ASUC President Connor Landgraf issues executive order to place referendums on ballot
Connor Landgraf is the ASUC President.
ASUC President Connor Landgraf issued two executive orders to place referenda on the 2013 ASUC ballot, Sunday.
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Bye Bye Bay Street
BAY AREA AFFAIRS: A proposal to cut the popular AC Transit F bus line could eliminate a convenient way for students to get to Emeryville.
A new proposal being considered by the AC Transit Board of Directors to cut the system’s F line could mean the end of a direct and economical bus route to Emeryville, a premier destination for shopping and dining for many UC Berkeley students. This is cause for concern. In place Read More…
Resuscitate your student government
By supporting independent candidates, SQUELCH! helps hold the ASUC accountable
SQUELCH! has become the ASUC’s alarm clock that doesn’t have a snooze button and can’t be turned off. It has become the electric shock that will resuscitate a student government that was once rivaled by no other. It has taken the road less traveled, but it needs your help as Read More…
Landgraf’s overreach
CAMPUS ISSUES: ASUC President Connor Landgraf’s executive orders to put two referendums on the election ballot could have been avoided.
ASUC President Connor Landgraf has muddled the proper process of this year’s election. Because he tardily submitted bills to the ASUC Senate to put two referendums before student voters, the senate could not consider the measures until after its constitutional deadline to finalize the election ballot. Accordingly, Landgraf issued executive Read More…
Class Pass may not be placed on spring ballot after possible bylaw violation
UC Berkeley students face the prospect of losing their bus passes next year due to a failure to submit the necessary referendum for the spring 2013 ballot.
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The AC Transit bully
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AC Transit must descend from its throne of supposed magnanimity and give UC Berkeley students the deal they deserve. Because the AC Transit Class Pass will most likely reappear on the spring 2013 ASUC ballot, ASUC President Connor Landgraf should continue his efforts in meeting and negotiating with the organization Read More…
Busing the referendum
CAMPUS ISSUES: We are glad the ASUC Judicial Council invalidated the Class Pass referendum but troubled by inaccuracies on the ballot.
Democracy is an ideal that has guided the United States for more than two centuries. Even at the student government level, the ballot should be sacrosanct, which is what makes problems surrounding the ASUC Class Pass referendum so disconcerting. The referendum, which would have extended the campus’s agreement with AC Read More…
ASUC Judicial Council disqualifies Class Pass
The ASUC Judicial Council unanimously ruled Thursday to disqualify the Class Pass referendum from the ASUC 2012 general election ballot. Graduate Assembly President Bahar Navab and ASUC President Vishalli Loomba, as well as SQUELCH! Senator Noah Ickowitz, filed charges against Elections Council chair Pamudh Kariyawasam, requesting the disqualification of the Read More…
Student Action dominates ASUC elections
Party wins four partisan executive seats, claims majority in the senate
The party makeup of next year’s ASUC Senate and executive offices was revealed to be identical to that of the current year when the 2012 ASUC general election results were announced Thursday evening. The Student Action slate once again swept all partisan executive positions and maintained its senate majority, despite Read More…
Fee referendums could be missing from ASUC General Election results Thursday
The results of the two referendums on the spring 2012 ASUC general election ballot might not be announced with the results for the executive and senate seats at Thursday’s tabulations. Unless a compromise is accepted by the ASUC Judicial Council, the results from the Class Pass referendum — which would extend Read More…