The undergraduate student government judicial board ruled in favor of the election board after receiving a petition asking it to disqualify the Bruins United slate. The judicial board voted unanimously that the election board did not violate code when sanctioning the slate for multiple violations. Three students petitioned against the election board Thursday morning, alleging […]
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Judicial board hears case for potential Bruins United disqualification
The Undergraduate Students Association Council Judicial Board conducted hearings Thursday on a petition that aims to disqualify the entire Bruins United slate, the board’s first case of the year. The petitioners alleged the election board violated election code by sanctioning the Bruins United slate too lightly for failing to disclose a sponsorship from the mobile […]
Judicial board to review petition for disqualification of Bruins United
The undergraduate student government judicial board has decided to review a petition from three students who want to disqualify the entire Bruins United slate from this year’s Undergraduate Students Association Council election. Students Alicia Frison, Brad Fingard and Sanjana Nidugondi petitioned the judicial board Thursday, asking it to disqualify all nine Bruins United candidates for […]
Students protest at USAC meeting, denounce actions of president
Students filled Kerckhoff 417 on Tuesday night, chanting “Black Bruins matter!” and “Shame!” at the weekly undergraduate student government meeting. Dozens of students addressed Danny Siegel, the Undergraduate Students Association Council president, about a recently leaked photo of him making the hand sign of the Bloods, a primarily African American gang. A group of students […]
Students respond to leaked photo of USAC president making gang symbol
Students expressed concern and outrage over a photograph of the undergraduate student government president that began circulating Sunday on social media. In the photo, Danny Siegel, the Undergraduate Students Association Council president, posed with the hand sign of a primarily African American street gang called the Bloods. Many students said they think the gesture was […]
Residents evacuate after sprinkler causes flood in De Neve Holly
De Neve Holly flooded Saturday morning because a sprinkler on the ninth floor activated. Students evacuated the building at about 9:50 a.m. after the ninth floor started flooding. Residents were not able to return to their rooms until about 12:30 p.m. because water was trickling down to lower floors, said Los Angeles Fire Department Captain David […]
GSA election sees 3.5 percent decrease in voter turnout
About 9 percent of eligible graduate students voted in this year’s uncontested Graduate Students Association election, down 3.5 percent from last year. Elections commissioner Anne Blackstock-Bernstein said 1,077 graduate students voted out of a possible 11,834. Only one candidate ran for each of the four positions in the GSA executive cabinet. “This is a fairly […]