operations of Ackerman Union and all ASUCLA facilities and
services.
Athanasious, former chief of staff for current President David
Dahle, said she will leave the position now that she is on the
BOD.
Fourth-year sociology and political science student Christopher
Hauck, third-year communications student Lauren Manalang and
third-year political science student Helen Seliverstov were
appointed to the Communications Board, which oversees all Student
Media operations including the Daily Bruin. Seliverstov is a former
Daily Bruin News contributor.
General Representative runner-up Allende Palma-Saracho will now
sit on the Student Fee Advisory Committee, which makes
recommendations to the chancellor on student fee levels and
uses.
Additionally, appointments were made to the Community Activities
Committee, Campus Programs Committee and the Community Service Mini
Fund, which provides supplemental income to outreach and community
service programs.
Dahle made the recommendations to council, which were then
reviewed by the Appointments Review Committee ““ consisting of
Academic Affairs Commissioner Chris Diaz, External Vice President
Chris Neal, General Representative Adam Harmetz and non-voting
Finance Committee Chair Hrug DerManuelian.
But the final decision rested on a council vote, which could
choose not to abide by the ARC’s consultation.
The council unanimously approved all recommendations except for
Athanasious, who was appointed by a vote of 6-2 and with
abstentions.