Changes to the Election Code were finalized by student council Tuesday, though adoption of the Hare system of proportional voting failed to pass because of logistical concerns regarding MyUCLA. The Election Code, which will apply to the upcoming Undergraduate Students Association Council general election, underwent several structural changes designed to help clarify and better define […]
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Special election petition works toward 15 percent target
Though supporters of the senate proposal have been collecting signatures for more than a month, they have yet to get support from the required 15 percent of the undergraduate student population to hold a special election. The petition, which is only the first step to changing the structure of undergraduate student government, will continue to […]
USAC plans campus bar
As the latest effort in the decades-long student movement for an on-campus bar, the undergraduate student government unanimously approved a resolution Tuesday night officially supporting the measure and calling for a referendum vote in the spring elections to poll support among students. The referendum acts as a survey of student opinion only and will not […]
A Closer Look: Council makes headway in projects
While some members of the Undergraduate Students Association Council have made concrete progress on keeping their campaign promises, others are still in the planning and research stages of their projects, and have only until spring to fulfill the promises they made to students when they were elected. To a large degree, councilmembers this year have […]
Kerckhoff offices may soon find new occupants
New office resources for student groups, including mailboxes, lockers and communal office space in Kerckhoff Hall, are in the works but will not be available for use until the student government approves guidelines, which has been postponed several times this quarter. The communal office space, in the room formerly occupied by the Associated Students UCLA […]
Survey shows low drinking, high sense of community
Results of the annual freshmen survey conducted by the Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA found that interest and involvement in community service have reached their highest levels in 40 years among students across the nation. Two out of three entering college freshmen reported that they believe it is essential or very important to help […]
Special-election effort for USAC senate starts
A campaign to change the structure of student government to a senate-based system via a campus-wide special election is underway, following the rejection of the proposal by the Undergraduates Students Association Council Tuesday night. The senate structure, first proposed last year, would convert USAC from a council of 13 voting members to a structure consisting […]