This summer, a great debate is before us in Sacramento, a debate with serious implications for you as college students: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has proposed more than $600 million in cuts to California’s public colleges and universities, along with student fee hikes at University of California and Cal State University campuses, a 44 percent student fee hike for community college students, cuts to the Cal Grant program and an $11.6 million reduction in UC research funding. Read more...

This year’s council was extraordinarily productive and thorough in representing the interests of all students at UCLA because of Students First! leadership. In particular it succeeded at: connecting students to Undergraduate Students Association Council, coalition building, and fulfilling major campaigns reflective of all student needs. Read more...

In his column “Redirect USAC: Vote out Students First!” (May 5), Daily Bruin columnist Garin Hovannisian rightly understands that I and the Equal Access Coalition can be a voice for all students, and that we are also “dedicated to solving structural inequities” in Undergraduate Students Association Council. Read more...

It is my intention to struggle for the rights of all the students of UCLA, as previous governments have failed to do. I am opposed to the voluntary increase in student fees that has been proposed by some candidates because the issue is actually the fair distribution of Undergraduate Students Association Council’s funds. Read more...

I wholeheartedly and enthusiastically accept the endorsement of the Daily Bruin Editorial Board. This next week, we have an extraordinary opportunity to change the way we look at student government at UCLA. Read more...

Every government must secure means for its own preservation; therefore, the Undergraduate Students Association Council created the Elections Code ““ a set of rules that lay out how council elections take place. Read more...

During spring quarter the entire campus focuses on student government elections. Many candidates have made ambitious promises ““ a standard practice at this time of year. Read more...