Five candidates for two seats and representatives from two fee referendums and one constitutional amendment debated and answered questions about their platforms and ballot measures on Saturday, Oct. 20. Watch short highlights of this debate here.
Category Archives: Student Government
Livestream: USAC Special Election Debate
On Saturday, candidates running for seats in the special election on Oct. 21-24 debate at De Neve Auditorium. The general representative 2 seat, following the resignation of Nihal Satyadev in the early summer, and the new transfer student representative will be filled in this election.
USAC offices host free concert to encourage students to vote
The undergraduate student government is hosting a free concert featuring Talib Kweli on Friday to encourage students to register to vote in the upcoming midterm election. “Our generation has gotten apathetic about the election,” said Undergraduate Students Association Council External Vice President Conrad Contreras. “We had to find other ways to get people excited.” Like, […]
USAC special election to feature all independent candidates
Only independent candidates are running for office in next week’s undergraduate student government special election, marking the first time in recent years that no slates have participated in an election. Typically, multiple slates run candidates in Undergraduate Students Association Council elections. Bruins United, LET’S ACT! and FIRED UP! ran candidates in last spring’s elections, but […]
USAC recap – Oct. 14
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government that represents the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every week on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in Kerckhoff 417 and are open to all students. Watch a live stream of the meeting on the USAC Live! YouTube channel. Agenda USAC approved contingency […]
USAC office to host panel on domestic violence in LGBTQ community
An undergraduate student government office is putting on a panel Tuesday night to discuss intimate partner violence in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community. The Undergraduate Students Association Council Student Wellness Commission will host the event, called “LGBTQ Partner Violence Awareness Panel,” in 2422 Boelter Hall from 7:30 to 9 p.m. The event […]
‘It’s On Us UCLA’ series aims to encourage dialogue on sexual assault
Royce Hall’s iconic tile walls blurs around Sina Famenini’s face as he stares intently into the camera. His direct and somber gaze echoes the similar expressions of 30 other subjects, who all posed to show support for survivors of sexual assault.