The undergraduate student government president’s office on the third floor of Kerckhoff Hall will likely seem familiar to Lucero Chavez if she is elected. After all, she has spent the past three years at UCLA working in that same office as a presidential staff member. But the third-year American literature and culture and Chicana/o studies […]
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Slates pass on spending cap
Campaign spending caps became optional for Undergraduate Students Association Council candidates in 2003, but this election marks the first year no slate’s candidates opted to sign on. The voluntary spending cap, which limits how much money can be spent on a single campaign, ranges from $400 for commissioners to $600 for presidential candidates for the […]
Three slates vie for USAC seats
Slate politics have dominated undergraduate student government elections in recent history, and with the advent of a new slate, along with a slew of independent candidates, this year promises to be no different. Slates are coalitions of students with similar ideologies and goals who pool their campaign resources and run together. In the past, slates […]
GSA seeks to increase today’s election turnout
Voting in the graduate student government elections begins today at noon, with election officials stressing the importance of a high voter turnout despite the fairly uncompetitive election. All UCLA graduate and professional students are eligible to vote for next year’s Graduate Students Association officers, and voters can access the ballots by logging on to MyUCLA […]
Campaigns heat up over alleged dishonesty
Editor’s note: In “Campaigns heat up over alleged dishonesty” (News, April 17), the story said that “some members” of the Graduate Student Association accused presidential candidate Anthony Dunbar of lying during his campaign. The story should have clarified that Shane Markstrum, forum representative for the Engineering GSA, was the only person who made such allegations. […]
New Undie Run route gets mostly positive response
In spite of some unexpected fountain-hopping at the end, the new Undie Run route received generally good reviews from students and administrators alike during a debriefing Thursday. Representatives from student groups including the undergraduate student government, the Interfraternity Council, Student Alumni Association and the On Campus Housing Council met with administrators to discuss the latest […]
Physicist brings his father’s music to life
It is not often that the strains of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic fill the Physics and Astronomy Building. But they did Thursday night, when physics Professor Peter Schlein led a seminar about his father, composer Irving Schlein, complete with videos of artists from the philharmonic recording his father’s pieces. Though Irving Schlein, a Julliard-trained pianist, […]