A special election possibly costing thousands of dollars in student fees would be held if students elected to undergraduate student government officer positions this week resign or turn down their posts. If a student elected to be part of next year’s Undergraduate Students Association Council declines to take office, he or she would leave a […]
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USAC election results to be announced in Bruin Plaza
The results of the undergraduate student government election will be announced in Bruin Plaza around 4 or 4:30 p.m. Friday. In past years, results were announced in Meyerhoff Park in front of Kerckhoff on Thursday night. But the Undergraduate Students Association Council Election Board changed the location this year to ensure that Bruin Walk was […]
Petition seeks limits on election board media authority
The undergraduate student government Judicial Board is set to review a Daily Bruin petition calling for the Election Board to have no authority over non-paid media coverage. On Monday, the Undergraduate Students Association Council Election Board told USAC presidential candidates they could be sanctioned if they appeared on the Daily Bruin’s news and culture radio […]
Majority of USAC candidates sign joint ethics statement
The majority of candidates running for undergraduate student government officer positions this week have promised to not go on free or sponsored trips with certain pro-Israel lobbying organizations and non-student centered external groups if they are elected.
USAC Election Code’s campaign regulations
Student group alleges conflict of interest in two USAC councilmembers’ votes
Members of Students for Justice in Palestine at UCLA are officially challenging the legitimacy of two undergraduate student government councilmembers’ votes on a controversial divestment resolution brought to council last quarter. Students for Justice in Palestine submitted a petition to the Undergraduate Students Association Council Judicial Board at the end of last week, claiming that […]
Relay for Life participants unite to fight cancer for daylong event
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 11th annual 24-hour fundraising event put on by Colleges Against Cancer. This year, Relay for […]