Thursday, April 30



UC Student Association unanimously elects USAC EVP Aidan Arasasingham as president

A UCLA student government official is the next president of the University of California Student Association. Representatives for all nine undergraduate campuses unanimously elected Aidan Arasasingham, a rising fourth-year global studies student, as the next UCSA president during their board meeting Saturday. Read more...

Photo: Aidan Arasasingham, the Undergraduate Students Association Council external vice president, was unanimously elected as the next president of the University of California Student Association. (Liz Ketcham/Daily Bruin senior staff)



Breaking down USAC’s role as the governing body of UCLA’s undergraduates

The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the governing body of the Undergraduate Students Association, whose membership consists of all undergraduate students at UCLA. Emily Hong Van Luong, the USAC internal vice president, said the council serves students by advocating to the administration on their behalf and undertaking projects that help the student body. Read more...

Photo: The Undergraduate Students Association Council, the elected undergraduate student government, serves students through its advocacy to the administration and the projects it undertakes, said Emily Hong Van Luong, the council’s internal vice president. (Daily Bruin file photo)


UC-AFT Local 1990 holds protest demanding greater job security outside regent’s home

The union that represents lecturers at UCLA is calling on University of California President Michael Drake to continue contract negotiations to increase job stability for lecturers. Read more...

Photo: Dozens of protesters demanded greater job security for lecturers at the University of California in front of UC Regent George Kieffer’s Brentwood home Monday. (Bernard Mendez/Daily Bruin senior staff)


New Title IX policies prompt calls on UCLA to protect survivors of sexual violence

This post was updated Sept. 11 at 11:34 p.m. to reflect clarified information in the graphic.  Student advocates are calling on UCLA to protect those who have experienced sexual violence in light of May Title IX regulations from the federal government. Read more...

Photo: New Department of Education regulations on Title IX offices strengthen the rights of the accused at the expense of the complainants, student advocates said.