Author Archives: Menaka Fernando

In the midst of a marathon meeting on the Hill, the undergraduate student government approved a financial boost for newly recognized student groups despite opposition from the council’s primary budget consultants. As dorm residents looked on during the five-hour meeting Tuesday night, the Undergraduate Students Association Council voted to double the cap of funds that […]

Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name ““ but that’s not what UCLA’s undergraduate student government is doing tonight with its meeting on the Hill. Few students who live in the dorms know what the Undergraduate Students Association Council is, and even fewer care about what they do. Student apathy is what the […]

The undergraduate student government had a packed agenda for its meeting Tuesday night, but nothing was voted on, nothing was approved, nothing was rejected ““ no action could be taken because not enough councilmembers were in attendance. With only seven out of 13 Undergraduate Students Association Council members attending the meeting, council failed to meet […]

The student commissioner in charge of addressing finance-related issues plans to launch an online housing index by the end of the month to help students hunt for apartments. Andrew LaFlamme, financial supports commissioner for the Undergraduate Students Association Council, had promised to create an online index featuring a map and aerial view of apartments in […]

A commissioner of the undergraduate student government publicly apologized Tuesday on behalf of his office for placing what some said was a racially offensive advertisement in the Daily Bruin earlier this month. The Campus Events Commission of the Undergraduate Students Association Council was promoting the $2 movie “Barbershop” showing later that week. The ad that […]

While partisan politics continue to provide the background music for much of the undergraduate student government’s affairs, the four independent members on council say they are swinging to their own beat. With five councilmembers belonging to the Student Empowerment! slate, four belonging to the Students United for Reform and Equality slate, the remaining four independents […]

With years of experience and a fresh perspective to offer, the newest undergraduate student councilmember jumps into the council midyear with an immediate mission: to provide a student voice that he says has not been heard all year. Adam Pearlman, the new Undergraduate Students Association Council facilities commissioner, aims to be a liaison between students […]