The Undergraduate Students Association Council announced that it had come to an agreement with the university to end February’s 16-day sit-in protest at Murphy Hall. The agreement included new university funding and guaranteed future meetings with administrators. Read more...
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March 16, 2:12 pm
Several candidates run for Graduate Students Association election
This post was updated March 16 at 3:07 p.m. The ballot for the Graduate Students Association election will include nine candidates and one referendum. The candidates are running for four positions: president, vice president of internal affairs, vice president of external affairs and vice president of academic affairs. Read more...
Photo: Nine candidates and one referendum will be featured on the ballot for the upcoming Graduate Students Association election. The candidates (clockwise from top left) include Donald Zelaya, Danny Ying, Candace Wang, Noor Nakhaei, Priyanka Sigar, Sonya Brooks, Jamie Leonard and Ernesto Arciniega. (Courtesy of GSA Elections Board)
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March 11, 3:47 pm
Candidacy processes kick off USAC, GSA 2022 election seasons
This post was updated March 14 at 8:45 p.m. Undergraduate and graduate student government elections are underway. Undergraduate students may submit an application to run for a position on the Undergraduate Students Association Council by the end of March 18. Read more...
Photo: The Undergraduate Students Association Council is housed in Kerckhoff Hall. Elections for the undergraduate and graduate student governments in progress. (Ashley Kenney/Photo editor)
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March 2, 9:39 pm
LA City Council District 5 candidates speak on policy issues at USAC town hall
Candidates for the Los Angeles City Council District 5 representative election discussed public safety, homelessness, transit development and other issues at a virtual town hall Monday. Read more...
Photo: The Undergraduate Students Association Council Office of the External Vice President held a town hall with several candidates running to become the next Los Angeles City Council District 5 representative. Candidates answered questions from members of the office and students about policies such as transportation and combatting homelessness. (Ashley Kenney/Photo editor)
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February 24, 4:03 pm
USAC recap – Feb. 15
During the Undergraduate Students Association Council meeting on Feb. 15, Academic Affairs Commissioner Angelina Quint said her office’s Campus of Care committee is reaching out to professors and departments as part of its initiative to make syllabi accessible to students prior to enrollment. Read more...
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February 19, 12:40 am
Disability rights advocate Judith Heumann talks accessibility in Regents’ Lecture
Disability rights advocate Judith Heumann spoke about the need to increase the accessibility of higher education in a Zoom lecture Thursday. Heumann has been advocating for disability rights since the 1970s and has worked on legislation including Section 504, the Individuals with Education Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Rehabilitation Act, and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, according to a UCLA press release. Read more...
Photo: Disability rights advocate Judith Heumann spoke with student leaders and at the Regents’ Professors and Lecturers Program to discuss the accessibility of higher education. (Screen capture by Sakshi Joglekar/Assistant Photo editor)
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February 17, 5:07 pm
Student leaders suspend sit-in, reach agreement with UCLA administrators
This post was updated March 1 at 6:51 p.m. Students’ 16-day sit-in is now over. Student leaders decided Wednesday morning to suspend their 16-day sit-in at Murphy Hall after reaching an agreement with UCLA administrators regarding their demands for increased accessibility and education equity. Read more...
Photo: After coming to an agreement with the university, student leaders suspended their sit-in at Murphy Hall. (Seth Van Matre/Daily Bruin)