An undergraduate student government office and the California Public Interest Research Group, or CALPIRG, hopes to reduce the amount of money students spend on textbooks by encouraging professors to switch to cheaper alternatives. Read more...
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The graduate student government will present charges against its president at a meeting Wednesday evening. If the charges come to a vote and two-thirds of all seated delegates vote to impeach, the UCLA Graduate Students Association President Milan Chatterjee will be removed from office. Read more...
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Student groups can now apply to several funding applications through a centralized portal. Heather Hourdequin, undergraduate student government internal vice president, said her office worked to consolidate five funding applications into one site to streamline the student group funding process. Read more...
A group of graduate students started a petition that demands the University of California dismiss a UCLA history professor accused of sexually assaulting two students. Preston McBride, president of the History Graduate Students Association, said graduate students started the petition after UCLA officials allowed history professor Gabriel Piterberg to return to teach on campus. Read more...
Photo: Last March, several UCLA students marched to the UCLA history department in Bunche Hall asking for the resignation of professor Piterberg. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)
Students will build a succulent-filled wall at the Broxton public parking structure this week to add colorful, sustainable scenery to Westwood. Several undergraduate student groups are working on similar projects that aim to improve ecosystem health in Los Angeles as part of the UCLA Grand Challenges-Undergraduate Research Scholars Program. Read more...
Jonathan Koch Running for: President Platforms: Improve graduate student housing Making the procedure for approving campus fees more democratic Improve sexual harassment policy Improve working conditions for graduate students Experience: Formerly worked on decreasing class size as a head steward of the UC Academic Workers for a Democratic Union Recording secretary of United Auto Workers Local 2865, a union that represents all teaching assistants, tutors and readers “The GSA doesn’t have to be an opaque anonymous organization. Read more...
Photo: Seven candidates are running for four positions in the 2016 GSA elections.
Danielle Herrera took a deep, calming breath before assuming the stage in the Northwest Campus Auditorium on the Hill on Saturday morning to share her message about the importance of mental health. Read more...
