Social Justice Advocates program persists despite facing criticism

A social justice advocacy group on campus plans to continue with its work despite backlash from conservative websites. Social Justice Advocates, a UCLA Residential Life project that holds workshops on diversity and inclusion topics, has been criticized by conservative websites for paying students to hold workshops. In addition, when the program was accepting applications for […]

Gov. Jerry Brown appoints four new UC Regents

Gov. Jerry Brown appointed four new regents to the governing board of the University of California on Friday. The four new appointees to the UC Board of Regents are Maria Anguiano of Riverside, Howard “Peter” Guber of Los Angeles, Lark Park of Sacramento and Ellen Tauscher of San Francisco. The regents, if confirmed by the […]

USAC recap – May 30

The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government that represents the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Kerckhoff 417 and are open to all students. Watch a livestream of the meetings on the USAC Live! YouTube channel. Special presentations General Representative 3 Justin Jackson […]

MyUCLA scholarship portal to centralize resources for students

Students can now find a list of available scholarships through a new portal on MyUCLA. Undergraduate and graduate students can access the scholarship portal under the Finances tab, which opened Monday. It includes links to donor scholarships, merit scholarships and alumni- and UCLA-specific scholarships. The Undergraduate Students Association Council General Representative 1 created the program with […]

USAC members discuss upcoming year with independent majority

Some current and past council members believe an independent-dominated council will give the Undergraduate Students Association Council a fresh start. Next year’s elected council has four Bruins United members, one Defend Affirmative Action Party member and nine independent members. In the past few years, Bruins United members have held the majority of USAC council seats. […]

USAC commission now able to allocate surpluses to student endowments

An undergraduate student government commission can now allocate its own surpluses to fund scholarships, following a bylaw change last week. The Community Service Commission proposed to split surplus mandatory fees from students to the John H. Sarvey & Robert S. Michaels Leadership in Service Award. Surplus from all Undergraduate Students Association Council offices, which are […]