The way students are appointed to undergraduate student government leadership positions has received criticism, prompting some councilmembers to pursue avenues to reform the process. Some former undergraduate student government leaders have cited issues of transparency and slate politics in the appointments process this year, along with councilmember apathy in researching candidates they approve for appointments. […]
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Daily Bruin, USAC Election Board debate media authority
Members of the Daily Bruin and the undergraduate student government election board debated at a Monday hearing about whether the board has authority over non-paid media elections coverage. Earlier this month, the Undergraduate Students Association Council Election Board told this year’s USAC presidential candidates that they would be subject to sanctions if they appeared on […]
ASUCLA discusses ways to improve Student Media finances
Members of the Associated Students UCLA Finance Committee discussed the future of Student Media and strategies to improve its finances at their monthly meeting Friday. Members of the ASUCLA Services and Enterprises committee and the Communications Board brainstormed about how the groups can work together to improve their finances. The Communications Board is an independent […]
Students respond to criticisms of joint ethics statement by Block, Napolitano
This article was updated on May 18 at 8:35 p.m. UCLA Chancellor Gene Block and University of California President Janet Napolitano released statements on Friday criticizing students’ efforts to discourage undergraduate student government leaders from taking free or sponsored trips with certain lobbying groups. The majority of candidates participating in the Undergraduate Students Association Council […]
Pro-Israel groups speak out at Board of Regents meeting
At Thursday’s University of California Board of Regents meeting, several pro-Israel organizations voiced concerns about the request by a handful of UCLA student groups that undergraduate student government officers should be barred from accepting expenses-paid trips to Israel with certain lobbying and interest groups. During a public comment period at the meeting, representatives of various […]
Judicial Board hears arguments on potential USAC conflict
In an hours-long hearing Thursday, Students for Justice in Palestine representatives and several opposing students debated whether two former undergraduate student government councilmembers had engaged in conflicts of interest this school year. About 20 individuals, including witnesses and campus administrators, attended the Undergraduate Students Association Council Judicial Board hearing Thursday evening. The Judicial Board is […]
Students help faculty develop diversity requirement proposal
More than a dozen students are helping faculty members develop a proposal for a new academic diversity requirement by the end of this month.The committee formed last month after the chair of the College of Letters and Science Faculty Executive Committee, Christina Palmer, asked several UCLA professors to work on a new diversity requirement proposal […]