An interfaith committee featured students from different religions Tuesday to promote understanding across faiths. Panelists from various religions – including Catholicism, Judaism and Islam – spoke about their experiences with their religion in life and in college, how they have developed their faith and how their beliefs have helped them to find a community on […]
Category Archives: Student Government
USAC Judicial Board votes to keep recent changes to election calendar
Student government candidates will not be disqualified for late paperwork under a Friday judicial board ruling. Navkaran Gurm, a first-year public affairs and economics student, alleged the Undergraduate Students Association Council Election Board and council itself violated article 13.1.3 of the election code, which states all changes to the election calendar must be proposed by […]
USAC recap: April 16
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 the Bruin Viewpoint Room and are open to all students. Watch a livestream of the meetings on the USAC Live! channel on YouTube. Public Comment: Several students said […]
GSA announces four new leaders for 2019-2020 academic year
New graduate student government leaders were announced Wednesday. Six candidates campaigned for the four executive positions in the Graduate Students Association. Two of the new officers were independent candidates and two are from the Moving Forward slate. The slate lost in both of its contested races. GSA president: Zak Fisher Fisher will succeed three-time president […]
Several uncontested and unrepresented positions in USAC elections this year
This post was updated April 17 at 11:54 a.m. There are not enough candidates to fill all the undergraduate student government seats next year. The Undergraduate Students Association Council election board announced the candidates for the spring election of the 2018-2019 council last Tuesday. There are 17 candidates for 15 positions, with no one running […]
GSA vice presidential candidate sanctioned for campaigning through mailing list
The graduate student government election coordinators sanctioned a candidate for using an online mailing list to campaign. The Graduate Students Association election board banned candidate Jean Paul (JP) Santos, a doctoral student in electrical engineering, from campaigning for 48 hours beginning April 11 for violating article 6.8.5 of GSA code, which states “Candidates must not […]
USAC announces ballot, 17 candidates running with another’s eligibility pending
Undergraduate student government officials announced the election ballot for the upcoming student government elections during their meeting Tuesday. This year’s ballot features 17 candidates, with one additional candidate’s eligibility pending. For the People was the only slate to present candidates. Bruins United, who appointed three candidates last year, including Undergraduate Students Association Council president, Claire […]