The JazzReggae Festival will be shortened to one day this year from its usual two because of a budget deficit caused by unexpected costs of last year’s festival. The 29th iteration of the festival will be changed to one day to cut logistical costs and leave room for any unanticipated spending, said Jasmine Pierik, co-executive […]
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Presidential resignations rare in history of USAC
In the 95-year existence of UCLA’s undergraduate student government, just six presidents have stepped down or been ousted from their seats. Undergraduate Students Association Council presidents have resigned for personal reasons, been caught in campaign violation controversies or been drafted into the military, according to Steven Halpern in “A View from Kerckhoff: A History of […]
USAC to vote on nominee for internal vice president seat
The undergraduate student government will vote Tuesday on a nominee to fill the vacant internal vice president position, in line with constitutional procedures to fill the open seat. Heather Hourdequin, co-chief of staff of the Internal Vice President’s office and candidate for the seat, will need the majority approval of the Undergraduate Students Association Council […]
Pro-Israel coalition seeks to shift USAC focus back to campus issues
More than 100 students met at Hillel at UCLA Thursday to discuss a strategy to persuade the undergraduate student government to shift its attention away from political and international issues. Student leaders from Bruins for Israel, Hillel at UCLA and J Street U at UCLA led the meeting of pro-Israel students and unveiled a new […]
USAC to look for SOOF reforms that can keep fund viable
Student groups will receive about $100 less on average from an undergraduate student government fund this fall. The Undergraduate Students Association Council voted unanimously to allocate the funds at its meeting Tuesday night. The Student Organizations Operational Fund decreased by about $35,000, continuing a trend of decreasing SOOF allocations. Because of this, 206 student groups […]
Sadeghi-Movahed, Haq elected to transfer, general representative seats
This post was updated on Oct. 26 at 5:20 p.m. Students elected Negeen Sadeghi-Movahed to the newly created transfer student representative seat and Sofia Moreno Haq to the general representative 2 seat on the undergraduate student government council Friday. The Undergraduate Students Association Council special election saw a 13.6 percent voter turnout, a small number […]
USAC election candidates sanctioned for submitting late expense reports
The undergraduate student government Election Board barred two candidates from fliering on campus for all of Thursday after they did not report their campaign spending totals on time. Though they spent about $1,700 campaigning in total, transfer student representative candidate Negeen Sadeghi-Movahed and general representative 2 candidate Sofia Moreno Haq reported that they did not […]