USAC recap – April 12

The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government that represents the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every week Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Kerckhoff 417 and are open to all students. Watch a live stream of the meetings on the USAC Live! YouTube channel.

Agenda items

• The council approved an allocation of $720 from the
  Contingency Programming Fund to USAC offices.

• The council approved an allocation of $5,680 from the
  Contingency Programming Fund to student groups.

• The council unanimously appointed Justin Jackson, a first-year business economics, political science and communication studies student, onto the USAC Judicial Board.

Special presentations

• Financial Supports Commissioner Ruhi Patil said her office organized career fairs and resume workshops, established the calculator loan program and coordinated a subsidized bus trip to UC Berkeley over spring break.

Officer reports

• President Heather Rosen said she will speak at Bruin Day to potential incoming students.

• Internal Vice President Heather Hourdequin said profits from this week’s LGBTQ Pride Week events will support UCLA’s graduation ceremony for LGBTQ students.

• External Vice President Zach Helder said he traveled to Sacramento last week after an audit suggested out-of-state students are held to lower admission standards. Helder added he doesn’t think the audit was truthful, and said it only served to demonize out-of-state students.

• Academic Affairs Commissioner Trent Kajikawa said his office launched a wireless survey intended to determine which areas on campus have connectivity issues.

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