The undergraduate student government election board issued three sanctions Thursday. Victoria Solkovits, a Bruins United candidate running for external vice president, was sanctioned for not tagging the USAC Election Board at UCLA page and not including the #USACVote18 hashtag on a campaign-related Facebook post. Solkovits must tag the board’s page and add the hashtag by […]
Category Archives: Student Government
USAC election sanction – May 2
The undergraduate student government election board issued six sanctions Wednesday. The Leaders Influencing Tomorrow slate was sanctioned for not documenting the price of a borrowed tent canopy it used in its expenditure forms. The code states that all donated materials, including borrowed items, must be declared in the expense forms at its fair market value. […]
USAC recap – May 1
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Kerckhoff 417 and are open to all students. Watch a livestream of the meetings on the USAC Live! YouTube channel, which can be accessed with a ucla.edu account. […]
Photo: Students hang pride flag on Academic Affairs Commission’s office
Around 16 students gathered Wednesday to put up a new pride flag on the Academic Affairs Commission’s office that was stolen last week. The flag, which hung in front of the office’s door, was put up to show support for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community, said Academic Affairs Commissioner Divya Sharma. Sharma […]
USAC candidate files petition against sanction, judicial board declines
The undergraduate student government judicial board declined to consider a petition against the election board on Wednesday. A.J. Goldsman, an independent candidate running for president, filed the petition claiming that the Undergraduate Students Association Council Election Board unfairly sanctioned him for his campaign signboard frame exceeding the total size restriction, according to a judicial board […]
UCLA award recognizes students who have helped other students in crisis
A new award will recognize students who have helped other students during times of crisis. The Office of the Dean of Students and the undergraduate student government general representative 2’s office created an award called True Bruins R.A.I.S.E, which honors students who have helped other students facing difficult situations, such as sexual assault, mental health […]
USAC election sanction – April 30
The undergraduate student government election board issued 10 sanctions Monday. The board sanctioned 17 candidates for a number of election code violations, including ones relating to campaign finance and social media campaigning. Alley Madison, an independent candidate running for Campus Events commissioner, and John Gordon, an independent candidate running for president, were sanctioned for not […]