USAC approves two resolutions; hears long presentation

Council discusses changing USAC election voting procedure and creating a new commission

In an attempt to create more proportional representation on the undergraduate student government, council is considering changes to the voting system for the May elections.
At Tuesday’s meeting, councilmembers heard a presentation about the different voting system options by Elections Board chairwoman Sandybeth Carrillo, a former Daily Bruin reporter, who recommended that the council either specify the single transferable vote (STV) process already planned for general representative races or switch all 13 races to the instant runoff voting (IRV) system.

Council discusses creating a new committee

USAC hears presentations; addresses supply theft

Dressed in schoolgirl uniforms with report cards in one hand and bowls of organic oranges in the other, members of the student group Ecology, Economy, Equity acted out a skit last Friday to illustrate the letter-grade standings released by the Sustainable Endowments Institute last month.

Whether
students want to view class assignments while studying at Luvalle
Commons or surf the Web during lecture, many have found the
wireless access on campus to be spotty.

The Undergraduate Students Association Council voted 9-1 Tuesday
night to pass a resolution opposing inappropriate force against
students by university police.
The resolution was drafted in response to recent use of a Taser
on a UCLA student by UCPD officers.

The Undergraduate Students Association Council approved two
resolutions Tuesday ““ one in support of making professor
evaluations available to students, and the other suggesting that
students should be able to switch between two separate chemistry
series.

The Asian Pacific Coalition at UCLA held a forum called
“Can You Hear Us Now?” on Wednesday afternoon in
Meyerhoff Park, responding to a satirical Daily Bruin column
written by Jed Levine, a Daily Bruin contributor and fourth-year
international development studies student.