The undergraduate student government appointed a student to run its spring elections Tuesday despite concerns about the candidate’s qualifications for the job. Following an 8-4-0 vote, third-year biochemistry student Anthony Padilla is now responsible for setting a timeline for the Undergraduate Students Association Council elections, screening candidates and sanctioning students if they break the elections code rules while campaigning. Read more...
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January 22, 1:42 am
USAC appoints Election Board chair despite qualification concerns
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January 22, 1:41 am
Night Hedrick’s menu to feature snack combos
Night Hedrick, the Hill’s newest dining option, will open Sunday in the Hedrick dining hall. The dining hall will be open from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. Read more...
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January 22, 1:39 am
Student government, campus media to hold community forum
Various campus media outlets and undergraduate student leaders will hold a panel discussion Wednesday night in order to gauge what students care about and want to see from them. Read more...
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January 22, 1:39 am
USAC passes resolution to tackle racism, support activists at SJSU
The original version of this article contained an error and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for additional information. Undergraduate student government officials voted unanimously on Tuesday to adopt a resolution that endorses the demands of black student activists at San Jose State University for tolerance and diversity. Read more...
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January 22, 1:33 am
JazzReggae Festival organizers explore alternate funding strategies
Some UCLA students expect to front more of their own money to help organize this year’s JazzReggae Festival after the undergraduate student government took back $40,000 it originally allocated to the event. Read more...
Photo: The JazzReggae Festival, an annual event, will not be funded by USAC surplus money this year, though in the past it received about $50,000.
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January 22, 12:18 am
Panel to discuss NSA surveillance, conflict with civil liberties
Every time someone in the United States dials a number on his or her cellphone or sends an email, data is collected and stored by the National Security Agency, the government’s signals intelligence arm. Read more...
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January 21, 1:06 am
Vietnamese Culture Night explores mental health, domestic abuse
Teri Nguyen’s family did not know much about autism when her brother started acting aloof. They did not even know the word for autism in Vietnamese, their first language. Read more...
Photo: Student staff of the annual Vietnamese Culture Night act out a scene to show the different family members’ reaction to autism. The show also addressed issues such as post-traumatic stress disorder, domestic violence and mental illness.