The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every week on Tuesday at 7 p.m. Read more...
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April 6, 2:19 pm
USAC recap – April 5
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April 6, 12:40 am
UCLA grant funds student-run community enrichment projects
Kareem Elzein said a lack of funding and proper resources are key disadvantages of social justice projects. To alleviate the issue, Elzein, who was a community organizer for 10 years, worked with four other graduate students to found the Bruin Excellence and Student Transformation Grant Program, or BEST. Read more...
Photo: Vice Chancellor Jerry Kang’s office is funding a program that will provide grants to student-run projects that aim to improve the campus climate. (Miriam Bribiesca/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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April 4, 11:12 pm
USAC calculator loan program aims to ease financial concerns
An undergraduate student government office is creating a calculator loan program that will launch later this week. Ruhi Patil, USAC Financial Support commissioner, organized the initiative, which aims to lend calculators to students who cannot afford to buy their own. Read more...
Photo: Ruhi Patil, USAC Financial Support commissioner, organized an initiative that aims to lend scientific calculators to students who cannot afford to buy their own. Patil said the library will have 95 calculators by the end of the quarter. (Daily Bruin file photo)
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April 4, 3:18 pm
Seven candidates to run in GSA election with three contested positions
This post was updated on April 4 at 5:26 p.m. Seven candidates, including one who is uncontested, will run for graduate student government officer positions, the Graduate Students Association election commissioner said Monday. Read more...
Photo: Seven candidates are running for four positions in the 2016 GSA elections.
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April 4, 12:16 am
USAC Election Board announces spring campaign calendar
The undergraduate student government election board explained spring election rules and announced the campaign calendar during a candidate orientation session Friday. Candidates can campaign online starting April 18 and will participate in an event called Meet the Candidates on April 22. Read more...
Photo: Election Board Chair Lindsay Allen explained election rules and announced election dates to the candidates running in the spring undergraduate student government election. (Laura Uzes/Daily Bruin)
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April 2, 5:14 pm
Two new slates, three total, to run 19 candidates in May USAC election
Nineteen candidates will run in the upcoming spring election, the undergraduate student government Election Board confirmed Saturday. Three slates, or student-run political groups, will be running candidates in the upcoming Undergraduate Students Association Council election in May. Read more...
Photo: Nineteen candidates will run in the upcoming undergraduate student government election in May.
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March 31, 12:26 am
Q&A: Waves of Change managers discuss slate’s upcoming election
Waves of Change is one of two new student-run political groups, or slates, that registered to run candidates in the spring undergraduate student government election. Jeremy Peschard, manager of Waves of Change and third-year history and geography/environmental studies student, said Waves of Change aims to be an independent progressive campus movement. Read more...
Photo: Organizers of Waves of Change, a new slate, said they will be advocating for similar political platforms as LET’S ACT!, a slate created in 2013 that aimed to support underserved student groups.(Daily Bruin file photo)