This post was updated on May 9 at 4:04 p.m. This year’s Undergraduate Students Association Council Election Board promised to stand behind equitable and fair elections. All it managed to stand behind, though, was the lectern it used to announce results Friday. Each year, USAC elections test the will of the student body. Amid suspicious campaign […]
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No. 1 softball logs commanding sweeps over Oklahoma State, South Dakota
For the first time since 2014, UCLA softball entered a weekend matchup ranked as the No. 1 team in the country. The No. 1 Bruins (44-3, 15-3 Pac-12) swept a pair of doubleheaders against the No. 21 Oklahoma State Cowgirls (36-16) and the South Dakota Coyotes (15-36) on Friday and Saturday. The last time UCLA […]
Men’s and women’s tennis advance to semifinals of Pac-12 championship
The Bruins are still in the fight for the Pac-12 title. No. 1 seed UCLA men’s tennis (24-2, 8-0 Pac-12) and No. 2 seed UCLA women’s tennis (19-4, 9-1) both began play in the Pac-12 championships Thursday after earning byes in the opening round. The men’s team swept No. 9 seed Arizona (16-15, 0-8) and […]
USAC candidates criticize opponent platforms, qualifications at debate
A crowded pack of candidates for student government tried to differentiate themselves from one another at a debate Wednesday night. The Undergraduate Students Association Council held its annual candidate debate in De Neve Auditorium amid a crowd of about 300 people. This year’s event featured 34 of the 39 candidates, many of whom used the […]
Editorial: City must proactively tend to hazardous trees endangering Westwood
Three cars. Two apartments. Three years. Upwards of five trees. Westwood has become a battleground between residents and their trees. The latest victims Monday were a pickup truck and station wagon when yet another tree rained down on the Kelton Avenue residential area. The destruction was nothing out of the ordinary, however. In September, a […]
Federal judge rules that U.S. must resume DACA applications
A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the United States must resume new applications for a program that deferred deportation for undocumented individuals brought to the United States as children. John D. Bates, a federal judge in the District Court of the District of Columbia, ruled in NAACP v. Donald J. Trump and Trustees of Princeton University […]