UCLA students protested against cuts in funding for undocumented student resources and demanded University of California President Janet Napolitano’s resignation as she left a forum at the UCLA School of Law Wednesday. About a dozen students waved posters and chanted to disrupt a forum hosted by the American Constitution Society. The protest was organized by […]
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USAC, CALPIRG join forces to promote affordable textbooks
An undergraduate student government office and the California Public Interest Research Group, or CALPIRG, hopes to reduce the amount of money students spend on textbooks by encouraging professors to switch to cheaper alternatives. Devika Chaudhuri, CALPIRG textbook program coordinator and first-year applied mathematics student, said CALPIRG and the USAC Financial Supports commissioner created a textbook […]
GSA forum to present charges against President Milan Chatterjee
The graduate student government will present charges against its president at a meeting Wednesday evening. If the charges come to a vote and two-thirds of all seated delegates vote to impeach, the UCLA Graduate Students Association President Milan Chatterjee will be removed from office. The GSA forum will discuss charges against Chatterjee in an open […]
USAC centralizes funding applications for student groups
Student groups can now apply to several funding applications through a centralized portal. Heather Hourdequin, undergraduate student government internal vice president, said her office worked to consolidate five funding applications into one site to streamline the student group funding process. Funding applications are organized by their deadlines to make it easier for student groups to […]
Petition calls for dismissal of professor accused of sexual assault
A group of graduate students started a petition that demands the University of California dismiss a UCLA history professor accused of sexually assaulting two students. Preston McBride, president of the History Graduate Students Association, said graduate students started the petition after UCLA officials allowed history professor Gabriel Piterberg to return to teach on campus. Two […]
Bruins aim to promote sustainability in Westwood with Grand Challenges
Students will build a succulent-filled wall at the Broxton public parking structure this week to add colorful, sustainable scenery to Westwood. Several undergraduate student groups are working on similar projects that aim to improve ecosystem health in Los Angeles as part of the UCLA Grand Challenges-Undergraduate Research Scholars Program. The UCLA Grand Challenges Sustainable LA […]
2016 Graduate Students Association platforms
Jonathan Koch Running for: President Platforms: Improve graduate student housing Making the procedure for approving campus fees more democratic Improve sexual harassment policy Improve working conditions for graduate students Experience: Formerly worked on decreasing class size as a head steward of the UC Academic Workers for a Democratic Union Recording secretary of United Auto […]