Stories related to USAC:
Getting specific, up close and personal with UCLA’s general representatives
Assistant News Editor JJ Yang sat down with the three general representatives of the Undergraduate Students Association Council to talk about programming and advocacy efforts they’re implementing.
Funding request cap aims at equality
Funds toward campus organizations this year were allocated in a fair and transparent manner said undergraduate student government officers, addressing concerns that previous allocations were unfair.
Events commissioner discusses future plans
Bruin Bash, one of the largest and most popular events on campus helps kick off the new school year. The Campus Events Commission, an official wing of the Undergraduate Students Association Council is primarily responsible for organizing the event. Assistant News Editor JJ Yang sat down with Campus Events Commissioner Penson Liu and discussed his responsibilities and his vision for the future.
USAC appoints student leaders
The student government approved the appointments of five student leaders to various committees across campus.
Hosseini discusses progress in presidency
USAC elect describes steps toward platform goals, new projects that are in the works
With a platform promising transparency and efficiency in student government, fourth-year political science student Homaira Hosseini was elected president in last May’s Undergraduate Students Association Council election.
Textbook prices lowered, scholarship implemented by USAC
For many students, the beginning of the quarter presents the prospect of new opportunities, new classes and new costly textbooks.
USAC, GSA mobilize to get students to the polls
With hundreds of thousands of unregistered college students in the upcoming election, student government groups are mobilizing a nationwide registration campaign to reach the collegiate vote.
Getting acquainted with student government
Jesse Melgar, the current external vice president of the Undergraduate Students Association Council, was elected as the chairman of the University of California Students Association at their meeting, held in Berkeley from July 10 to 13. Melgar has served extensively in student government as the external vice president for USAC last year and again for this year.
Appointments show students not first
Hosseini’s disregard for USAC bylaws shows lack of commitment to promise of change
12:53 a.m., July 7, 2008
Students First! ran for positions in the Undergraduate Students Association Council this year promising to “set a new precedent” for student government. Unfortunately, only three weeks into their term, SF! set its own precedent of moving USAC away from the student body.
USAC approvals questioned
Some councilmembers say process used for appointments broke constitutional bylaws
Some members of the Undergraduate Students Association Council expressed concern that constitutional bylaws were broken during the approval process of presidential appointments in spring.
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