The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every week on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Read more...
Campus, News, Student Government
|
February 18, 3:59 pm
USAC recap – Feb. 17
Campus, News, Student Government
|
February 18, 3:12 pm
USAC approves five-day election calendar
This article has been updated at 5:46 p.m. See the bottom of the article for more details. Spring’s undergraduate student government elections will span from Monday to Friday for the first time in the past eight years, after councilmembers approved an election calendar with several nontraditional dates Tuesday night. Read more...
Campus, News
|
February 18, 2:04 am
Greek Week to fundraise for 2015 Special Olympics
Greek Week, the annual UCLA fraternity and sorority philanthropy event, is donating this year to the Special Olympics World Summer Games to be held in Los Angeles, with $2,700 already fundraised for the July event. Read more...
Photo: Greek Week is an annual philanthropy event hosted by UCLA’s fraternities and sororities. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Campus, News, Student Government
|
February 18, 1:52 am
Amended Election Code enforces spending caps, disclosure of funding sources
The undergraduate student government unanimously voted Tuesday to set spending caps for candidates, recognize the existence of slates and mandate the disclosure of campaign funding sources in the spring election. Read more...
Photo: Election Board Chair Shagun Kabra, a third-year mathematics/economics student, presents on changes to the Election Code to USAC. (Brandon Choe/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Campus, News
|
February 17, 2:09 am
Friends, family celebrate life of Sam Oliver at memorial service
Friends and family gathered at the Sunset Canyon Recreation Center picnic area Sunday to celebrate the life and spirit of Sam Burton Oliver, a fourth-year economics student who died from an apparent suicide Dec. Read more...
Photo: Friends and family of UCLA student Sam Oliver celebrated his life at a memorial service Sunday. (Miriam Bribiesca/Daily Bruin)
Campus, News, Science & Health
|
February 17, 1:18 am
‘Hackathon on Police Brutality Data’ shows inconsistency in reports
Kim McGill thought analyzing data on police violence was more important than celebrating romance on Valentine’s Day. McGill, co-founder of Youth Justice Coalition and activist in grassroots movements to battle inequities in the police system, worked to do this along with 50 other UCLA students and community members. Read more...
Photo: Participants of the Hackathon on Police Brutality Data in Los Angeles County hosted by the UCLA information studies departments discuss strategies on how to begin mining data. (Daniel Alcazar/Daily Bruin)
Campus, News
|
February 17, 1:16 am
BruinCards to transition from swipes to taps
Students will soon be able to enter dining halls or purchase drinks from vending machines with just a tap – and not a swipe – of their BruinCards. Read more...
Photo: Shirley Lin, a second-year nursing student, swipes her card at one of the access stations on the Hill. (Jessica Zhou/Daily Bruin)