The graduate student government Election Board delayed releasing election results Tuesday night after a candidate appealed for the government’s forum to re-evaluate a complaint he made during the election process. Matthew FitzGerald, a law student and candidate for the Graduate Students Association vice president of external affairs position, filed a complaint to the Election Board […]
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Problems on MyUCLA prevent students from securing commencement tickets
Frustrated seniors repeatedly refreshed the MyUCLA website and waited for it to work Tuesday as technical problems prevented them from securing tickets for the 2015 commencement ceremony. The university’s information technology department was aware of the problem and working to resolve it as of press time, said Jean-Paul Renaud, senior director of communications for the […]
Bruins for Recovery seeks to support recovering drug addicts
Adam Smith wants to challenge negative stereotypes of drug addicts. “It’s not the guy in the alley drinking out of a brown paper bag, but the college student taking Adderall every day or drinking too much,” Smith said. “It’s a student getting a 4.0 but dying inside.” The fourth-year sociology student started Bruins for Recovery, […]
Q&A: USAC general representative candidate talks The After Party platforms
Jason Ergina, a candidate running for this year’s general representative office in the Undergraduate Students Association Council election, talked with John Peter Cavender, a Daily Bruin contributor, on Monday about his campaign platforms and why he decided to run for USAC. The first-year economics student and sole candidate in the new The After Party slate, […]
UCLA Title IX compliance investigation seeks student participation
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights is visiting UCLA Tuesday through Thursday to investigate the university’s compliance with Title IX. Title IX is a federal provision that prohibits gender-based discrimination in educational institutions, such as universities that receive federal funding. The OCR has initiated Title IX investigations at more than 100 universities […]
Judicial Board rules against Bruins United for online campaigning violation
The undergraduate student government Judicial Board ruled Monday that the Bruins United slate violated online campaigning rules last week, after the slate appealed an Election Board sanction. The Undergraduate Students Association Council Election Board sanctioned Bruins United and LET’S ACT! candidates on April 17 for posting cover photos it considered promotional on Facebook earlier in […]
Leaked documents allege illegal campaign fundraising by LET’S ACT!
Dozens of documents leaked on Facebook Monday allege that members of the undergraduate student government LET’S ACT! slate illegally spent student fee funds on their past two campaigns, sold alcohol and marijuana to raise campaign revenue and solicited money from student groups in return for representation in the slate.