As the Friday ballot release approaches, Undergraduate Students Association Council candidates have been campaigning through social media and in person on Bruin Walk. The USA Election Board permitted candidates to begin on-campus campaigning for the upcoming USAC election April 14. Read more...
Photo: People campaigning for Undergraduate Students Association Council general representative candidates Brett Berndt and Jayha Buhs-Jackson hand out flyers. (Anna Dai-Liu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Students will vote on a referendum in the upcoming Undergraduate Students Association Council election that would increase the #UCLAWellness fee to fund campus organizations. The Resources First Referendum would approve an increase in the #UCLAWellness fee by $4 per quarter. Read more...
Photo: Covel Commons, which contains one of the UCLA Campus Assault Resources and Education locations, is pictured. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Students will vote on whether to expand what the Basic Needs Redistribution Center can purchase in an upcoming referendum. The Good Clothes Good People Basic Needs Referendum, passed in 2020, established a $0.39 quarterly student fee that currently provides funding for the Basic Needs Redistribution Center to purchase school supplies and hygiene products. Read more...
Photo: The Student Activities Center, which houses the Basic Needs Redistribution Center, is pictured. Undergraduate students will vote on a referendum that, if passed, would allow the center’s operators to spend the revenue it collects via student fees on a wider array of things. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Students will determine the future of the Bruin U-Pass in the 2025 Undergraduate Students Association Council election. The 2023 Universal Access Transit Pass Referendum, which provides UCLA students with TAP cards for unlimited public transit across Los Angeles County for what was initially $3.30 per quarter, is set to expire in 2026. Read more...
Photo: A Big Blue Bus is pictured. Undergraduate students will vote on whether to renew funding for the Bruin U-Pass. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated May 6 at 10:39 p.m. Two major UC unions struck on campus Thursday, limiting access to dining halls and cleaning services. The University Professional and Technical Employees-Communications Workers of America 9119 – which represents researchers and technical workers – and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 – which represents service, patient care and skilled craft workers – called for the strike in response to the UC’s systemwide hiring freeze. Read more...
Photo: Members of the University Professional and Technical Employees-Communications Workers of America 9119 – which represents researchers and technical workers – strike on campus Thursday. The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 – which represents service, patient care and skilled craft workers – also struck Thursday in response to the UC’s systemwide hiring freeze. (Andrew Diaz/Daily Bruin)
A UCLA dermatologist called for urgent reforms to the Los Angeles health care system at a presentation April 23. Dr. Reza Babapour, a dermatologist and clinical faculty member at the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, spoke at the event, which was co-hosted by pre-health student organizations, including Community Medicine in LA, Iranian Medical Society, LA Health Volunteers and Bruins Public Health. Read more...
Photo: Dr. Reza Babapour, a dermatologist and clinical faculty member at the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, is pictured. (Courtesy of Chris Laszlo)
This post was updated May 6 at 10:26 p.m. The UC Board of Regents appointed James Milliken to be the University’s next president Friday. Milliken, the current chancellor of the University of Texas system, will assume the role Aug. Read more...
Photo: James Milliken, the current chancellor of the University of Texas system, is pictured. The UC Board of Regents appointed Milliken to be the University’s next president. (Courtesy of US Department of Education/Wikimedia Commons)
