Saturday, May 24

Passage of #UCLAwellness Initiative Referendum expands funding for CAPS

UCLA Counseling and Psychological Services, or CAPS, plans to use funding from a student fee passed Friday to provide more counseling sessions and recruit more diverse clinicians. Read more...

Photo: UCLA Counseling and Psychological Services plans to use funding from the #UCLAwellness Initiative Referendum, which passed Friday, to improve counseling services. (Mackenzie Possee/Daily Bruin)



USAC approves changes to election code aimed at fairness, transparency

The undergraduate student government voted Tuesday to require next year’s USAC Election Board to respond more quickly to complaints and randomize the order of candidates’ names on the undergraduate student election ballot. Read more...

Photo: Council members voted to amend the election code to make the USAC Election Board respond more quickly to complaints and randomize ballots. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Records reveal Pi Kappa Phi members made racist statements in 2013

This post was updated July 28, 2020 at 4:25 p.m. An undergraduate student government official released records Tuesday that revealed members of the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity in 2013 made racist and misogynistic statements during its chapter meetings. Read more...

Photo: A USAC official released records Tuesday that revealed members of the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity in 2013 made racist and misogynistic statements during their meetings. (Mackenzie Possee/Daily Bruin)


Voter turnout improves despite lowered USAC Election Board budget

This year’s undergraduate student government’s election had a 40.3 percent voter turnout, one of the highest in years, despite cuts in the election board’s budget. The board’s budget decreased from $37,000 in 2015 to $26,000 in 2016, to accommodate decreasing USAC funds. Read more...

Photo: This year’s USAC election had a 40.3 percent voter turnout, one of the highest in years, despite cuts in the election board’s budget. (Daniel Alcazar/Photo editor)


Students approve all four referenda on USAC election ballot

Students voted to pass all four referenda on the undergraduate student government election ballot Friday. More than half of students who voted in the election supported The Green Initiative Fund referendum, the Social Justice Referendum of 2016, the #UCLAwellness Referendum and the Daily Bruin and Bruinwalk.com Referendum. Read more...

Photo: The Social Justice Referendum passed with 54.8 percent of the vote. (Owen Emerson/Assistant Photo Editor)


Bruins United sails past Waves of Change in 2016 USAC election

This post was updated May 6 at 8 p.m. Bruins United secured nine of 14 seats on the next undergraduate student government council, and students voted to pass all four referenda on the ballot. Read more...

Photo: Bruins United secured nine of 14 seats on the next undergraduate student government council. Danny Siegel, Bruins United presidential candidate, was elected as the next USAC president with 52.2 percent of the vote. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)



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