This post was updated May 3 at 11:45 p.m. 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! […]
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USAC candidates share platforms and goals at endorsement hearing
Undergraduate student government candidates focused on how they would protect students from federal policies created by President Donald Trump’s administration and advocating for college affordability at an endorsement hearing Monday. The Undergraduate Students Association Council candidates answered questions regarding their platforms from student groups like Hillel at UCLA and the Pakistani Student Association at Carnesale […]
Dance Marathon creates increasing hope for cure for pediatric AIDS
HIV is not a death sentence anymore, an HIV-positive speaker at this year’s Dance Marathon said. In the last few decades, researchers have made progress in treatment and prevention of HIV. “If you are HIV-positive, you are going to live a healthy life if you take care of yourself,” said Jake Glaser, a Elizabeth Glaser […]
2017 Graduate Students Association platforms
This year’s Graduate Students Association elections will have four uncontested candidates running with the Moving Forward slate. Elections will take place from April 11-18. Graduate students can vote on MyUCLA, and results will be announced at the April 19 GSA forum meeting. Below is a list of each candidate’s platforms and experience. Michael Skiles Running […]
Graduate students express discontent over projected housing plan
Many graduate students are upset with the university for planning new housing projects that do not benefit graduate students. Graduate students organized a meeting with Chancellor Gene Block and created an email campaign to press officials to include them in their housing plans. Vice Chancellor Steve Olsen and Assistant Vice Chancellor of Housing and Hospitality […]
All four graduate student government candidates will run unopposed
No candidates will be contested in this year’s graduate student government election. Michael Skiles, the current president of the Graduate Students Association, is among the four uncontested candidates, the GSA Election Board announced Tuesday. All candidates are running with the Moving Forward Slate, which was formed in spring 2014. Three of the four candidates already […]
UC employees identified in 113 sexual harassment, assault reports
This post was updated Mar. 6 at 2 p.m. Title IX reports released by University of California campuses Tuesday revealed that mostly male UC employees used their positions of power to sexually harass students, coworkers and subordinates. The 113 sexual harassment investigation reports were made public under a California Public Records Act request and span […]