This post was updated on May 4 at 6:05 p.m. Voter turnout in this year’s barely-contested graduate student government election dropped to about 8 percent, the lowest since 2012. The Bruins Proud slate took all four Graduate Students Association officer positions, only one of which was contested. The GSA Elections Board certified the election results […]
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Bruins United dominates council after controversial election season
This post was updated on May 3 at 8:16 p.m. About 200 LET’S ACT! supporters gathered in a huddle for more than two hours in Wilson Plaza Friday night after hearing of their slate’s severe losses in last week’s Undergraduate Students Association Council election. Several slate leaders took turns giving speeches, saying how they felt […]
Student group event fee referendum fails
A referendum that would have raised quarterly student fees by $3 to provide more funding for student organizations fell short of the votes needed to pass last week, to the disappointment of some group leaders. “The referendum’s failure hurts because we might not be able to help our programs grow,” said Isabelle Chu, a second-year […]
Heather Rosen to lead Bruins United majority council
This post was updated on May 1 at 9:41 p.m. Bruins United candidates dominated this year’s undergraduate student government election, taking seven of nine contested positions, officials announced Friday night. The slate hasn’t held a majority of seats on the council since 2012. For the first time since 2007, Bruins United candidates took all executive […]
2015 USAC election results
Bruins United won a majority of contested seats on the Undergraduate Students Association Council. Two general representatives and Cultural Affairs commissioner were the only positions to go to LET’S ACT! this year.
USAC election results to be announced Friday despite investigation
Undergraduate student government election results will be announced at 8 p.m. Friday on the steps outside Kerckhoff Hall, despite the open investigation into LET’S ACT! campaign finances. The Undergraduate Students Association Council voted on Tuesday for the Election Board to investigate leaked documents that allege the LET’S ACT! slate sold drugs and alcohol at fundraising […]
Students call USAC candidate’s parody of opponent’s video homophobic
Some students and LET’S ACT! supporters are calling a video that surfaced Wednesday homophobic because it showed a Bruins United candidate parodying her opponent’s campaign video. Ruhi Patil, a Bruins United candidate for Undergraduate Students Association Council Financial Supports commissioner, danced in the video, mimicking her opponent’s choreographed dance from a promotional recording encouraging students […]