USAC elections are over. Let's drop the drama and come together.
Regardless of who you voted for, now is the time to voice your needs and concerns.
For the past few weeks, my life has been surrounded with campaign flyers, signboards and t-shirts supporting different campaign slates. Endless Facebook posts,
tweets, and Instagram pictures were sent out. Who was endorsed and who wasn’t was
the big campus drama and debates got pretty heated. I got significantly less sleep than usual
because of all the meetings and events. I loved every minute of it.
This was
one of the most exciting, electric weeks at UCLA. You could feel
the passions of the students coming through and my love of UCLA was
revitalized. But now, the elections are
finally over. I have my opinions on how things should’ve gone and you have
yours, but that’s not what matters.
Shade was thrown, fights were
had and tears were shed but, at this point, there’s nothing we can do to
change the outcomes. No matter which slate you aligned with, we have elected a new
council and they’re here to stay. So, now, instead of fighting over how
things should’ve gone can we all just get along?
USAC will
do all they can to bring this campus together and do what they believe is best,
but it’ll be harder if we don’t come together. It’s much harder to lead
a divided campus so let's look past the divides created by the various slates.
It was
stated many times during the elections that slates only matter during election
season. That time has passed. We need to remember that we are all Bruins. We need to be the best we can be. We must stand tall and stand together.
Although it is important to support our new council members, we still need to make our opinions heard. We cannot expect USAC to know exactly what
we need at every moment. You have to tell them and communicate to be
heard. No matter
what your cause is, the USAC council is there to listen and help you.
Tell them your concerns and ideas. If you don’t speak up, don’t
expect them to be mind readers. Don’t complain that they aren’t listening.
Okay, now my rant is over. We can transition into a shameless plug.
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your voice to be heard, consider applying for a position on The Odyssey staff. We are accepting new interns and would love
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Just a few
weeks to go, Bruins. So Let’s Act as Bruins United and get this campus Fired Up!
