Wednesday, May 13

Bruin Bash Referendum benefits, drawbacks weighed by students before USAC election

This post was updated May 5 at 11:40 p.m. Students will vote on a referendum starting Friday that would raise the quarterly Bruin Bash fee, which has sparked debate over whether the annual welcome week concert is worth the price increase. Read more...

Photo: Students in a crowd – bathed in blue stage light – wait for a Bruin Bash artist to begin their performance. Undergraduate students can vote on a referendum starting Friday that would increase a quarterly fee funding the concert to $5 per quarter. (Selin Filiz/Assistant Photo editor)


USAC IVP, resource centers urge students to vote yes on Student Success Referendum

This post was updated May 5 at 11:37 p.m. Students could pay $55 quarterly to fund on-campus diversity centers and initiatives starting next fall if one of the costliest referendums in Undergraduate Students Association Council election history passes. Read more...

Photo: The UCLA LGBTQ Campus Resource Center, which is housed in the Student Activities Center, is pictured. The center would receive $3 quarterly per student if the $55 quarterly Student Success Referendum – dedicated to supplementing diversity initiative funding – is passed by undergraduate voters. (Daily Bruin file photo)


ASUCLA Board of Directors recap – April 24

ASUCLA continued a yearlong trend in February and March of underperforming financially, its leader said at an April 24 Board of Directors meeting. The board, composed of a student majority, has financial oversight over ASUCLA entities, including the Undergraduate Students Association Council, the Graduate Students Association and the ASUCLA Communications Board – which oversees UCLA Student Media. Read more...


UCLA community service club pauses operations following ICE raid at site

This post was updated May 5 at 6:19 p.m. A UCLA community service club paused its programming after federal agents performed an immigration raid at the organization’s volunteering site in the San Fernando Valley. Read more...

Photo: The Undergraduate Students Association Council’s Community Service Commission office in Kerckhoff Hall is pictured. One of CSC’s projects has suspended some operations following immigration enforcement activity on its volunteer site. (Joice Ngo/Daily Bruin staff)


UCLA students advocate for better conditions in Westwood housing

Three UCLA students are pushing for housing reform in Westwood. Undergraduate Students Association Council General Representative Brett Berndt, USAC Student Housing Liaison Gabriella Llaneta and fourth-year political science student Henry Houser created UCLA’s chapter of the Student Homes Coalition, a statewide organization dedicated to advocating for better student housing. Read more...

Photo: USAC Student Housing Liaison Gabriella Llaneta, USAC General Representative Brett Berndt and fourth-year political science student Henry Houser are pictured left to right in front of a staircase in Kerckhoff Hall. The three students created the first chapter of the Student Homes Coalition, a student housing advocacy organization, at UCLA. (Karla Cardenas-Felipe/Daily Bruin staff)


USAC 2026-27 candidate debates: Transfer student representative

This post was updated May 6 at 12:08 a.m. Eight candidates for the Undergraduate Students Association Council transfer student representative pledged to connect transfer students with different campus resources at a Thursday debate.  The USA Elections Board and the Daily Bruin co-hosted a series of debates between candidates in the upcoming USAC election. Read more...

Photo: (From left to right, top to bottom) Khadijah Abdalla, Ashley Ma, Dayanara Flores, Diana Raya Perez, Saidee Teresa Silva, Kristian Suazo, Austin Buranapan and Max Brian Hernandez, candidates for the Undergraduate Students Association Council transfer student representative, speak at a Thursday debate. The candidates debated transfer inclusivity on campus. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)