Adam Smith wants to challenge negative stereotypes of drug addicts. “It’s not the guy in the alley drinking out of a brown paper bag, but the college student taking Adderall every day or drinking too much,” Smith said. Read more...
Photo: A student wrote the names of people she knew who died of drug overdose. (Courtesy of Hoang Nguyen)
Jason Ergina, a candidate running for this year’s general representative office in the Undergraduate Students Association Council election, talked with John Peter Cavender, a Daily Bruin contributor, on Monday about his campaign platforms and why he decided to run for USAC. Read more...
Photo: Jason Ergina, a candidate for general representative in the undergraduate student government, formed the satirical slate The After Party this year. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights is visiting UCLA Tuesday through Thursday to investigate the university’s compliance with Title IX. Title IX is a federal provision that prohibits gender-based discrimination in educational institutions, such as universities that receive federal funding. Read more...
The undergraduate student government Judicial Board ruled Monday that the Bruins United slate violated online campaigning rules last week, after the slate appealed an Election Board sanction. Read more...
Dozens of documents leaked on Facebook Monday allege that members of the undergraduate student government LET’S ACT! slate illegally spent student fee funds on their past two campaigns, sold alcohol and marijuana to raise campaign revenue and solicited money from student groups in return for representation in the slate. Read more...
Photo: An anonymous Facebook user leaked dozens of documents that allegedly detail the 2013 and 2014 campaigns of the LET’S ACT! undergraduate student government slate. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Undergraduate student government candidates debated Sunday about the merits of their previous experience and their relationships with University and student group leaders. The debates, organized by the Undergraduate Students Association Council Election Board, took place on the Hill in front of a crowd generally split between the two dominant slates Bruins United and LET’S ACT!. Read more...
Twenty-five candidates are running for the 14 elected USAC positions in this year's highly contested elections. The majority of candidates are running with the Bruins United or LET'S ACT! slates, some others are running independent and one candidate is running with the After Party slate. Read more...
Photo: (Madeleine Isaacs/Daily Bruin senior staff)
