UC Berkeley students and other community members packed into The Daily Californian’s annual ASUC Candidates Forum Friday to hear this year’s candidates for ASUC executive positions discuss their visions for the campus and student body in the upcoming academic year. Read More…
Of the 65 students vying for an ASUC senate seat, only Naweed Mohabbat, Taliah Mirmalek, James Chang, and Raman “the Dictator” Veerappan have no party affiliation. A fifth candidate, Solomon Nwoche, recently formed his own party, “Independent Campaign for Common Sense”. Read More…
The ASUC passed a bill to divest from companies that benefit from prison labor at its meeting Wednesday night.
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Campaign managers and committee members are faced with numerous arduous tasks leading up to elections, ranging from passing out flyers and managing staff to preparing breakfast for candidates.
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Three students unaffiliated with the ASUC were confirmed to head the first Election Finance Commission (EFC) during senate meeting Wednesday. Read More…
Student Action announced 18 candidates Thursday for this year’s ASUC election — a season where CalServe is running more candidates than in recent history and SQUELCH! its first fully non-satirical slate. Read More…
I’m not pro-ASUC. Whenever I hear the latest drama from the ASUC Senate, I sigh and wonder if any of the bills they pass will actually change the way our university functions. I recognize this is unfair for those students involved in the student government, who I know work very Read More…
CalSERVE announced one of its largest senate slates in recent memory with 16 candidates vying for 20 senate seats. Read More…
As part of the ASUC’s attempt to make elections more transparent, three non-ASUC-affiliated students will be chosen this week to head the Elections Finance Commission. The commission, which is the first of its kind, is tasked with monitoring party expenditure during the upcoming election. Read More…
Partisanship has inhibited the success of the 2012-13 ASUC Senate class. More than just embarrassing, this pathetic division is based on an illusion of partisan differences that has been augmented by missteps of the ASUC executive vice president’s office. In order to effectively enact change, the two major parties in Read More…
