The results of this year’s ASUC election were tabulated in 155 Dwinelle Thursday evening. CalSERVE won three out of four traditionally partisan ASUC executive seats. CalSERVE candidate Deejay Pepito is elected as the next student body president.
Below are the results of the 2013 ASUC elections. This page will be updated as results are released. Read More…
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The ASUC Attorney General has filed two petitions alleging bylaw violations against Student Action’s executive slate candidates and CalSERVE senate candidate Taylor Fugere for sending unsolicited emails during the campaign. Read More…
Being on campus during ASUC elections season can be annoying; that’s well-documented, irrefutable. It can be overeager, glossy-faced candidates in your ears at 8 a.m. pontificating about impossible platforms; unbiased announcements in class encouraging you to vote by voices who just so happen to belong to candidates; acquaintances met at Read More…
The ASUC elections are becoming fairer. Recent indications that the CalSERVE and Student Action parties will not continue an old practice of agreeing not to pursue charges against each other is encouraging, though the tradition should have been eliminated long ago. Still, it is the latest instance of what appears 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…
A presidential feature article printed Monday portrayed DeeJay Pepito — my colleague and an essential part of our senate — as an “aggressive” woman with a mission to propel “minority” groups into the ASUC. I found the article poorly written and contextualized, especially given the amount of times I was Read More…
After winning a seat on the ASUC senate, many UC Berkeley undergrads enter their new roles, eager to make lasting change on campus. It often doesn’t take long, however, for these senators to discover that bringing their platforms to fruition is far from easy. Read More…
Rafi Lurie knows something about small beginnings. From kindergarten through twelfth grade, Lurie, the Student Action presidential candidate, attended the same small school, graduating as part of a class of of just 47 students. Read More…