This post was updated April 17 at 11:37 p.m. The undergraduate student government election board sanctioned a candidate Monday for comments made on his Facebook profile picture. The election board ruled that external vice president candidate Jack Price, who is running independently in this year’s Undergraduate Students Association Council election, engaged in social media campaigning […]
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Election board sanctions Bruins United for early social media posts
This post was updated April 18 at 11:00 a.m. The undergraduate student government election board sanctioned a slate Friday for violating social media regulations. The board ruled that all nine of this year’s Bruins United candidates had begun campaigning online before they were allowed. The candidates simultaneously uploaded Facebook profile pictures, in which they wore […]
USAC candidate sanctioned for premature campaigning with Facebook page
The undergraduate student government election board sanctioned a candidate Friday for prematurely creating a Facebook page about her campaign. The board determined that Sayron Stokes, an independent candidate running for the transfer student representative position, violated conduct regulations by creating a page called “Sayron Stokes for UCLA USAC Transfer Representative” before social media campaigning was […]
Students able to hang out on campus with hammock, blanket rentals
Students can now borrow inflatable hammocks and lawn blankets for free on campus. The equipment is available to rent at the Ackerman Student Union A-Level for a maximum of three hours, said Zoe Borden, the Undergraduate Students Association Council general representative who created the service. Students can give their BruinCards to an employee in exchange […]
USAC recap – April 11
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. Special presentations Representatives from different housing groups on […]
GSA President Michael Skiles to continue plans after running unopposed
The graduate student government president will run again, unopposed, in the upcoming student elections to finish the work that he started this past year, he said. In the past year, Graduate Students Association President Michael Skiles has increased GSA’s effort to connect with students, though some students remain unengaged in graduate student politics. Skiles also […]
USAC Election Board sanctions three candidates for Facebook post
The undergraduate student government election board sanctioned three candidates Friday for a Facebook post that violated social media rules. On Thursday morning, a student named Christian D. Green posted a Facebook status about three people running in this year’s Undergraduate Students Association Council elections: Malik D. Flournoy-Hooker, Chloe Pan and Sayron Stokes. The sanction said […]