Live from the Daily Bruin conference room, Chris Campbell, Abhishek Shetty and Aaron Julian offer their reactions in the aftermath of Friday night’s USAC election. There was a lot happening, and lots to opine about. Read more...
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The flyers, high-fives and small talk from Undergraduate Students Association Council candidates don’t extend to the Hill, but USAC’s importance does. The 14 newly elected student officials will institute policies and services with millions of dollars’ worth of student fees. Read more...
Photo: The undergraduate student government’s election code bans campaigning in residential halls and other university-owned living spaces, but this creates a disconnect between students and their government. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Last Friday’s Undergraduate Students Association Council candidates debate was meant to be an important platform for uninformed voters to learn about the election. Instead, it turned out be a mutual-admiration society between overexcited supporters and their deities. Read more...
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Update: The Undergraduate Students Association Council Judicial Board ruled in favor of the Election Board Thursday morning. The referendum process has long been an attempt at direct democracy. Read more...
It didn’t take long for the student government election to spiral out of control. Before voting even began, it came to light that the Social Justice Referendum campaign had outspent the agreed-upon campaign finance limit nearly tenfold. Read more...
Photo: The Social Justice Referendum of 2016 continued campaigning Tuesday after an all-day sanction was suspended by the USAC Judicial Board. While the referendum’s campaign claimed the sanction was unfair, its disregard for the electionwide rules it previously agreed to follow threatens student democracy in the future. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)
The Undergraduate Students Association Council External Vice President’s office has played a pivotal role in student advocacy and activism on this campus for decades. UCLA has been at the forefront of fighting for affordable education, advocating to dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline and providing students with a space to lobby for issues they are passionate about. Read more...
My name is Shubham Goel and I am the founder and sole representative of UCLA’s new undergraduate student government slate MakeUCLAGreatAgain. Over the past couple weeks, I have been asked to my face if I am a joke or if I am serious. Read more...
