USAC recap – Nov. 18

The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every week on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in Kerckhoff Hall 417 and are open to all students. Watch a live stream of the meeting on the USAC Live! Youtube Channel. Public Comments Public comment […]

USAC passes divestment resolution with 8-2-2 vote

This post was updated on Nov. 20 at 5:22 p.m. The undergraduate student government voted 8-2-2 at its meeting Tuesday night to pass a resolution that calls for the University of California to divest from American companies that some say profit from human rights violations in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. About 250 students […]

Former Internal Vice President Avinoam Baral assumes USAC presidency

Avinoam Baral became the new undergraduate student government president Friday night, after Devin Murphy resigned from office. Murphy said in a statement Friday morning he resigned from the Undergraduate Students Association Council presidency because of the high level of stress and the toll campus climate has taken on his mental, emotional and physical health. In […]

USAC President Devin Murphy resigns

This post was updated on Nov. 14 at 4:30 p.m. Undergraduate student government president Devin Murphy resigned from office Friday, saying his job and the campus climate had taken a toll on his mental, emotional and physical health. In an online statement, Murphy said he thinks UCLA needs to improve campus climate for students of […]

SJP members address divestment resolution at town hall meeting

About 100 students met in a Haines Hall classroom Monday to fine-tune the language of a divestment resolution the undergraduate student government will vote on next week. Students for Justice in Palestine members are drafting the resolution, which may call for the University of California to divest from several companies that some students say profit […]

GSA vice president of internal affairs candidates released

The graduate student government announced Wednesday the three candidates hoping to fill the vice president of internal affairs seat. Heidi Alexander, Milan Chatterjee and Matthew FitzGerald are running for the position. Each candidate had to be nominated by at least 50 graduate students. Alexander, a graduate student in the UCLA School of the Arts and […]

USAC recap – Nov. 4

The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every week on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in Kerckhoff 417 and are open to all students. Watch a live stream of the meeting on the USAC Live! YouTube channel. Agenda USAC unanimously approved contingency […]