As the undergraduate student government candidates develop their platforms for the approaching election, this board urges them not to focus on event planning and instead work toward instituting systemic change that will continue to benefit the student population in future years.
Tag Archives: USAC elections
USAC officer evaluations
Each year during the Undergraduate Students Association Council election season, the Daily Bruin evaluates the progress made by current councilmembers on their original platforms.
Will of students behind Diversity Initiative finds way to ballot
A group of more than 60 students filled Kerckhoff 417 at an undergraduate student government meeting earlier this month. They packed the room and spilled out into the hallway, awaiting the outcome of a council vote on the Bruin Diversity Referendum, a proposal for a fee increase many had been working on for months. It […]
New slate LET’S ACT! to run 10 candidates in USAC elections
A third slate will run candidates in next month’s undergraduate student government elections, after a year with only one slate and few contested positions.
Jerry Zhao: A competitive USAC election can foster more representative, accountable platforms
This year’s undergraduate student government elections will feature candidates from three slates for the first time since 2010.
Majority of USAC positions figure to be contested in spring elections
Nine out of 13 undergraduate student government positions are likely to be contested in this year’s elections, after the previous elections only saw three contested positions.
Bruin Diversity Initiative receives surplus of signatures, garners consideration for spring ballot
During a rally at noon today, backers of the Bruin Diversity Referendum handed off about 5,000 signatures to an undergraduate student government election official, the next step in the process for adding an initiative on the ballot.