Executive-elects discuss their plans for office
It has only been five days since the ASUC results were announced, but many newly elected members of the ASUC say they are already looking forward to their first steps in office. Read More…
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2013 ASUC Election results
Experience the announcement of the 2013 ASUC Election results, as seen from 155 Dwinelle. Read more here.
CalSERVE wins 3 of 4 partisan executive positions in ASUC election 2013
Student Action holds plurality in senate
CalSERVE candidates secured all but one position in the executive slate in this year’s ASUC elections.
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Executive candidates exhibit varying degrees of success while in senate
After winning a seat on the ASUC senate, many UC Berkeley undergrads enter their new roles, eager to make lasting change on campus. It often doesn’t take long, however, for these senators to discover that bringing their platforms to fruition is far from easy. Read More…
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…
District 7
Council Watch
For those of you who are tired of hearing about rambunctious old people waving their arms over city issues, worry not. Here’s a reprieve. This week, we’re focusing specifically on the creation of the “student supermajority district,” a district whose constituency would likely be more than 90 percent students. Why Read More…
Student Action announces executive candidates for the upcoming elections
Student Action announced its executive slate on Sunday night. ASUC senator Rafi Lurie will be its nominee for president. Senators Chen-Chen Huo and Ryan Kang will run as the party’s executive vice president and academic affairs vice president candidates, respectively. Safeena Mecklai is running for external affairs vice president. Read More…
Chancellor search committee to meet with campus representatives
Selected faculty members and students will meet at an on-campus stakeholders’ meeting Friday with the advisory committee chosen to recommend a replacement for outgoing UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau. At the meeting, which will be held at Clark Kerr campus, faculty members selected by the Berkeley Division of the Academic Read More…
ASUC Senate holds first meeting of the semester
At the first ASUC Senate meeting of the spring semester Wednesday night, senators announced the development of a new smartphone application for UC Berkeley students and the renaming of the board that oversees student government commercial activities. After the senate moved to rename the ASUC Store Operations Board as the Read More…
ASUC Senate passes student group conduct bill
Emergency meeting lasted 30 minutes
The ASUC Senate unanimously passed a bill at an emergency meeting Sunday evening to promote “respectful ASUC student organization conduct,” in light of the controversy surrounding the Berkeley College Republicans’ plans to hold an “Increase Diversity Bake Sale.” The bake sale — which created a tiered structure for the pricing Read More…