Each year, the Daily Bruin Editorial Board interviews every candidate running in the undergraduate student government election, and endorses one candidate for each position based on platform quality, candidate qualifications and vision for the respective office. Here are the board’s endorsements for this year’s USAC candidates.
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2016-2017 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: the quality of the council members’ platforms, platform completion, how well they fulfilled their respective roles beyond their platforms and their commitment to transparency […]
Editorial: UCLA should use Luskin Conference Center for hotel management program
The opening of the Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center came with a proclamation from Chancellor Gene Block: The center would “serve our Bruin Community with distinction.” Nine months and $3.7 million in losses later, the promised benefits for students are almost nonexistent. This is the center’s first year in operation, so the monetary losses […]
Editorial: City efforts to combat street dumping must better reach UCLA students
Sofas and mattresses don’t belong on the streets. But tell that to the student struggling to get rid of unwanted furniture. Westwood lives in a quadrennial flux. Amid the ever-changing student body and hubbub of graduation, North Village – where many students live – is marred by unwanted mattresses and discolored sofas. Councilmember Paul Koretz […]
Editorial: Online voting would increase turnout in neighborhood council elections
It’s no secret people don’t show up to vote – especially at local elections. And Westwood is no exception. Just ask the 496 people who showed up to vote on behalf of the roughly 50,000-strong neighborhood in 2016’s Westwood Neighborhood Council election. It’s obvious the way members of the neighborhood access local ballots is in […]
2017 GSA candidate evaluation: Michael Skiles
The graduate student government is holding an election for its executive cabinet Tuesday. The Daily Bruin editorial board interviewed each of the cabinet’s four unopposed candidates and evaluated their platforms for the coming year. Michael Skiles is an experienced candidate for Graduate Student Association president who can build upon his successes this year. However, he […]
2017 GSA candidate evaluation: Parshan Khosravi
The graduate student government is holding an election for its executive cabinet Tuesday. The Daily Bruin editorial board interviewed each of the cabinet’s four unopposed candidates and evaluated their platforms for the coming year. Parshan Khosravi’s platforms and personality will add much-needed energy to next year’s vice president of external affairs’ office. And if he […]