Author Archives: Robert Salonga

Students seeking an internship or post-graduate employment will be sought out when the second annual Nonprofit Career Fair arrives at Dickson Court today. Recruiters from 40 nonprofit organizations are expected to come, in an event co-hosted by the School of Public Policy and Social Research and Idealist.org. Organizers for the fair said it is important […]

Starting at midnight tonight, undergraduates can vote online on whether they want to increase the fee they pay to their student government. Voting for the Undergraduate Students Association Council’s proposed fee referendum will occur for 48 straight hours on the MyUCLA Web site beginning on Wednesday at 12 a.m. It will run all day until […]

Another university leader has joined in an academic consensus against the current version of an initiative that could hamper outreach efforts and curb social science research ““ UCLA Chancellor Albert Carnesale. On Friday Carnesale voiced his concerns about the Racial Privacy Initiative, a ballot initiative that seeks to ban the state from collecting and maintaining […]

Student group heads met with student government leaders on Wednesday intending to discuss the pros and cons of a proposed student fee increase ““ but the cons were nowhere to be heard. Officers of the Undergraduate Students Association Council held hearings for their $9.25 self-imposed fee hike in Franz Hall to seek endorsements from many […]

Students will have the chance today to talk about whether they should increase the fee they pay toward the campus’ undergraduate student government. The Undergraduate Students Association Council will hold a debate forum to explain directly to students the language and rationale for a proposed $9.25 quarterly increase to the existing $24.09 it collects from […]

The Rock the Vote campaign came to UCLA intending to get all students to vote regardless of their political views, but the approach the organization takes is arguably geared toward potential liberal voters. Rock the Vote, which originated with the 1992 presidential election and was largely disseminated through youth-oriented media such as MTV and various […]

Frisbees, tennis balls and CDs flew through the air into a crowd of over 200 onlookers as hip-hop icon KRS-One headlined a concert to encourage voting in this November’s elections. The rapper, a local band, student groups and the nationwide Rock the Vote campaign filled the Westwood Plaza air with speech, music and thundering beats […]