A closer look: Departments vie for commencement spots

In 1973, UCLA’s commencement ceremony took place at Drake Stadium including all graduating students. Though the venue seated up to 11,000 people, 30,000 spectators showed up in the sweltering heat to celebrate the event. “It was polite to call it a zoo, and there were no departmental ceremonies,” said John Sandbrook, a UCLA alumnus and […]

Slate files suit against Berkeley’s student judicial council

As the undergraduate student government elections draw to a close at UCLA, a resolution is far from being established at its fellow flagship campus, UC Berkeley. At Berkeley, several suits were filed against the undergraduate student government judicial council, one of which may reside in a federal courtroom, further postponing election results. Berkeley’s Defend Affirmative […]

UCLA not alone in recent election violations

A few candidates for the UCLA undergraduate student government handed out fliers in the dorms, turned in late or incomplete expense accounts, and distributed unstamped materials during elections in the last two weeks. But these violations are minor incidents compared to problems experienced by several student governments at other major California universities. For the most […]

Runoff candidates continue campaigns as elections begin

The remaining undergraduate student government election candidates will have one more opportunity to win over the votes of the student body as runoff elections begin today. The runoff elections will be for president, internal vice president and three general representatives. No one candidate for president or IVP garnered more than 50 percent of the vote, […]

Runoff to determine president

Amid chanting and cheers of excitement, the undergraduate student government primary elections revealed a tight race with runoffs for president, internal vice president and general representatives. After an intense round of cheers from Students First! members and a more reserved and timid chant from Equal Access Coalition members, Roy Samaan, chairman of the Elections Board, […]

Slate ties of commissions disputed

With the Undergraduate Students Association Council elections well under way, former commissioners and current candidates discuss the the nature of commissions and whether it should be changed. Candidates, regardless of position, have the choice of either running under a slate or independently. Typically, a commissioner’s responsibility is not politically oriented, yet slates sometimes run commissioners. […]