The graduate student government voted Wednesday to reduce the number of signatures that candidates must collect to run for office from 50 to 30. The Graduate Students Association Election Code amendment, which passed with a 12-4-0 vote, aims to increase the number of candidates running in elections and in turn improve voter turnout by making it a bigger race, said Patrick Adler, GSA election commissioner. Read more...
Campus, News, Student Government
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March 5, 3:14 am
GSA amends Election Code, reduces signatures needed to run for office
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March 5, 3:14 am
Assemblyman proposes bill to limit UC employee salaries to $500,000
A state legislator introduced a state Assembly bill last week that would cap annual compensation for all University of California employees at $500,000 a year. Assembly Bill 837 was introduced by Assemblyman Roger Hernández, who said he thinks capping employee compensation will free up more University resources for students, according to a press statement Wednesday. Read more...
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March 5, 2:32 am
GSA votes against rejoining UCSA
The graduate student government voted unanimously Wednesday night to not rejoin the University of California Student Association because of concerns over membership fees. To rejoin UCSA, which advocates for UC students, the Graduate Students Association would have to pay about $16,000 annually for membership. Read more...
News, Science & Health
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March 4, 5:57 pm
FDA advises continued use of medical device linked to superbug outbreak
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration advised hospitals Wednesday to continue using Olympus Corp. of Americas duodenoscopes, even though they were linked to the recent superbug outbreak at UCLA and are not currently FDA-approved for sale. Read more...
Student Government
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March 4, 1:56 am
USAC recap – March 3
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every week on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Read more...
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March 4, 1:55 am
Transgender community seeks safer campus environment at protest
Zo Anthony Shay yelled Tuesday afternoon. He marched to Chancellor Gene Block’s office, demanding a safer campus for transgender students. At night, as candles flickered at a vigil at the Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Campus Resource Center, Shay, a fourth-year ethnomusicology student and a transgender man, hugged his friends, thanking them for their solidarity. Read more...
Photo: (Angie Wang/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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March 4, 1:45 am
Assemblyman proposes new science- and technology-oriented UC campus
A state assemblyman introduced a bill Monday to create a University of California campus that would cater to science and technology, akin to the California Institute of Technology. Read more...