There are still two months left until the election season begins for next year’s undergraduate student government, and some presidential hopefuls are already beginning to form their campaigns and strategies. This year’s campaign for the presidency of the Undergraduate Students Association Council is expected to be a three-way race with two candidates running under different […]
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USAC appoints new representative
An open spot for general representative unexpectedly went to a candidate not approved by the undergraduate government’s appointing committee on Tuesday night, resulting in a split vote between councilmembers. In a 4-1-3 vote, Art Ambrosio, a fourth-year neuroscience student, was appointed to fill the seat of the third general representative for the Undergraduate Students Association […]
Bruin Up Books goes from Hill to campus
A resolution geared at increasing student involvement in a community service program unanimously passed at Tuesday night’s meeting of the undergraduate student government. The Resolution in Support of Bruin Up Books, co-sponsored by three members of the Undergraduate Students Association Council, is intended to move the location of the community service program from the dorms […]
Judicial Board rejects JSU’s funding appeal in 6-0 vote
The five-month-long case about the Jewish Student Union’s appeal for additional funding from the undergraduate student government concluded Monday night when a hearing resulted in the student government coming out victorious. In a 6-0 vote, members of the Judicial Board rejected JSU’s claim that the organization had suffered severe budget cuts due to the alleged […]
Funding debate to be settled tonight
The dispute between the Jewish Student Union and the undergraduate student government regarding JSU’s appeal for additional funding will be settled tonight by the Judicial Board when both parties meet for the hearing in the UCLA Anderson School of Management. This is the first time since 2000 an Undergraduate Students Association Council case of this […]
UCOP gives guidelines on lobbying, funding, fees
The University of California Office of the President released the second round of guideline drafts late Tuesday regarding university funding policies for student governments and organizations. Acceptable use of mandatory student fees, student group referenda and student lobbying rights are just a few of the items covered in the guidelines. The negotiations over the guidelines […]
Council vacancies to be filled by presidential appointment
Two positions for the undergraduate student government have recently opened up to the entire student body. With the resignation last week of Nelson Saldaña as a the general representatives for the Undergraduate Students Association Council, the position is now up for grabs for qualified students. Saldaña resigned from his post on Jan. 28 due to […]