The undergraduate student government is set to vote tonight on a resolution in support of a peaceful campus approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and investments in specific companies that have worked to promote economic growth for both Israelis and Palestinians.
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USAC budget report leads to concerns over slate politics
An undergraduate student government quarterly budget report will now be headed by an independent body instead of a specific office, following concerns of a slate bias skewing the results of the report and potentially creating a hierarchy between offices. Some members of the Undergraduate Students Association Council voiced concerns about the Internal Vice President’s Office […]
Bruin Republicans support term “illegal immigrant”
Bruin Republicans members voiced support for the term “illegal immigrant” and expressed their concerns with the undergraduate student government at a meeting Wednesday night. The main discussion of their meeting, called “Call it what it is: Illegal Immigration,” came in response to an Undergraduate Students Association Council resolution that criticized the use of the term […]
Financial Literacy Day Fair comes to UCLA
Students who want to learn how to plan their finances, avoid loan debt and obtain funding can find information at a campus fair on Tuesday. Multiple campus partners plan to set up informational booths in Bruin Plaza from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. for Financial Literacy Day Fair, a free event organized by the Undergraduate […]
IGNITE campaign aims to promote diversity in higher education
The undergraduate student government plans to vote at its meeting tonight on whether to formally support a campaign that calls for state leaders and the University of California to invest more funding and resources into education rather than in prisons. The resolution asks for the Undergraduate Students Association Council to advocate for a campaign called […]
CAC Cultural Programming Mini Fund now covers supply costs
Students can now obtain funding for supplies needed for cultural events and programming from the Cultural Programming Mini Fund, housed in the undergraduate student government. The Undergraduate Students Association Council Cultural Affairs Commission expanded the resources covered by the fund this quarter to better help students afford to put on cultural events, said Jessica Trumble, […]
Graduate students have mixed emotions about career advice
Zsuzsa Magyar’s prospective career in academia will involve playing the lottery. Magyar is a political science graduate student and, like many other graduate students she knows, she hopes to become a professor after getting her degree. She said she is on track for an academic career, but she also knows that the declining job market […]