Robert Salonga, a crime news reporter, compares himself to the Grim Reaper. “People literally will see me and get bummed out because I’m only around if something bad has happened,” he said. Read more...
Photo: Robert Salonga (third from right) and the Pulitzer Prize-winning staff from the East Bay Times and Bay Area News Group celebrate after being awarded the 2017 Pulitzer Prize in Breaking News Reporting for coverage of the Ghost Ship fire in Oakland, California. (Courtesy of D. Ross Cameron)
The Graduate Students Association is the voice of graduate students on campus. The association meets for forum every three weeks and takes positions on current issues affecting graduate students. Read more...
The director of a UCLA child care center was placed on an indefinite leave last week and replaced by an interim director. Moises Roman, who was the director of the Krieger Center in the UCLA Early Care and Education program, will be replaced by Sue Ballentine, announced Brad Erickson, the executive director of Campus Service Enterprises. Read more...
About 9 percent of eligible graduate students voted in this year’s uncontested Graduate Students Association election, down 3.5 percent from last year. Elections commissioner Anne Blackstock-Bernstein said 1,077 graduate students voted out of a possible 11,834. Read more...
Photo: This year’s Graduate Students Association candidates ran unopposed and only needed one vote each to secure their positions. The voter turnout was 9.1 percent, higher than the 2015 election when one seat was contested. (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every Tuesday at 7 p.m. Read more...
Photo: USAC council meetings take place every Tuesday. This week, the council could not vote on any agenda items because only seven out of 13 members attended. (Petek Kuscu/Daily Bruin)
A Westwood neighborhood organization may not implement online elections any time soon, but some students are interested in voting on the web instead of going to polling stations. Read more...
Photo: (Harishwer Balasubramani/Illustrations director)
A University of California student leader said he would like to see more student input throughout the undergraduate student advisor selection process. The undergraduate student advisor, a position created by the UC Board of Regents in January 2016, does not have voting power, but makes recommendations to the board on issues that concern the student population and aims to give regents a more comprehensive student perspective on university issues. Read more...
