Sunday, March 1

USAC approves changes to election code aimed at fairness, transparency

The undergraduate student government voted Tuesday to require next year’s USAC Election Board to respond more quickly to complaints and randomize the order of candidates’ names on the undergraduate student election ballot. Read more...

Photo: Council members voted to amend the election code to make the USAC Election Board respond more quickly to complaints and randomize ballots. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Celebrities rally for Bernie Sanders at UCLA ‘Rock the Campus’ event

Supporters of presidential candidate and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., encouraged UCLA students to register to vote Monday evening at a “Rock the Campus” event that was part of a larger series of college campus tours. Read more...

Photo: Supporters of presidential candidate Bernie Sanders registered to vote in the upcoming elections and had the chance to meet with famous celebrities, such as Josh Hutcherson (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin)


Records reveal Pi Kappa Phi members made racist statements in 2013

This post was updated July 28, 2020 at 4:25 p.m. An undergraduate student government official released records Tuesday that revealed members of the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity in 2013 made racist and misogynistic statements during its chapter meetings. Read more...

Photo: A USAC official released records Tuesday that revealed members of the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity in 2013 made racist and misogynistic statements during their meetings. (Mackenzie Possee/Daily Bruin)



Voter turnout improves despite lowered USAC Election Board budget

This year’s undergraduate student government’s election had a 40.3 percent voter turnout, one of the highest in years, despite cuts in the election board’s budget. The board’s budget decreased from $37,000 in 2015 to $26,000 in 2016, to accommodate decreasing USAC funds. Read more...

Photo: This year’s USAC election had a 40.3 percent voter turnout, one of the highest in years, despite cuts in the election board’s budget. (Daniel Alcazar/Photo editor)


Director, founders reflect on 20 years of LGBT Campus Resource Center

Twenty years ago, UCLA faculty members held secret, off-campus meetings to discuss their struggles as closeted LGBT individuals on campus. Their gatherings have since led to the establishment of the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Campus Resource Center – one of the largest in the country, said Ronni Sanlo, director of the center from 1997 to 2010. Read more...

Photo: Students, campus leaders and founders of the LGBT Campus Resource Center gathered Friday at a luncheon with Chancellor Gene Block to celebrate the center’s 20th anniversary. (Laura Uzes/Daily Bruin)


Students approve all four referenda on USAC election ballot

Students voted to pass all four referenda on the undergraduate student government election ballot Friday. More than half of students who voted in the election supported The Green Initiative Fund referendum, the Social Justice Referendum of 2016, the #UCLAwellness Referendum and the Daily Bruin and Bruinwalk.com Referendum. Read more...

Photo: The Social Justice Referendum passed with 54.8 percent of the vote. (Owen Emerson/Assistant Photo Editor)



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