Author Archives: Sara Taylor

In what may be a violation of university policy, the Students First! slate currently has a Web site that contains the UCLA trademark in the URL, and though the slate has begun use of a new address, the site can be still accessed through the original address. According to the student code of conduct, only […]

In another change to the procedure for the undergraduate student government elections, the five-minute delay between votes that can be cast from a single Internet address has fallen by the wayside. During last year’s elections, the Elections Board enforced an Internet protocol address delay on all off-campus computers that prevented students from casting their votes […]

The presidential candidates for the undergraduate student government had the opportunity to discuss their ideas in a public debate Friday evening. Three of the four presidential candidates were present at the debate, each explaining their personal merits and responding to concerns that have been raised in recent weeks. Arash Mozayan Isfahani, an independent presidential candidate, […]

At the presidential debate for the undergraduate student government, candidates espoused their respective platforms and allowed old slate animosities to resurface. Three of the four candidates running for president of the Undergraduate Students Association Council attended the debate to reiterate their campaign goals and to respond to some issues that have been raised in recent […]

The costs of fliers, signboards, T-shirts and other campaign materials can put a heavy financial strain on candidates running for the undergraduate student government, but students who run on a slate work together and may have an advantage over independent candidates. As individual campaigning officially begins today, candidates running on both the Students First! and […]

Members of the Undergraduate Students Association Council will walk out of their meeting tonight to show support for instituting a diversity requirement, which aims to give students a more comprehensive education on diversity issues. Councilmembers will put off all but the most urgent business to attend the commencement ceremony for a tent city, which will […]

After entering UCLA four years ago as a minority student, Allende Palma/Saracho is running for president of the undergraduate student government with the goal of giving all students the opportunity to pursue a complete education. As the current internal vice president for the Undergraduate Students Association Council, Palma/Saracho says he has already laid the groundwork […]