USAC Election Board to reinvestigate voter coercion allegations

This post was updated May 11 at 10:31 a.m. The Undergraduate Students Association Council Judicial Board ruled Thursday that the USAC Election Board must reinvestigate complaint cases related to voter coercion and issue a new sanction on a case alleging attempted voter coercion. The judicial board unanimously ruled in favor of a petition claiming the election […]

USAC Election Board admits to inadequately investigating voter coercion complaint

The undergraduate student government election board said during a judicial board hearing Wednesday it failed to adequately investigate a complaint about attempted voter coercion. The judicial board held a hearing Wednesday night for a petition against the election board that claimed it failed to fully investigate complaint cases related to voter coercion and did not […]

Judicial board postpones swearing in of next year’s council

This was post was updated May 9 at 10:23 a.m. The undergraduate student government judicial board decided to review a petition against the election board and postponed the swearing in of next year’s council. Ramneek Hazrah and Matthew William Richard filed a petition against the election board, claiming the board failed to fully investigate and […]

Former secretary of state discusses international development, political risk

A former United States secretary of state said at an on-campus event Friday she thinks the U.S. should double its efforts to promote democracy abroad in order to increase economic stability worldwide. Condoleezza Rice, who served in former President George W. Bush’s administration, talked about the international development projects she thinks the U.S. should pursue […]

State auditor finds UC failed to complete 2017 budget audit recommendations

The University of California Office of the President did not finish its budget on time, which could affect the state government’s decision to allocate funds to the University, the California State Auditor said Tuesday. The auditor’s one-year evaluation of the UC showed it had fully completed six out of the 10 recommendations from its 2017 […]

UCLA hosts panel discussing Rohingya crisis in Myanmar

UCLA experts in human rights and mass violence drew parallels between the ethnic cleansing currently occurring in Myanmar with past events, such as the Holocaust, at an event Wednesday. The UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations and the Center for Southeast Asian Studies hosted a panel about violence against the Rohingya ethnic group in Myanmar. […]

UCLA award recognizes students who have helped other students in crisis

A new award will recognize students who have helped other students during times of crisis. The Office of the Dean of Students and the undergraduate student government general representative 2’s office created an award called True Bruins R.A.I.S.E, which honors students who have helped other students facing difficult situations, such as sexual assault, mental health […]