The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government of UCLA’s undergraduate students. Council meetings are Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in Kerckhoff 417 and are open to all students.
Agenda
- Contingency allocations were approved unanimously.
- USAC unanimously approved the updated Undergraduate Students Association contingency programming funding application. Cynthia Jasso, Finance Committee chair, said she changed the application’s due date to 21 days prior to the event in need of funding and added a section asking student organizations if they are co-programming with any other groups on an event. Jasso said there is a 30-day period during which student groups are allowed to turn in the old version of the application.
- Lana Habib El-Farra, external vice president, and Taylor Mason, Cultural Affairs commissioner, said their offices and the Campus Events Commission will put on “Your Voice, Your Vote” a free voter registration concert on Oct. 19 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in Ackerman Grand Ballroom. They said the concert will cost $28,667.79, with the majority of the cost being covered by the three USAC offices. USAC voted to allocate $2,000 from the USAC discretionary fund to the event by a vote of 8-0-3.
- Mason said Christine Mata, assistant dean of campus climate, is holding a new student welcome and luncheon for Latino and Native American students on Oct. 10. The council unanimously voted to use $200 from the USAC discretionary fund for the event.
Officer reports
- President David Bocarsly said he is working with student representatives from the Special Olympics to create a marketing campaign for We Run the City a run/walk event where UCLA and the University of Southern California will compete to raise money for the Special Olympics. Bocarsly also said the student events calendar, which will include information from the Center of Student Programming and UCLA Recreation, among other programs, is set to launch the first week of winter quarter.
- Andrea “Andi” Hester, internal vice president, said she met with Peter Angelis, assistant vice chancellor of Housing and Hospitality Services, about the new Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference and Guest Center, which is scheduled to begin construction in summer 2013 and open in winter 2016.
- Lana Habib El-Farra, external vice president, said there will be a student leader forum with the University of California student regents Friday.
- Kim Davis, Academic Affairs commissioner, said the Chancellor’s office will no longer be able to pay a share of the UC Office of the President’s $65 million tax on UCLA and the tax will need to be paid through various departments on campus. Davis said Chancellor Gene Block is working with faculty to advocate against this change.
Compiled by Kristen Taketa, Bruin staff