Friday, February 13

First UC Women’s Caucus sets precedent for student advocacy

The USAC student body president hosted the first annual leadership conference for the new UC Women’s Caucus on Saturday at UCLA. Heather Rosen met with delegates from other UC campuses at the conference to discuss the mission of the caucus – creating a political process that focuses specifically on gender equality and equity issues. Read more...

Photo: (Courtesy of Arielle Yael Mokhtarzadeh)




Jerry Kang, Heather Rosen to speak on cultural discrimination panel

The vice chancellor for equity, diversity and inclusion and the outgoing USAC president will be speaking on a cultural discussion panel Wednesday. Jerry Kang and Heather Rosen will participate in the event, titled “Challenges and Opportunities facing Jewish and Asian American College Students.” It will be hosted by the Anti-Defamation League, an organization that aims to prevent bigotry and discrimination, according to their mission statement. Read more...

Photo: Vice chancellor Jerry Kang and outgoing USAC president Heather Rosen will discuss challenges shared by Jewish-Americans and Asian-Americans at a panel Wednesday. (Courtesy of Aliza Goldsmith)



Judicial board retroactively rejects petition for USAC revote

The undergraduate student government judicial board retroactively rejected a petition Monday afternoon that called for a disqualification of the Social Justice Referendum and a revote for contested positions in this year’s Undergraduate Students Association Council election. Read more...

Photo: The undergraduate student government judicial board retroactively rejected a petition submitted by MakeUCLAGreatAgain candidate Shubham Goel. The petition called for disqualification of the Social Justice Referendum and a revote for contested positions in this year’s election. (Michael Zshornack/Daily Bruin)


MakeUCLAGreatAgain candidate petitions for USAC election re-vote

MakeUCLAGreatAgain candidate Shubham Goel submitted a petition asking the USAC Election Board to disqualify the Social Justice Referendum and call a re-vote for all contested candidates in last week’s undergraduate student government election. Read more...

Photo: MakeUCLAGreatAgain candidate Shubham Goel submitted a petition asking USAC Election Board to disqualify the Social Justice Referendum and call a re-vote for all contested candidates in last week’s USAC election. (Kathy Chen/Daily Bruin)



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