This post was updated May 5 at 8:06 p.m. A new political slate in the undergraduate student election seeks to break down partisan barriers within the student government. Read more...
Photo: (From left to right: Courtesy of Lizeth Chimal, courtesy of Herman Luis Chavez, courtesy of Laura Laubach)
The Undergraduate Students Association Council approved a resolution commemorating Lily Shaw and her advocacy for students with disabilities in USAC and the UCLA community. USAC approved changes to the Congressional Advisory Board bylaws and the Seat at the Table Initiative bylaws. Read more...
The Undergraduate Students Association Elections Board temporarily suspended a candidate from campaigning for spreading false allegations against his opponent over social media. The elections board issued sanctions against Elijah Simas, a second-year electrical engineering student and candidate for the Undergraduate Students Association Council Facilities Commission, after Simas claimed on social media that his opponent Jane Ni – who is currently a Facilities Commission staff member – benefited from an internal survey within the commission. Read more...
Photo: A candidate for facilities commissioner was sanctioned by the elections board for spreading false information on social media. (Ashley Kenney/Assistant photo editor)
Click here to learn more about the candidates running in this year’s undergraduate student government elections. Read more...
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Public Comment Jason Vu, the president of the Vietnamese Student Union and a fourth-year Asian American studies and global studies student, urged the council to support the Voiding Inequality and Seeking Inclusion for Our Immigrant Neighbors Act, which prevents people deemed eligible for release from local jails and state prisons from being sent to immigration detention centers. Read more...
Public Comment: Laura Gong, the undergraduate representative for the Research Continuity working group within the COVID-19 Response and Recovery Task Force, said undergraduate student researchers can now return to campus with certain COVID-19 regulations in place. Read more...
Undergraduate students will vote for three amendments to the student government constitution in May after a contentious process to move the amendments on the ballot. The Undergraduate Students Association Council approved three constitutional amendments that may give more power to the USA Judicial Board and USA Elections Board but also limit the term length of judicial board justices. Read more...
