Undergraduate students will vote for three amendments to the student government constitution in May after a contentious process to move the amendments on the ballot. The Undergraduate Students Association Council approved three constitutional amendments that may give more power to the USA Judicial Board and USA Elections Board but also limit the term length of judicial board justices. Read more...
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April 19, 10:54 pm
USAC recap – April 6
This post was updated April 21 at 4:38 p.m. Public Comment: Ayona Hudson, a third-year African American studies and political science transfer student, said UCLA is not prioritizing transfer students for housing for the 2021-2022 school year. Read more...
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April 19, 2:57 pm
Judicial Board rules USAC followed UCLA policy in rejecting travel-related funding
The undergraduate student government followed university policy when it rejected a student group’s request for funding to travel to a conservative conference during the COVID-19 pandemic, a panel of student judges said in an opinion released Wednesday. Read more...
Photo: The Undergraduate Students Association Council Judicial Board rejected the Bruin Republicans’ petition against USAC at the board’s March 30 hearing.(Daily Bruin file photo)
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April 14, 9:55 pm
GSA elections result in new leaders, approved constitutional amendment
Graduate students voted to approve a change in legislative language in the 2021 Graduate Students Association elections, the association announced Wednesday. Eight candidates ran in the GSA elections. Read more...
Photo: Voter turnout in the Graduate Students Association elections declined from 14% in 2020 to 10.22% this year. (Ashley Kenney/Assistant Photo editor)
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April 8, 2:19 pm
Elections board presents USAC candidates, amendments and referendum on 2021 ballot
Undergraduate students will vote for about 40 candidates, three constitutional amendments and one referendum in the undergraduate student government election in spring 2021. Alfred Tun, Undergraduate Students Association Elections Board chair and fourth-year economics and political science student, presented the spring election ballot at the Undergraduate Students Association Council meeting Tuesday. Read more...
Photo: Alfred Tun, the Undergraduate Students Association Elections Board Chair, presented the 2021 spring election ballot at Tuesday’s Undergraduate Students Association Council meeting. (Ashley Kenney/Assistant Photo editor)
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April 4, 11:44 am
USAC recap – March 30
The Undergraduate Students Association Council discussed the allocation of financial aid through the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund and approved an amendment to the elections code. Read more...
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April 1, 1:52 pm
Graduate student leaders advocate for dropping GRE requirements in admissions
Graduate student leaders are proposing to eliminate standardized testing as an entrance requirement for UCLA graduate programs. A proposal written by graduate student representatives asked the Academic Senate to recommend that graduate departments eliminate the GRE as a prerequisite for entering programs. Read more...
Photo: Graduate student representatives are arguing for the removal of the GRE as a requirement for graduate program admissions. (Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)