USAC’s history of slate dominance limits independents

Since the formation of a political student group coalition in the 1990s, the student body has seen the undergraduate student government elections consistently dominated by slate politics. The pervasiveness of slates within the Undergraduate Students Association Council has taken effect over the past two decades, making it difficult for independent candidates to win contested elections. […]

Students to vote on creation of transfer rep position

Students will be able to vote next week on a referendum to create a transfer representative position on the undergraduate student government. The referendum calls for an Undergraduate Students Association Council transfer representative, who would be a regular voting member of the currently 13-member USAC and would be tasked with representing the needs and interests […]

Delta Tau Delta joins fellow brother in fight against cancer

Jairo Madrigal was tired, but he did not let his first day of chemotherapy keep him from participating in this year’s Relay for Life. Madrigal, a second-year sociology student, began treatment for leukemia on Saturday, the same day as the 24-hour fundraising event. “It’s great that I started fighting my cancer the same day as […]

USAC Finance Committee chair to resign before term ends

The chair of the undergraduate student government’s finance committee for the past two school years will resign in May, about a month before her term is set to expire. Cynthia Jasso, who served as the Undergraduate Students Association Council Finance Committee chair, plans to resign from her position early to go to Tulsa, Okla. to […]

USAC votes to create referendum on possible transfer seat

Undergraduate student government leaders unanimously voted Tuesday to place a referendum on the spring elections ballot that calls for the creation of a transfer representative council seat. Though the referendum failed to gather signatures from the 15 percent of undergraduate students needed to put it on the ballot, the Undergraduate Students Association Council voted in […]

USAC Recap – April 8

The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government of UCLA’s undergraduate students. Council meetings are held on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in Kerckhoff 417 and are open to all students. Agenda The council unanimously appointed Alexander Lee, a fourth-year history student and former assistant Community Service commissioner, as the new Community Service commissioner. […]

USAC opts to maintain shorter voting period for elections

Polls for the undergraduate student government elections will remain open for three days in May, despite attempts by some student government officials to lengthen the voting period. The voting timespan for this year’s Undergraduate Students Association Council elections calendar runs from May 6-8, on the Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of sixth week. In recent years, […]