After six years, Nancy Skinner will step down from her position on the California State Assembly, leaving at least six candidates lined up to take her place. Read More…
Although a recently introduced ASUC Senate bill that asks senators to wear magnetic nametags is intended to increase ASUC transparency, it has been met with skepticism by senators and students alike. The bill, SB 21, authored by Independent Campaign for Common Sense Senator Solomon Nwoche, asks senators to wear nametags Read More…
The ASUC Senate’s University and External Affairs Committee approved a bill at its meeting Monday that opposes the construction of Keystone XL, an extension of the Keystone Pipeline, which is now pending approval of the entire senate. Read More…
As senators who served with Pack while he was an ASUC senator, we would have to agree with his statements about himself. Pack was one of the most polarizing figures while he served as a senator. Read More…
At its meeting Wednesday, the ASUC senate, unanimously passed a bill stating that the senate will express no confidence in incoming UC President Janet Napolitano if she does not carry out a list of nine demands by a deadline set by the senate. Read More…
After extensive discussion Tuesday night, the Berkeley City Council decided to postpone a historic vote on the ASUC-backed redistricting map that would create a student-majority district for the first time in Berkeley. Read More…
Although no bills were passed at the first ASUC senate meeting of the fall semester Wednesday night, a number of executive officers gave reports detailing the progress they had made so far and the initiatives that they planned to tackle this year. Read More…
Napolitano, who also served as the Governor of Arizona, will be the first female president of the university.
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Berkeley’s city council became first in the nation last Tuesday to adopt an official policy to divest funds from 200 fossil fuel-producing companies, joining a nationwide movement to try to help curb global climate change. Read More…
Following two U.S. Supreme Court decisions regarding same-sex marriage on Wednesday morning, members of the Berkeley community celebrated a major victory for the LGBTQIA community. Read More…