UC students support oil tax to fund higher education

Students across the University of California are campaigning for a bill that would tax oil extracted from California and use the revenue for the state’s higher education systems, despite reluctance from Gov. Jerry Brown. Senate Bill 1017, written by Noreen Evans (D-Santa Rosa) and better known as the Oil Severance Tax bill, would impose a […]

Students to vote on creation of transfer rep position

Students will be able to vote next week on a referendum to create a transfer representative position on the undergraduate student government. The referendum calls for an Undergraduate Students Association Council transfer representative, who would be a regular voting member of the currently 13-member USAC and would be tasked with representing the needs and interests […]

USAC votes to extend voting period for election to Friday

The undergraduate student government voted at its meeting Tuesday night to extend the voting period for next week’s election to run until Friday afternoon. Polls will now open Tuesday at 9 a.m. and close Friday, May 9 at noon, keeping voting open on MyUCLA for 75 continuous hours. Election results will be announced at 4 […]

UCLA to reject $3M pledge from Donald Sterling, will return $425K donation received

UCLA will return a $425,000 donation that Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling gave the university for kidney research, saying his recent comments are “racist and extraordinarily repugnant.” UCLA will also reject the remainder of the total $3 million pledge Sterling promised to the UCLA Division of Nephrology, according to a statement. Sterling has come […]