Thursday, May 15

USAC divestment resolution draws concerns from Jewish student organizations

Editor’s note: This post was updated to provide retroactive anonymity to a source due to safety concerns. Jewish student organizations raised concerns about transparency and inclusion after the undergraduate student government passed a resolution containing controversial language about Israel. Read more...

Photo: A resolution passed by the Undergraduate Students Association Council on March 2, which called on the University of California to divest from war, was met with concerns about its controversial language about Israel. (Daily Bruin file photo)


USAC recap – March 9

Public Comment: Prabhdeep Rai, the UCLA California Public Interest Research Group chapter chair and a fourth-year history student, said CALPIRG progressed in its campaigns for clean energy, voter registration, ending oil drilling and affordable textbooks. Read more...




USAC to vote on fund to pay future undocumented council members

The art for this post was updated March 2 at 2:55 p.m. The Undergraduate Students Association Council is considering a fund that will allow undocumented USAC council members who lose their work authorization to continue receiving their salary, in response to an incident in 2020 where an undocumented council member went without pay for around seven weeks. Read more...

Photo: The Undergraduate Students Association Council will vote this week on a proposal to establish a fund to pay future undocumented council members who do not have work authorization. (Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)


Amendment gives elections board more autonomy over USAC elections calendar

An amendment will give the board that runs the student government elections more independence over the elections calendar. The Undergraduate Students Association Council passed a resolution Feb. Read more...

Photo: The Undergraduate Students Association Council voted in February to amend the elections code to give the elections board chair more autonomy in determining the elections calendar. (Daily Bruin file photo)


USAC Recap – Feb. 23

The Undergraduate Students Association Council created two council member stipends reserved for undocumented students within USAC. The council also approved a resolution in support of the Protecting Equal Access to Care Everywhere Act, which advocates for equitable patient access to health care facilities. Read more...



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