Los Angeles residents can now start voting in the primary municipal elections. The Los Angeles primary municipal election will be held on March 7 and feature primary elections for mayor, city attorney and city council members. Since Monday, residents can vote in person at the county registrar’s office in Norwalk, California. The county registrar has […]
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USAC, Dashew Center discuss creation of international student committee
This post was updated Oct. 7 at 3:37 p.m. UCLA may soon have a campus-wide executive committee to address international student concerns. The Dashew Center and the undergraduate student government Committee of International Relations held the first-ever Dashew Community meeting Friday to discuss how to better identify and address issues foreign students face. The meeting, […]
UC Board of Regents approves 2.5 percent tuition increase
Students will have to pay $282 more in tuition after a vote by the governing board of the University of California. The UC Board of Regents approved the 2.5 percent tuition increase, the first in six years, as part of the budget for next year at its bimonthly meeting Thursday at UC San Francisco. The […]
UC Regents recap – Jan. 25
The University of California Board of Regents discussed various construction projects, the UC’s legislative lobbying and efforts to support undocumented students on the first day of its January board meeting at UC San Francisco Wednesday. Board of Regents Teamsters Local 2010, which represents UC clerical workers, led a protest during the public comment section. Protesters […]
UC Regents preview – Jan. 25-26
The University of California Regents, the governing board of the UC, will discuss tuition increases, undocumented student concerns and President Donald Trump’s administration, among other topics, at its bimonthly board meeting at UC San Francisco on Wednesday and Thursday. Wednesday The Academic and Student Affairs Committee will discuss additional student support services funded by this […]
USAC Recap – Jan. 17
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings usually take place every week on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in Kerckhoff 417 and are open to all students. Watch a live stream of the meeting on the USAC Live! YouTube channel. Special presentations Members from […]
Student protesters demonstrate outside Piterberg’s class
This post was updated Jan. 9 at 10:56 a.m. UCLA students disrupted a class Monday morning taught by a professor accused of sexual assault. Members of the Bruin Consent Coalition and Bruins Against Sexual Harassment protested a class taught by history professor Gabriel Piterberg. Two of Piterberg’s graduate students accused him of making unwelcome sexual advances and […]