Tuesday, May 13

USAC freezes transfer of funds to endowment until UC divests

The Undergraduate Students Association Council unanimously approved a change to its bylaws Tuesday that freezes the transfer of funds into its endowment until the UC divests from companies participating “in the violation of human rights.” The amendment, proposed May 28 by Cultural Affairs Commissioner Alicia Verdugo, makes changes to Article VII – which concerns finance – of the USA Bylaws. Read more...

Photo: Kerckhoff Hall, which hosts the offices of the Undergraduate Students Association Council, is pictured. The council voted Tuesday to approve a change to its bylaws placing restrictions on the funds in its endowment. (Daily Bruin file photo)



USAC officers-elect react to victories, look toward year ahead

As dusk began to fall on campus Friday, the dawn of a new Undergraduate Students Association Council rolled in. USA Elections Board Chair My-Lan Le announced the results of last week’s USAC election shortly after 8 p.m. Read more...

Photo: Kerckhoff Hall, which hosts the offices of the Undergraduate Students Association Council, is shown. Results of the 2024 USAC elections were announced Friday. (Jeremy Chen/Photo editor)



Bruins elect 1st international student as USAC president in 2024 elections

This post was updated May 17 at 9:15 p.m. For the first time in the Undergraduate Students Association Council’s history, Bruins have elected an international student as president. Read more...

Photo: Kerckhoff Hall, where the Undergraduate Students Association Council offices are housed, is pictured. The USA Elections Board announced the results of the 2024 student government elections at 8 p.m. Friday. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Cultural Affairs Commission cancels events through end of academic year

The Cultural Affairs Commission announced it was canceling its events for the rest of the academic year. The Undergraduate Students Association Council office, led by Cultural Affairs Commissioner Alicia Verdugo, released a statement on Instagram Monday morning, citing the violence in Palestine, Congo, Haiti and Sudan, as well as “white supremacist attacks and police brutality” participants of the UCLA Palestine solidarity encampment faced, as the reasons for canceling the events. Read more...

Photo: Attendees watch and dance to singer and saxophonist Braxton Cook’s set at the 2022 JazzReggae Festival. The Cultural Affairs Commission canceled its events, including the JazzReggae festival, for the rest of the academic year. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Elections board temporarily suspends general representative candidate’s campaign

The USA Elections Board temporarily suspended general representative candidate Vikas Sundar’s campaign Tuesday morning. Sundar, a second-year statistics and data science student, is running to be one of three general representatives who will be elected via a multimember, ranked-choice voting system. Read more...

Photo: Kerckhoff Hall, where the Undergraduate Students Association Council offices are hosted, is shown. The USA Elections Board sanctioned a candidate for general representative due to campaign rule violations Tuesday. (Paco Bacalski/Daily Bruin senior staff)



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