Author Archives: Sara Taylor

In the upcoming spring elections for the undergraduate student government, students will have the opportunity to vote on a referendum to ensure continued membership in state and national advocacy organizations for a nominal fee. The Undergraduate Students Association Council voted overwhelmingly to place a referendum on the ballot, that would decrease quarterly student fees by […]

Members of the Students First! slate have remained tight-lipped about the students who will run for next year’s undergraduate student government under their slate, but the most likely candidate for president is Allende Palma/Saracho, the current internal vice president. Though he had hoped to graduate at the end of this quarter, Palma/Saracho said he will […]

Correction appended With undergraduate student government elections around the corner, candidates are putting together their platforms and planning their campaigns, but presidential candidate Doug Ludlow has begun by posting a personal Web site with some misleading statements. On his Web site, Ludlow outlines his plans for next year, but some of the personal information posted […]

After a lengthy discussion last week, the undergraduate student government passed an amendment to the election code which some councilmembers worry will limit students’ ability to vote. The changes state that online voting polls will be open from 7 a.m. to midnight and candidates will be allowed only 2 non-student campaigners per day. Last year, […]

Many students have heard the statistics on sexual violence and seen posters in residence halls outlining ways for them to protect themselves from it. But most students still remain distanced from the problem and ignore it as something that only happens to “someone else.” Today, in celebration of Denim Day, a group of students from […]

The move to modify voting procedures for the undergraduate student government elections met an obstacle Tuesday, when the request for a special election on the issue was denied due to technical violations. The decision came a week after the special election was approved. The Undergraduate Students Association Council’s special election would have given students the […]

Correction Appended A group of students displayed fliers outlining the alleged racism of conservative leaders throughout U.S. history and posters portraying members of Bruin Republicans as Nazis at a table on Bruin Walk on Monday. The tabling was part of a campaign organized by a group of undergraduate and graduate students in response to various […]