Nineteen candidates will run in the upcoming spring election, the undergraduate student government Election Board confirmed Saturday. Three slates, or student-run political groups, will be running candidates in the upcoming Undergraduate Students Association Council election in May. Two of the three slates, Waves of Change and MakeUCLAGreatAgain, are newly registered. Two slates, Bruins United and […]
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Q&A: Waves of Change managers discuss slate’s upcoming election
Waves of Change is one of two new student-run political groups, or slates, that registered to run candidates in the spring undergraduate student government election. Jeremy Peschard, manager of Waves of Change and third-year history and geography/environmental studies student, said Waves of Change aims to be an independent progressive campus movement. Some of its platforms […]
UC community responds to Statement of Principles Against Intolerance
University of California students and faculty members expressed mixed opinions about changes to the Statement of Principles Against Intolerance the UC Board of Regents approved on March 23. The Board amended the statement to condemn anti-Semitism, without infringing on free speech and academic freedoms, at its bi-monthly meeting on the UC San Francisco campus. The […]
USAC recap – March 29
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 live stream of the meetings on the USAC Live! YouTube channel. Agenda The council voted to allocate $2,350 […]
Vice provost of Institute of American Cultures to step down
The vice provost of the Institute of American Cultures, a program intended to promote and advance research in ethnic studies, will step down from her position in July to return as a professor of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences. Belinda Tucker, who became the institute’s inaugural vice provost in 2011, refocused ethnic studies research centers to […]
ASUCLA Board of Directors recap – March 11
Associated Students UCLA is a multimillion-dollar organization that provides student services and activities that the university does not fund. It oversees the Undergraduate Students Association Council, Graduate Students Association, Communications Board, campus services and enterprises. Board of Directors meetings are monthly and open to the public. Executive and committee reports ASUCLA Executive Director Robert Williams […]
USAC recap – March 8
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 live stream of the meetings on the USAC Live! YouTube channel. Agenda The council unanimously voted to add […]