Heyun Jeong

While the ASUC, UC Berkeley’s student government, appears on the average student’s radar for a few months every year, the organization — which prides itself in being “one of the largest and most autonomous student governments in the nation” — is actually charged with multiple responsibilities that affect student life.

Berkeley’s colorful history has been in part hued by the constant presence of a large international community.

Four ballot measures — including two that include a total of $81.50 in mandatory semester campus fees to go into effect fall 2015 — passed in this year’s ASUC general elections.

Local workers and activists mobilized for a rally Wednesday afternoon, disrupting traffic flow as they marched throughout Berkeley as part of a movement of protests to demand pay of $15 per hour.

Four more reports of alleged bylaw violations regarding unsolicited campaign emails by both ASUC executive and senatorial candidates have been filed, the ASUC Elections Council said Thursday.

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Director Paul Alivisatos announced Monday afternoon that he intends to step down from the position once a replacement can be found.

The Berkeley Police Department closed off Oxford Street between Center and Kittredge streets Tuesday afternoon to all vehicular and pedestrian traffic in order to investigate a “suspicious package.”

After 14 months of development, a revamp of UC Berkeley’s website, Berkeley.edu, went live Saturday with a new streamlined design.

The ASUC senate passed a bill proposing the establishment of the DeCal board as an ASUC commission at this week’s senate meeting.