Though the 2004-2005 base budget allocations were recently approved by the Undergraduate Students Association Council, the funding process may not be over yet. For this year’s allocations, 42 of the 134 groups who applied were denied funding, and a number of groups have already made the decision to appeal the process. A few groups are […]
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USAC completes funding allocations
The undergraduate student government approved the allocation of a total of more than $220,000 to various student groups and council members, bringing the number of groups who received funding to an all-time high since base-budget funding was opened up to all groups for the first time. The budget was approved during a Aug. 24 meeting […]
USAC doles out group funds
The undergraduate student government approved the proposed base-budget allocations for the upcoming school year in its Tuesday night meeting. This year marks the first budget cycle where funding was made available to all groups on campus regardless of their status. In previous years, only officially recognized student organizations were eligible to receive funding from the […]
UCLA loses lawsuit
A former UCLA clinical instructor was awarded $2.95 million July 27 in a sexual discrimination and retaliation case that was filed against the university in 2003. The judgment was made in favor of Dr. Janet Conney, who worked with the UCLA Department of Psychiatry and biobehavioral science from 1999 to 2002. The jury found Conney […]
UC Berkeley picks new chancellor
After a search that lasted nearly one year, UC Berkeley found its next chancellor in Robert J. Birgeneau, an internationally known physicist. Birgeneau, who is the current president of the University of Toronto, will start his new job in California in October. His appointment to the position was made formal when University of California President […]
A Bruin Centenarian
In 1926, Ann Sumner was among the first classes to graduate from UCLA ““Â when it had just become a four-year institute and change was on its way. To this day, she can’t let the university out of her sight ““ literally. The campus is visible from her house located just off Hilgard Avenue . Sumner […]
J-board releases opinion on reps
Nearly three weeks later than its expected date, the undergraduate student government judicial board released its official opinion regarding an incident of vandalism that allegedly involved two councilmembers during the run-off elections in spring. The opinion was released by the Undergraduate Students Association Judicial Board July 12 and states that a stay is still in […]