More UCLA employees will be eligible for overtime pay due to updated pay rules released May 18. The United States Department of Labor released new rules stating executive, administrative and professional salaried employees making less than $47,476 a year now qualify for overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The previous threshold was $23,660 […]
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Q&A: Spring election candidate discusses new slate MakeUCLAGreatAgain
Two new slates, MakeUCLAGreatAgain and Waves of Change, will be running candidates in the spring undergraduate student government elections. Shubham Goel, creator of MakeUCLAGreatAgain and a third-year economics student, will be the only candidate running under the slate. The Daily Bruin’s Ravija Harjai spoke with Goel, a general representative candidate, about the slate’s political agenda […]
Clean energy experts discuss future of sustainable energy at panel
Experts discussed the future of climate change, nuclear energy and other global sustainability topics Tuesday afternoon at a panel held to envision which energy sources will play a prominent role in 2050. The UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability organized “Powering Earth 2050,” as part of the “Oppenheim Lecture Series,” at the UCLA Anderson […]
UCSA proposes automatic online voter registration for students
Students may be able to register online to vote when they enroll for classes, if state legislators approve a program a student lobbying organization announced earlier this month. The University of California Student Association, or UCSA, announced the Automatic Student Voter Registration Proposal at its board meeting Feb. 6. The initiative will automatically register eligible […]
UC funds $1.32M grant for health, poverty research centers
University of California campuses received $1.32 million Monday to bring together centers that aim to facilitate health and poverty research. The UC Office of the President funded the Blum Federation. The centers’ organizers will collaborate to teach and research global poverty, economic and social justice issues, according to a UCOP press release. UCLA’s center focuses […]
USAC allocates surplus to funds financing student groups
The undergraduate student government approved Tuesday a $40,000 allocation to two funding bodies that finance student groups. The Undergraduate Students Association Council withdrew $4,000 from its endowment fund of $120,000 and transferred the money into the Contingency Programming Fund. The remaining $36,000, allocated to the Contingency Capital Items and Contingency Programming funds, was transferred from […]
USAC recap – Jan. 12
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every week on Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Kerckhoff 417 and are open to all students. Watch a live stream of the meetings on the USAC Live! YouTube channel. Agenda The council unanimously approved […]