As part of a student-led campaign, members of a newly formed coalition at UCLA are pushing to pass a proposition in the upcoming midterm election that would reduce sentences for minor crimes. UCLA student groups rallying around the Invest in Graduation Not Incarceration, Transform Education, or IGNITE, campaign held a meeting in Ackerman Union on […]
Category Archives: Student Government
Voter registration week aims to boost turnout for midterm election
The undergraduate student government is hosting an event every day this week to register students to vote and educate the community about the upcoming midterm election. The week’s events include a debate between student group members, a forum between candidates and students and an informational session about the basics of the election. By attending at […]
USAC fall special election candidates to speak with students
Students can talk with candidates running for undergraduate student government positions about their platforms and stances on campus Friday night.
USAC Election Board announces candidates for special election
Three students are running for the transfer representative position and two for the general representative 2 seat in this month’s undergraduate student government special election. All students are running independent of slates, which are similar to political parties. This is the first time in recent history that no candidates for the Undergraduate Students Association Council […]
USAC recap – Oct. 7
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government of UCLA’s undergraduate students. 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 allocations with a 10-0-1 […]
USAC votes to add diversity referendum to special election ballot
Students will vote on a referendum in this month’s undergraduate student government election that would raise student fees to help fund certain diversity, retention and outreach programs on campus.
Former USAC officer pleads no contest to sexual battery, other charges
Former undergraduate student government officer Omar Arce pleaded no contest to seven counts of sexual battery, one count of false imprisonment and four counts of battery at a court appearance Tuesday morning. Arce, who was the Undergraduate Students Association Council community service commissioner last school year, was taken into custody after the hearing and is […]