Category Archives: Opinion

Sofia Moreno Haq would bring a solid amount of student government experience to the council table, despite having no prior experience in USAC, having served as a student senator at her community college prior to transferring to UCLA. However, her platforms as a whole were underwhelming, and she failed to sufficiently explain how she would […]

While all candidates discussed creating better unity among transfer students, Negeen Sadeghi-Movahed appeared most in touch with the diverse transfer student community and its needs. She also stood out in her institutional knowledge of transfer student issues. For these reasons, we endorse Sadeghi-Movahed for transfer student representative. Sadeghi-Movahed said she would develop an academic advising […]

Although the Green Initiative Fund referendum would extend an important fund past its 2018 expiration date, we do not support the current referendum on the ballot because its language fails to address the fund’s massive surplus. TGIF was passed in 2008 as a $4-per-quarter increase in student fees that goes toward student-initiated sustainability projects on […]

Although the Bruin Diversity Referendum commendably aims to provide resources for some student organizations and institutional bodies that support campus diversity, its efforts are ultimately misdirected and fail to solve the real funding problem facing its beneficiaries. For that reason, this board does not endorse the Bruin Diversity Referendum for the special election ballot. The […]

Youmun Alhlou has worked in five different Undergraduate Students Association Council offices, establishing relationships with councilmembers and office management that would serve her well during a shortened term in office. Her platforms, however, are quite narrow in scope. Alhlou chose platforms that would likely be accomplished during a shortened term in office, but her challenge […]