USAC votes to extend voting period for election to Friday

The undergraduate student government voted at its meeting Tuesday night to extend the voting period for next week’s election to run until Friday afternoon. Polls will now open Tuesday at 9 a.m. and close Friday, May 9 at noon, keeping voting open on MyUCLA for 75 continuous hours. Election results will be announced at 4 […]

California public colleges collaborate on education access

On Tuesday, leaders of California’s three public higher education segments reaffirmed their commitment to greater cooperation and integration with each other to state policymakers in Sacramento. Janet Napolitano, president of the University of California, and Timothy White, chancellor of the California State University system, appeared together in a media briefing as part of Joint Higher […]

Heavy traffic on MyUCLA delays students’ ability to buy commencement tickets

Some graduating students experienced technical difficulties purchasing commencement tickets Tuesday afternoon, soon after the tickets went on sale. Students who tried to buy their tickets through the MyUCLA website were not able to complete their purchases because of heavy traffic on the server, said a student representative from MyUCLA. MyUCLA will not be providing a […]

UCLA to reject $3M pledge from Donald Sterling, will return $425K donation received

UCLA will return a $425,000 donation that Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling gave the university for kidney research, saying his recent comments are “racist and extraordinarily repugnant.” UCLA will also reject the remainder of the total $3 million pledge Sterling promised to the UCLA Division of Nephrology, according to a statement. Sterling has come […]

Student group alleges conflict of interest in two USAC councilmembers’ votes

Members of Students for Justice in Palestine at UCLA are officially challenging the legitimacy of two undergraduate student government councilmembers’ votes on a controversial divestment resolution brought to council last quarter. Students for Justice in Palestine submitted a petition to the Undergraduate Students Association Council Judicial Board at the end of last week, claiming that […]