After a series of endorsement hearings and debates, 30 student organizations on campus provided their approval and support for the candidates running in the undergraduate student government election. While some groups only endorsed candidates of a particular slate, other organizations endorsed candidates who were independent. With a history of support from ethnic student groups, it […]
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Running for the office: USAC elections begin
It was 9 o’clock on a Friday night when Jenny Wood, a presidential candidate for the undergraduate student government walked hurriedly to the interview. She wasn’t coming from a party, date, or dinner with her sorority. She was coming from a meeting ““ the final one in a series of meetings and work that had […]
USAC resolution calls for end to university’s minimum-unit plan
In a ongoing campaign to repeal the Expected Cumulative Progress requirement, councilmembers of the undergraduate student government attempted to tie together the loose ends of a 4-year-old matter this week, holding a press conference passing a resolution and formalizing the demand to end what they believe is an ineffective policy. The administration, however, argues ECP […]
PULSE fee approved for spring ballot
About 100 students marched up the stairs of Kerckhoff Hall to Room 417 on Tuesday night, the room where the undergraduate student government meeting was taking place ““ and ultimately, where the fate of a new fee proposal, and the thousands of dollars it could potentially generate, lay. Students representing community service organizations slowly filled […]
Proposal to create guides for campus programming
It was only two years ago when hundreds of UCLA students gathered around Westwood Plaza while the Black Eyed Peas performed live to celebrate the end of the academic year. It was outdoors. It was nighttime. It was a programmed event aimed to unite students and stir school spirit and pride. Since then, other nighttime […]
Students may face new fee
In addition to student fees, undergraduates may have to pay an extra $8 per quarter to help fund several service organizations if a fee referendum passes this spring. If the fee proposal, PULSE (Promoting Understanding and Learning through Service and Education) garners enough support, it can potentially be an item on the general election ballot […]
Faculty member under review
A tenured professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine is currently under investigation by the Academic Senate for charges that could result in her dismissal, a senior UCLA official said. The professor under investigation, Dr. Sally Blower, is in the biomathematics department of the School of Medicine. David Meyer, an associate dean of the […]