Students rally against Citizens United decision
A small group of students and community members gathered on Sproul Plaza Friday afternoon to rally against the United States Supreme Court’s controversial Citizens United decision. Read More…
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ASUC executive slate candidates talk vision, goals at Daily Cal forum
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…
ASUC Senate votes no confidence in campus’s handling of sexual assault
After heated discussion at Wednesday night’s meeting, the ASUC senate passed a bill critiquing university policy in handling sexual assault cases. Read More…
ASUC senate votes to place First Amendment issue on spring ballot
The ASUC Senate voted to place a referendum on the spring 2013 ballot asking students if they support overturning the controversial Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commissions Supreme Court decision that held that the First Amendment prohibited restrictions on independent political expenditures by corporations and unions. Read More…
Lack of senator attendance forces recess at ASUC senate meeting
ASUC Executive Vice President Justin Sayarath was forced to call a recess at the senate meeting Wednesday night in order to locate enough senators to meet the two-thirds majority necessary to vote on proposed bills. Read More…
Landgraf introduces bills for Class Pass, campus wellness services
ASUC President Connor Landgraf introduced two new bills at the ASUC Senate meeting Wednesday night, addressing both a renegotiated contract with AC Transit and a proposed a fee raise to increase campus fitness and wellness services. Read More…
Students hold vigil for Indian rape victims
Students bowed their heads over the light of flickering candles in a moment of silence at a vigil held for New Delhi rape victims Thursday evening on Upper Sproul Plaza. Read More…
ASUC Senate criticizes fraternity Halloween decorations
Public outcry over the perceived racially insensitive nature of a campus fraternity’s Halloween decoration has prompted efforts in the ASUC Senate to increase awareness of racial and cultural issues on campus.
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Curb your spending
#ASUCproblems
To the amazement of our ASUC wallet, the Senate Finance committee began the year assuming far more fiscal conservatism than in previous years, and established sound precedents. Unsurprisingly, disruption recently reversed this trend, and was not based on rational reasoning, but on rash financial legislation. Pandora’s Box was torn open as the ASUC Senate recently decided to fund charitable goods, reminding us that recipes of fiscal irresponsibility breed insurmountable deficits. Read More…