A new student commission is currently working with UCLA administrators to incorporate the histories of people of color on campus in the university’s official campus tours. The UCLA People of Color Tour started in 1985 and aims to educate students about the historical significance of certain sites on campus. During the student-run tour, individuals stop […]
Author Archives: Jasmine Aquino
GSA recap – May 28
The UCLA Graduate Students Association is the voice of graduate students on campus. The association meets for forum every three weeks and takes positions on current issues affecting graduate students. Forum meetings are at 7 p.m. in the Ackerman Union’s Global Viewpoint Lounge. Agenda Cindy Stanphill, GSA elections commissioner, swore in the new GSA officers […]
GSA forum discusses changes to elections code
The graduate student government voted Wednesday to include a voluntary campaign spending limit of $250 per candidate in its elections code. Members of the Graduate Students Association considered multiple elections code changes at their forum Wednesday night, including a proposal to decrease the number of graduate student signatures needed to run for office from 50 […]
UCLA Racing | Baja SAE team gears up for Kansas competition
Circled around a neon spray-painted race car, several students begin to take the pieces apart, ripping parts off the frame and fiddling with the engine. The Miami Vice-inspired race car sports a faded pink, purple and blue paint job, along with a hula dancing doll on its dashboard. The sides of the car are marked […]
Students pass referendum funding arts programming
This post was updated on May 11 at 10:30 p.m. Students approved a $1.55 quarterly fee increase Friday to create a specific pool of funds for cultural and arts-related programs. The ballot measure passed with 54.5 percent, or 4,030 votes, in this year’s undergraduate student government election. “I honestly didn’t think it would pass because […]
Q&A: Satirical USAC candidate Sachin Medhekar shares platform
Sachin Medhekar, a satirical candidate running for this year’s General Representative office in the Undergraduate Students Association Council election, recently talked with Daily Bruin campus reporter Jasmine Aquino about his campaign platforms and why he decided to run for USAC. The third-year computer science student and sole candidate of the new ¡Bruin Satyrists! slate spoke […]
Arts referendum up for vote aims to support arts, culture
A referendum on the undergraduate student government election ballot aims to use a student fee increase to create a specific pool of funds for cultural and arts-related programs. Though students can currently apply for funding for arts programs through different sources on campus, there is currently no clear fund dedicated to student art programs. By […]