Author Archives: Robert Salonga

As UCLA’s undergraduate student government tries to levy a fee to increase funding for itself and student groups, student officials and other students have raised concerns about where exactly the money is going. The Undergraduate Students Association Council is proposing a referendum that would increase its student-collected fee from $24.09 to $33.34 per quarter. It […]

Undergraduates’ official student liaison to the outside world is heading to west Africa next week to represent their interests ““ though many students are not sure who he is or why he’s going. Chris Neal, external vice president of the Undergraduate Students Association Council, leaves for Ghana on Monday to represent the nation’s college students […]

Scholars of the Christian, Islamic and Jewish faiths came together in Royce Hall on Monday, forming a panel to discuss their respective religions’ influence on the formation of modern democracy. Panel moderator Scott Bartchy, director of the Center for the Study of Religion at UCLA, said the discussion was designed for the religious communities to […]

After one attempt where it failed to reach minimum turnout, and after a summer of tweaking, a student fee referendum designed to increase funding to student government and programming is well on its way. The Undergraduate Students Association Council approved the language of an item Tuesday that would increase the quarterly fee it collects from […]

It took an additional two weeks, but UCLA’s undergraduate student government appointed five students to its judicial board Tuesday night in an overwhelmingly affirmative vote. During its Sept. 24 meeting, the Undergraduate Students Association Council did not approve President David Dahle’s four nominees for the seven-member J-board, which hears grievances and appeals involving USAC policy […]

The November elections are looming in the distance, and students are working to ensure that their college-age peers, who constitute 23 million eligible voters, make their political voice heard by showing up to the ballot box. Several groups on campus, along with national and state coalitions, have set up shop on Bruin Walk and other […]

Twenty-two Latino legislators dumped their support of Gov. Gray Davis for re-election this November, striking a blow to his campaign for the office that approves a third of the funding for the University of California. The fully democratic Latino caucus in the state Legislature, comprised of 15 assemblymembers and seven state senators, announced Friday it […]