This post was updated on April 29 at 11:07 a.m. The undergraduate student government unanimously voted Tuesday night for the Election Board to investigate allegations that the LET’S ACT! slate used illegal fundraising tactics for multiple campaigns, possibly delaying the release of this year’s election results. Because elections cannot officially end until all complaints are […]
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Aram Ghoogasian: Students should not allow USAC slate politics to influence vote
The two largest slates in the undergraduate student government elections seem to live in glass houses. Yet again, a scandal has hit the Undergraduate Students Association Council. This time, LET’S ACT! is in the hot seat. A series of documents was leaked on Facebook Monday alleging that members of the slate illegally spent student fees […]
LET’S ACT! candidate posts about selling drugs, alcohol on Facebook
A Facebook event page and multiple posts appear to show that LET’S ACT! members sold alcohol and drugs for profit this year, though slate members say the funds did not support campaign efforts. On a publicly viewable event page called “A Nineties New Year in LA [‘92 +],” active members of the undergraduate student government […]
USAC Slates Set Signs Along Bruin Walk
Submission: USAC slates should focus on effecting change, not party politics
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is supposed to be a place to affect change and create a good experience for all students. It is supposed to be inclusive. It is supposed to be inviting. It is supposed to be a positive and enriching environment. I ran for USAC external vice president with the Bruins United […]
Q&A: USAC general representative candidate talks The After Party platforms
Jason Ergina, a candidate running for this year’s general representative office in the Undergraduate Students Association Council election, talked with John Peter Cavender, a Daily Bruin contributor, on Monday about his campaign platforms and why he decided to run for USAC. The first-year economics student and sole candidate in the new The After Party slate, […]
Judicial Board rules against Bruins United for online campaigning violation
The undergraduate student government Judicial Board ruled Monday that the Bruins United slate violated online campaigning rules last week, after the slate appealed an Election Board sanction. The Undergraduate Students Association Council Election Board sanctioned Bruins United and LET’S ACT! candidates on April 17 for posting cover photos it considered promotional on Facebook earlier in […]