Student groups struggle with funding application process

An inefficient application process has prevented some student groups from obtaining money from a fund designed to support them. This fall, hundreds of student groups requested funding from the Undergraduate Students Association Council’s Student Organizations Operational Fund, commonly known as SOOF – a resource for student group supplies, advertising and other operational costs. Each year, […]

UCLA announces ‘Grand Challenge’ for environmental sustainability

Last week, UCLA announced a new goal – helping the city of Los Angeles switch to solely renewable sources of energy and local water resources by 2050. The project, called “Thriving in a Hotter Los Angeles,” is the first in a series of six “Grand Challenges” UCLA plans to announce over the next few years […]

Student groups call for USAC to defer stipend increase

Several student groups are calling for members of the undergraduate student government to defer their stipend increase until next year. About 10 student groups have signed a recently drafted letter that asks the members of the Undergraduate Students Association Council to put the money used to pay for their stipend raises back into a fund […]