Author Archives: Saba Riazati

Events of misfortune and tragedy sometimes unite people to play dodgeball ““ at least that is the hope of about 11 different campus student organizations that have joined efforts to raise money for tsunami victims through a grade-school pastime. These groups have formed an alliance in the hopes of raising $10,000 for tsunami relief. Organizations […]

By the conclusion of the undergraduate student government meeting on Tuesday, the appointment of the election board chairperson was still not established. In fact, the overdue issue was not addressed at all. Though originally planned for discussion at the meeting, Allende Palma/Saracho, president of the Undergraduate Students Association Council, announced that the issue would have […]

Monday was just an average day at UCLA, with the exception of a student walking around in a giant condom costume, lubricants and condoms being passed out along Bruin Walk and a large mobile station parked in the center of Bruin Plaza testing students for sexually transmitted diseases. These sights marked the first day of […]

The campaign to educate and assess the effects of the Expected Cumulative Progress requirement is officially approved. Academic Affairs commissioner Eligio Martinez was informed on Tuesday that the survey and publications in relation to the ECP campaign were all approved by the Internal Review Board-, the group responsible for approving all surveys conducted on campus. […]

After a long debate and opposition at Tuesday’s undergraduate student government meeting, four students were finally approved and appointed to sit on the Constitutional Review Committee. The Constitutional Review Committee is a standing committee whose members are appointed by Allende Palma/Saracho, president of the Undergraduate Students Association Council, and voted on by the council. The […]

With only a few months remaining in their terms, elected undergraduate student government representatives are quickly running out of time to fulfill the promises they made to students in their campaigns last spring. The three general representatives and seven commissioners are responsible for a variety of student programs, and some have yet to begin work […]

It has been more than six months since the elected officers of the undergraduate student government have taken office, and while they are working together to fulfill council goals, individual officers also have work ahead of them as they set out to complete their individual promises. The general consensus of the council members is that […]