UCLA’s graduate student government is considering rejoining a University of California-wide student advocacy organization in light of the coaliton’s recent push to address graduate student concerns. The Graduate Students Association left the University of California Student Association, a systemwide coalition that advocates for UC students, about six years ago because the GSA members at the […]
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LA2050 grants $5,000 to USAC Office of the President
An undergraduate student government office is deciding how to spend a $5,000 grant it recently received from an initiative aimed at improving the future of Los Angeles. The Undergraduate Students Association Council Office of the President received the grant from LA2050 – a Goldhirsh Foundation initiative that is intended to foster collaboration between people and […]
Affiliations of USAC officials called into question
The original version of this article contained information that was unclear and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for additional information. The allegiances of multiple undergraduate student government officials have come into question several times this school year, prompting some students to consider proposing a bylaw amendment to clarify what constitutes a […]
Daily Bruin wins regional award for best daily student newspaper
The Daily Bruin received first place for best all-around daily student newspaper, as well as four other first-place finishes in the Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence regional awards.
UC campus climate survey breakdown
Volunteers experience alternative lifestyles over break in South LA
Inside the cozy, beige-colored walls of St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in downtown Los Angeles, UCLA students and families from different countries shared their own upbringings and experiences immigrating to the United States. With plates full of fish, sweet potatoes and fruit salad covering the tables, one man described his time fighting during the Guatemalan Civil […]
Students show support for protesters occupying Taiwan’s legislature
Fears about the safety of her friends and former classmates demonstrating in Taiwan kept Ellen Hsieh from sleeping Thursday night. Hundreds of people began occupying Taiwan’s legislature in Taipei Tuesday evening to protest a trade agreement with China that some argue would give Beijing too much control over Taiwanese economy and politics. In the crowds […]