The undergraduate student government judicial board has decided to review a petition from three students who want to disqualify the entire Bruins United slate from this year’s Undergraduate Students Association Council election. Students Alicia Frison, Brad Fingard and Sanjana Nidugondi petitioned the judicial board Thursday, asking it to disqualify all nine Bruins United candidates for […]
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Bruins United sanctioned for sponsorship, social media violations
The undergraduate student government election board posted several sanctions Wednesday night, extending a previous sanction and sanctioning candidates for social media violations. After failing to comply with a previous sanction, Bruins United candidates were prohibited from campaigning until noon on Thursday. The previous sanction prevented candidates from campaigning from 7 a.m. on Wednesday to 7 […]
USAC Election Board sanctions Bruins United, independent candidates
The undergraduate student government election board issued a total of seven sanctions Monday and Tuesday. The board received a total of 10 complaints and issued one sanction for a campaign finance rule and regulation violation, two sanctions for on-campus campaigning violations, and four sanctions for social media violations. The election board, which oversees and regulates […]
USAC recap – May 2
This post was updated May 3 at 11:45 p.m. The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government that represents 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! […]
Bruins United fails to disclose sponsorship, receives 24-hour ban
Candidates from the Bruins United slate were banned from campaigning on campus and online all day Wednesday for failing to disclose a sponsorship from a mobile application. An anonymous complaint to the Undergraduate Students Association Council Election Board claimed Bruins United failed to accurately report sponsorship that constitute donations to the slate. The report was […]
Students protest at USAC meeting, denounce actions of president
Students filled Kerckhoff 417 on Tuesday night, chanting “Black Bruins matter!” and “Shame!” at the weekly undergraduate student government meeting. Dozens of students addressed Danny Siegel, the Undergraduate Students Association Council president, about a recently leaked photo of him making the hand sign of the Bloods, a primarily African American gang. A group of students […]
USAC election board issues campaign, finance-related sanctions
The undergraduate student government election board sanctioned several candidates between Friday and Monday. The Undergraduate Students Association Council election board, which oversees spring elections and enforces the election code, investigated 13 complaints and issued a total of six sanctions. The board issued a sanction to the entire Bruins United slate and one independent candidate for […]