A UCLA law professor filed a lawsuit against the University of California for failing to disclose admissions data beginning in 2007. Richard Sander, one of the petitioners and an affirmative action law scholar, alleged in the suit and in his research the UC has illegally factored race in admissions decisions. Proposition 209 amended the California […]
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UCLA faces controversy for trademark claim against NSJP conference logo
Students offered both support and condemnation of a recent administrative action against a Palestinian-rights group for using UCLA trademarks in their conference logo. UCLA administrators sent National Students for Justice in Palestine a cease-and-desist letter Oct. 31 regarding the use of a logo to promote the group’s upcoming national conference, which willre be held at […]
CALPIRG, BruinsVOTE! efforts pay off in unprecedented student midterm turnout
Tuesday’s midterm election saw a 537 percent increase of in-person student voters from the 2014 election. Pollworkers said 4,669 students turned out to vote at the five most student-heavy precincts near or at UCLA for Tuesday’s election. This figure does not include early or mail voting, but it already exceeds overall turnout from the 2014 […]
LA City Council calls on UCLA to cancel Students for Justice in Palestine event
This post was updated Nov. 8 at 10:41 p.m. The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to call on UCLA to cancel a student event. City Councilman Paul Koretz introduced the resolution in opposition to the upcoming National Students for Justice in Palestine Conference being held at UCLA from Nov. 16 through 18, stating […]
Long lines for midterm voting in Ackerman Union frustrate students
This post was updated Nov. 7 at 11:11 a.m. Students said they nearly gave up on voting in Tuesday’s election due to long lines. Students waited as long as two hours to vote in the U.S. midterm election at Ackerman Grand Ballroom, the only polling place on campus. This is the first time in recent […]
BruinsVOTE! campaigns to register as many students as possible for midterms
A voter registration campaign made up of student activists, student government members and a dog named Zeus has registered roughly 3,000 students to vote for the midterm election. BruinsVOTE!, a coalition made up of more than 200 students from various campus organizations, registered students to vote in classes, on Bruin Walk, in dining halls, and […]
USAC recap – Oct. 30
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Kerckhoff 417 and are open to all students. Watch a livestream of the meetings on the USAC Live! YouTube channel. Public Comment Nico Gist, the chapter chair of […]