A few offices of the undergraduate student government prepared to send out a second randomized survey later this quarter, but some questioned the effectiveness of gauging student opinion in this manner. Administered by the Undergraduate Students Association Council’s president and two general representative offices, the survey will be sent out to 24,000 undergraduate students sixth […]
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Pearlman approved by divided USAC
After several hours of fiery and often partisan debate, a divided undergraduate student government approved the appointment of its newest member at Tuesday night’s meeting. The four-and-a-half hour meeting ended with the swearing in of fifth-year political science student Adam Pearlman as the Undergraduate Students Association Council’s new facilities commissioner. Pearlman ““ who was the […]
Applicants for facilities head voice their plans
In anticipation of being appointed the newest undergraduate student government officer, candidates for the facilities commission said they planned to improve the office and contribute to council. The new position became available when former Facilities Commissioner Annie McElwain resigned early this quarter due to personal reasons. The Undergraduate Students Association Council will interview the five […]
Changes in programming may affect free speech
The director of student programming brought up First Amendment concerns after the undergraduate student government proposed to alter how it registers student groups. Director Berky Nelson expressed concerns about infringing on students’ constitutional free speech rights that might result from changing the process of registering a student group. “The last thing I would want to […]
Jones withdraws group name due to alleged phone threats
Bruin Republicans Chairman Andrew Jones announced Friday he will be officially withdrawing the recently-registered student organization, Student Empowerment! today as a result of threatening phone calls he said he received. “I (am not withdrawing the group) because I am wrong … but rather because of anonymous hostile phone calls I have received threatening me should […]
New USAC chair gets mixed reviews
With some dispute, the undergraduate student council appointed a new Elections Board chair at their general meeting Tuesday night amid discussion of upcoming events and new councilmembers. The Undergraduate Students Association Council appointed second-year civil engineering student Joseph Vardner as the new E-board chair with a 3-2-5 vote. Recommended to council by President David Dahle, […]
The battle over Empowerment
A few students recently officially created a student group named Student Empowerment!, in what some consider a sabotage campaign against the undergraduate student government slate that uses the same name. Empowerment!, like Students United for Reform and Equality, the other major slate, does not meet the qualifications for a student group. Empowerment! slate members fear […]