Friday, May 16

USAC election results: Daily Bruin Opinion analysis


John Joanino, a third-year sociology student and presidential candidate for the LET’S ACT! slate, reacts to being elected as the 2013-2014 Undergraduate Students Association Council president. Joanino was one of four LET’S ACT! candidates to be elected Thursday night and will lead a Bruins United-majority council next year.

John Joanino, a third-year sociology student and presidential candidate for the LET’S ACT! slate, reacts to being elected as the 2013-2014 Undergraduate Students Association Council president. Joanino was one of four LET’S ACT! candidates to be elected Thursday night and will lead a Bruins United-majority council next year. Blaine Ohigashi


Opinion columnists Ryan Nelson and Alexandra Tashman sit down with radio reporter Stephen Phan minutes after the USAC election results are announced to analyze the results. They discuss why the Bruin Diversity Initiative failed, what it means that it will not be a three-slate council and how marketing and branding possibly affected the election results.


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