This post was updated on May 9 at 4:04 p.m. This year’s Undergraduate Students Association Council Election Board promised to stand behind equitable and fair elections. All it managed to stand behind, though, was the lectern it used to announce results Friday. Each year, USAC elections test the will of the student body. Amid suspicious campaign […]
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Editorial: USAC should shift to a senate system to better represent students
UCLA’s undergraduate student government has a penchant for underrepresenting the student body. This year, 39 candidates from various campus communities are trying their hand at the Undergraduate Students Association Council. By the end of this week, 25 students and their communities will walk away without a seat in their student government to represent them. The […]
USAC Election Endorsements
A Look Inside USAC Candidate Campaign Finances
Editorial: City must proactively tend to hazardous trees endangering Westwood
Three cars. Two apartments. Three years. Upwards of five trees. Westwood has become a battleground between residents and their trees. The latest victims Monday were a pickup truck and station wagon when yet another tree rained down on the Kelton Avenue residential area. The destruction was nothing out of the ordinary, however. In September, a […]
2017-2018 USAC Officer Evaluations
Each year, the Daily Bruin evaluates each Undergraduate Students Association Council member’s term in office. This year, The Bruin’s editorial board has taken into consideration four major criteria in the evaluations: council members’ ability to come up with and accomplish meaningful platforms, how well they fulfilled their respective roles beyond their platforms, how well they […]
Editorial: Westwood community would benefit from proposed pedestrian-only plaza
It’s hard to think of Westwood as a pedestrian’s paradise. With cracked sidewalks, narrow streets and few places to sit down outside storefronts, the neighborhood is more of a passerby hub than a sit-down destination. That trend could be changing, however. The Westwood Village Improvement Association’s board of directors will hear a proposal Thursday to […]