Following UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau’s announcement Tuesday that he will step down in December, reactions from the campus community have ranged from admiration for his accomplishments to celebration over the end of his time as an administrator. Birgeneau, who became the campus’s ninth chancellor in September 2004, announced his Read More…
The UCLA Graduate Students Association voted March 7 to place a referendum on the spring campus election ballot that would increase fees for graduate students by $5 per quarter. The referendum fee would go toward rising costs resulting from reduced funding of graduate student programs that were previously covered by Read More…
Candidates for two vacated associate justice positions on the ASUC Judicial Council must be nominated by next week in order for the ASUC Senate to continue with other business. Currently, one graduate position and one undergraduate position are open on the council. Since ASUC President Vishalli Loomba did not submit Read More…
Working with college students all day long is not everyone’s ideal job — but for Jeff Deutsch, director of the Cal Student Store, it is a unique and challenging experience that inspires satisfaction and pride. For years, Deutsch has been working five to seven days a week on store and Read More…
At a meeting Friday, the board charged with overseeing commercial activities for the ASUC discussed how the Cal Student Store would be impacted by the Lower Sproul Plaza renovation. The Commercial and Student Services Board is currently looking into space for housing the student store during the Lower Sproul construction, following Read More…
The ASUC Senate will discuss a bill Wednesday night that would put a referendum on the 2012 general election ballot to give students the option to extend unrestricted ridership on local bus services. The bill — authored by ASUC President Vishalli Loomba and campus Graduate Assembly President Bahar Navab — Read More…
The ASUC Senate unanimously passed a bill Wednesday night urging Gov. Jerry Brown to sign the second part of the California DREAM Act — AB 131 — that was approved last week by the state Senate and Assembly. The bill, passed with a vote of 19-0, will be sent to Read More…
With UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau scheduled to step down at the end of December, the committee created to select his successor is closer to completing the search after narrowing down a pool of nominations this summer. Read More…
In an ongoing effort to increase student involvement in UC Berkeley’s cost-cutting Operational Excellence initiative, student government leaders will launch a new DeCal class in September that will give students the option of working directly on initiative projects or conducting research projects. On Sept. 6, about 20 graduate and undergraduate Read More…
The ASUC Store Operations Board discussed the possibility of a new charter and reviewed the financial statuses of businesses under its jurisdiction at last weekend’s retreat. Although no official board decisions were made, attendees did briefly discuss the decision to postpone rechartering. A decision to recharter would have involved adopting Read More…
