This Friday marks about two weeks since the end of one of the most historic ASUC elections in our time at Cal. Finally, our student government leaders are back in class, political opponents are hanging out together at Taco Tuesday and exhausted candidates (including myself) have been rejuvenated by that Read More…
Another petition has been filed against ASUC President Connor Landgraf for his use of an executive order to place the health and wellness referendum on the ballot in the recent ASUC elections. Read More…
The platforms and ideologies that make up any campaign have to be pushed out into the world somehow in order for them to be heard and recognized, which puts a great emphasis on effective marketing techniques. These past few years, social media has been a major tool in getting the Read More…
If you haven’t seen it yet, there is a rock-climbing wall set up on upper Sproul for our climbing pleasure right in front of the GBC. Thanks to ASUC elections we’ve all seen Sproul get a little crazy this week, even crazier than usual. But not only are candidates getting their Read More…
ASUC elections have descended upon in full and massive swing. Amidst the many campaign announcements from CalServe, Student Action, third parties SQUELCH! and the Cooperative Movement, and independent candidates, we are well aware of this. We’re bracing ourselves for the madness on Sproul that the upcoming weeks will deliver, but this can be Read More…
It’s every UC Berkeley student’s favorite time of year again: the awe-inspiring, time-consuming craziness of ASUC elections! Student Action has yet to announce its slate, but CalSERVE and SQUELCH! have announced their executive candidates. Oh boy, let the (hunger) games begin! Election season here seems to involve even more mayhem than Read More…
At the ASUC’s last senate meeting of the semester, senators unanimously approved legislation that improves election transparency and limits party expenditures. SB 196 establishes a $2,625 party-expenditure cap on ASUC elections. Read More…
Many events happened this week at UC Berkeley. Check out this video to see what you might have missed: On Tuesday, Independent Presidential candidate, Buddy Roemer, spoke to UC Berkeley students about his platform. Also, on Tuesday, the UC Berkeley chapter of CalPIRG held a tax day press conference about Read More…
The circus has come to Sproul Plaza. But this time it is more of a debacle than a spectacle. Due to the ASUC elections, the plaza has been temporarily transformed into a place for wily candidates to pounce upon the unsuspecting pedestrian and assault them with flyers, all the while Read More…
It’s the Friday evening before ASUC election week, which can only mean one thing — and I’m not talking about Beat the Clock! It’s time for The Daily Californian’s annual Candidates Forum. Hundreds of students have gathered in Chan Shun Auditorium to hear how the executive hopefuls plan to “serve … Read More…