Graduate students voted to approve a change in legislative language in the 2021 Graduate Students Association elections, the association announced Wednesday. Eight candidates ran in the GSA elections. Read more...
Photo: Voter turnout in the Graduate Students Association elections declined from 14% in 2020 to 10.22% this year. (Ashley Kenney/Assistant Photo editor)
Undergraduate students will vote for about 40 candidates, three constitutional amendments and one referendum in the undergraduate student government election in spring 2021. Alfred Tun, Undergraduate Students Association Elections Board chair and fourth-year economics and political science student, presented the spring election ballot at the Undergraduate Students Association Council meeting Tuesday. Read more...
Photo: Alfred Tun, the Undergraduate Students Association Elections Board Chair, presented the 2021 spring election ballot at Tuesday’s Undergraduate Students Association Council meeting. (Ashley Kenney/Assistant Photo editor)
The Undergraduate Students Association Council discussed the allocation of financial aid through the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund and approved an amendment to the elections code. Read more...
Graduate student leaders are proposing to eliminate standardized testing as an entrance requirement for UCLA graduate programs. A proposal written by graduate student representatives asked the Academic Senate to recommend that graduate departments eliminate the GRE as a prerequisite for entering programs. Read more...
Photo: Graduate student representatives are arguing for the removal of the GRE as a requirement for graduate program admissions. (Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)
The Graduate Student Association is the voice of graduate students on campus. The association meets every three weeks and takes positions on current issues affecting graduate students. Read more...
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)
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...
