Author Archives: Rupan Bharanidaran

Judicial board retroactively rejects petition for USAC revote

The undergraduate student government judicial board retroactively rejected a petition Monday afternoon that called for a disqualification of the Social Justice Referendum and a revote for contested positions in this year’s Undergraduate Students Association Council election. The petition, submitted by former MakeUCLAGreatAgain candidate Shubham Goel, claimed the USAC Election Board did not adequately sanction the […]

USAC approves changes to election code aimed at fairness, transparency

The undergraduate student government voted Tuesday to require next year’s USAC Election Board to respond more quickly to complaints and randomize the order of candidates’ names on the undergraduate student election ballot. Members of the Constitutional Review Committee presented to the council Tuesday night. They recommended the election board revise the USAC Election Code to […]

USAC Election Board releases campaign spending totals

The post was updated at 10:06 p.m. Tuesday to reflect the most recent expenditure report released by the Election Board Tuesday afternoon. Candidates and referenda in this year’s undergraduate student government election spent a total of $19,000 on campaigns, about $7,000 more than last year. Campaign funding documents released by the USAC Election Board on […]

Candidates discuss student advocacy, representation at USAC debate

Candidates for next year’s undergraduate student government discussed their platforms and how they would achieve them at a debate Friday. More than 300 students attended the debate, hosted by the USAC Election Board, in the De Neve auditorium Friday evening. Most audience members supported one of the two larger student-run political groups, Bruins United and […]

USAC committee suggests changes to address food security, student safety

An undergraduate student government committee recommended Monday the council create a new position of food security director and increase its role in ensuring student safety, among other changes. The USAC Constitutional Review Committee, which suggests changes to USAC’s bylaws, issued the recommendations. Bylaws are the rules that stipulate the duties and responsibilities of each council […]

UCLA grant funds student-run community enrichment projects

Kareem Elzein said a lack of funding and proper resources are key disadvantages of social justice projects. To alleviate the issue, Elzein, who was a community organizer for 10 years, worked with four other graduate students to found the Bruin Excellence and Student Transformation Grant Program, or BEST. BEST, a program funded by the Office […]