Student organizations hoping to receive on-campus office space may now find more resources available to them, but also a stricter process for getting these resources. The Undergraduate Students Association Council voted Feb. 14 to approve the new office-space allocation guidelines, which outline the processes and regulations by which student groups can get office space on […]
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A Closer Look: USAC puts politics aside to pursue individual goals
By its own choice, this year’s Undergraduate Students Association Council is less political than past councils have been, but not everyone agrees that decreased politicking will make the council more effective. Now more than halfway through the school year, members of this year’s council and years past are reflecting on how USAC has moved away […]
Study examines wage gap
A study released Thursday by a labor union representing University of California employees has found significant gaps between the salaries of UC and California State University service workers. The study, conducted by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, found that some low-level service workers at the UC make up to 26 percent […]
Professor earns Oscar for technical achievement
When the Scientific and Technical Academy Awards are held on Feb. 18, the UCLA community may see one of its own on the red carpet. Computer science Professor Demetri Terzopoulos and his former colleague John Platt of Microsoft won a Technical Achievement Academy Award for a 1987 paper titled “Elastically Deformable Models.” Scientific and Technical […]
Senate proposal comes up short
The senate proposal failed Tuesday night to gain the two-thirds majority it needed to be passed by the Undergraduate Students Association Council and move to a student vote in a special election. Council voted 7-5 for the proposal, falling short of the nine votes it needed to pass. The voting fell directly along slate lines, […]
USAC vote hinges on 3
When the Undergraduate Students Association Council votes on the senate proposal tonight, its decision may hinge on just three people’s votes. According to several councilmembers, the voting will likely fall along slate lines, with the seven Bruins United councilmembers expected to vote to pass the proposal and Student Power! members voting against it. “My impression […]
Official to take position at University of Texas
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Soncia Reagins-Lilly will leave UCLA at the end of winter quarter to become senior associate vice president and dean of students at the University of Texas at Austin. Reagins-Lilly, who has been at UCLA since August 2000, was contacted by a University of Texas search committee after being nominated […]