In a year of increased demand from student groups for funding, the ASUC Senate passed a bill Wednesday night to replenish the contingency fund with $10,000 from its reserve fund. The ASUC had originally allocated $24,000 to the contingency fund in its 2010-11 budget, but this amount was not sufficient Read More…
The ASUC Senate passed a bill Wednesday night that supports the Occupy Cal movement, which includes a Nov. 9 walkout and noontime rally on Sproul Plaza, and finances buses to transport students to the upcoming UC Board of Regents meeting at UC San Francisco. The bill, co-authored by Cooperative Movement Senator Elliot Goldstein and CalSERVE Senator Andrew Albright, provides support for the protest through Read More…
The ASUC Senate will meet Wednesday night to consider a bill that supports the Occupy Cal movement, which includes a Nov. 9 walkout and noontime rally on Sproul Plaza, and that provides financial support for buses to transport students to the upcoming UC Board of Regents meeting at UC San Read More…
Shortly after the UC student regents presented on the financial crisis facing the university, a bill supporting rallies protesting potential tuition hikes was proposed to the ASUC . SB 118 — also called the “Bill in Support of the November Days of Action” — supports a walkout and noontime rally Read More…
UC Student Regent Alfredo Mireles Jr. and UC Student Regent-designate Jonathan Stein spoke of impending tuition hikes facing students if they do not voice their opinions at Wednesday night’s ASUC Senate meeting. The UC Board of Regents will be making long-term financial decisions during the next five months and is Read More…
In an effort to increase student involvement in city of Berkeley affairs, the ASUC and Graduate Assembly released findings Thursday of a survey showing that UC Berkeley students, faculty and staff would like to see a more diverse business community and heightened security along Telegraph Avenue and in Downtown Berkeley. Read More…
The ASUC Senate confirmed nominees for the Judicial Council and the Attorney General at their meeting Wednesday night, among other actions. The senate voted unanimously to confirm graduate students Abraham Escareno and Scott Lara and undergraduates Ryan Mattison, Emrin Dhatt and Suneeta Israni to serve on the Judicial Council. “I Read More…
Across from the Berkeley College Republicans’ “Increase Diversity Bake Sale” on Upper Sproul Plaza — which attracted flocks of students and media Tuesday — representatives from the ASUC quietly recruited students to call the state in support of three bills, including the one that sparked the controversy. The phone bank, which Read More…
Though the ASUC Senate did not take formal action against the Berkeley College Republicans at the senate’s emergency meeting Sunday, individual students could file charge sheets against the group — but formal punishment for the group is fraught with technical, procedural and legal difficulties. The senate unanimously passed “A Bill in Read More…
The ASUC Senate unanimously passed a bill at an emergency meeting Sunday evening to promote “respectful ASUC student organization conduct,” in light of the controversy surrounding the Berkeley College Republicans’ plans to hold an “Increase Diversity Bake Sale.” The bake sale — which created a tiered structure for the pricing Read More…
