Tuesday, February 17

MakeUCLAGreatAgain candidate petitions for USAC election re-vote

MakeUCLAGreatAgain candidate Shubham Goel submitted a petition asking the USAC Election Board to disqualify the Social Justice Referendum and call a re-vote for all contested candidates in last week’s undergraduate student government election. Read more...

Photo: MakeUCLAGreatAgain candidate Shubham Goel submitted a petition asking USAC Election Board to disqualify the Social Justice Referendum and call a re-vote for all contested candidates in last week’s USAC election. (Kathy Chen/Daily Bruin)



Passage of #UCLAwellness Initiative Referendum expands funding for CAPS

UCLA Counseling and Psychological Services, or CAPS, plans to use funding from a student fee passed Friday to provide more counseling sessions and recruit more diverse clinicians. Read more...

Photo: UCLA Counseling and Psychological Services plans to use funding from the #UCLAwellness Initiative Referendum, which passed Friday, to improve counseling services. (Mackenzie Possee/Daily Bruin)



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)


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)



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