What do you think of when you hear about the Undergraduate Students Association Council? Perhaps you think of the shadiness and pettiness that taint our campus elections. Or maybe you think of people being fake for votes. But that’s campus politics, not USAC. It’s petty campus politics that encourages students to do things like file […]
Author Archives: Aaron Boudaie
Submission: The 2017-18 FSC will focus on both programming and advocacy
When I ran for Undergraduate Students Association Council Financial Supports commissioner this year, I promised to expand the commission by taking it in a new direction, one that engages in both programming and advocacy. For the past six years, the Financial Supports Commission has successfully sought to address issues of financial concern to the student […]
Submission: UCLA curriculum should offer a personal finance course
It is impossible to deny that UCLA is a top-flight academic institution. It offers tens of thousands of students from all walks of life the opportunity to grow into hardworking and well-rounded optimists who strive for excellence every day. I’m proud to be a Bruin, and you should be too. However, as UCLA students, we […]
Submission: US needs bipartisan support for Israel to aid relations
Abortion, gun control, healthcare – it sometimes seems as though no one can agree on anything nowadays. The president comes up with a plan and Congress blocks it. Congress comes up with a plan and the president blocks it. Some have called the current government the least effective in American history. The past several years […]