The way students are appointed to undergraduate student government leadership positions has received criticism, prompting some councilmembers to pursue avenues to reform the process. Some former undergraduate student government leaders have cited issues of transparency and slate politics in the appointments process this year, along with councilmember apathy in researching candidates they approve for appointments. Read more...
Campus, News, Student Government
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May 21, 12:39 am
UCLA student government aims to reform appointments process
Campus, News, Student Government
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May 20, 4:08 am
Daily Bruin, USAC Election Board debate media authority
Members of the Daily Bruin and the undergraduate student government election board debated at a Monday hearing about whether the board has authority over non-paid media elections coverage. Read more...
Photo: Election Board External Relations Chair Gabrielle Scheder-Bieschin questions a witness at a Judicial Board hearing Monday. (Neil Bedi/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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May 19, 1:24 am
ASUCLA discusses ways to improve Student Media finances
Members of the Associated Students UCLA Finance Committee discussed the future of Student Media and strategies to improve its finances at their monthly meeting Friday. Members of the ASUCLA Services and Enterprises committee and the Communications Board brainstormed about how the groups can work together to improve their finances. Read more...
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May 16, 10:33 pm
Students respond to criticisms of joint ethics statement by Block, Napolitano
This article was updated on May 18 at 8:35 p.m. UCLA Chancellor Gene Block and University of California President Janet Napolitano released statements on Friday criticizing students’ efforts to discourage undergraduate student government leaders from taking free or sponsored trips with certain lobbying groups. Read more...
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May 16, 2:26 am
Pro-Israel groups speak out at Board of Regents meeting
At Thursday’s University of California Board of Regents meeting, several pro-Israel organizations voiced concerns about the request by a handful of UCLA student groups that undergraduate student government officers should be barred from accepting expenses-paid trips to Israel with certain lobbying and interest groups. Read more...
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May 16, 2:19 am
Judicial Board hears arguments on potential USAC conflict
In an hours-long hearing Thursday, Students for Justice in Palestine representatives and several opposing students debated whether two former undergraduate student government councilmembers had engaged in conflicts of interest this school year. Read more...
Photo: USAC General Representative Sunny Singh listens to students debate at a hearing about whether he and another councilmember engaged in conflicts of interest. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin)
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May 15, 12:44 am
Students help faculty develop diversity requirement proposal
More than a dozen students are helping faculty members develop a proposal for a new academic diversity requirement by the end of this month.The committee formed last month after the chair of the College of Letters and Science Faculty Executive Committee, Christina Palmer, asked several UCLA professors to work on a new diversity requirement proposal and present it to the College Faculty Executive Committee before the end of the quarter.Along with the faculty committee, a student advisory group was also created to work with faculty throughout the process. Read more...