Briefs were filed Tuesday with the ASUC Judicial Council detailing arguments and supporting evidence of parties for and against overturning ASUC President Vishalli Loomba’s executive order that invalidated The Daily Californian’s fee initiative from the 2012 election ballot. The council will hear arguments at a Wednesday night hearing, which will be held Read More…
Occupy Cal protesters held a press conference Monday and set up two tents on Sproul Plaza to demand that criminal charges against Nov. 9 Occupy Cal protesters be dropped. Members of Occupy Cal set up “cellphone stations” urging students to call District Attorney Nancy O’Malley’s office and demand that all Read More…
A conference organized by the UC Berkeley Black Student Union this weekend will include a speech by religious leader Louis Farrakhan — an appearance that has sparked outcry from members of the campus Jewish community because of Farrakhan’s allegedly anti-Semitic comments. The Afrikan Black Coalition Conference, which will be held Read More…
A group of Occupy Cal protesters continued an encampment on the steps of Sproul Hall as of Sunday afternoon, extending a protest that began Thursday on the three month anniversary of the Nov. 9 campus protests. Around 3 p.m. Sunday, 30 to 40 protesters gathered on the steps for a Read More…
UC Berkeley administrators approved a proposal to create a one-stop center for student transaction services Thursday as part of the campus’s cost-cutting Operational Excellence initiative and tabled a proposal to create a center for student organizations. The transactions center would save the campus $208,000 annually, according to the proposal, and aims to Read More…
Student demands for a designated space for meditation and reflection were answered Monday when the Tilden room in the Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union reopened as the temporary meditation space on campus. The room — which was previously used for commercial space — will serve as the location for Read More…
New Berkeley students gathered on Monday at the Greek Theater to be formally welcomed to the Cal community. Professor Robert Reich was the featured speaker. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sinsmz7kvpk?rel=0&w=560&h=345]
Though the administrative arm of the ASUC began reporting to a different department on campus July 1, little else has changed so far. Aside from its direct change in reporting structure, further effects of the ASUC Auxiliary’s highly debated realignment to the Division of Student Affairs will come later, officials Read More…
The ASUC has faced many significant issues and challenges over the past few decades, some of the most important of which pertain to the student government’s autonomy. While different groups have each had their fair share of fault, rarely have we seen such a baffling and outrageous change carried out Read More…