Heyun Jeong

The ASUC Senate introduced four bills Wednesday regarding the support of a city soda tax, revisions to the budget, a peer counseling committee and amendments to the fund for the Berkeley Student Cooperative.

At a Tuesday hearing regarding the ongoing Occupy Cal lawsuit, a judge made a procedural ruling against the activist group, who is seeking $15 million in damages against the university and other parties, but allowed the group one week to refile one of their complaints.

After serving as an undergraduate representative to the ASUC Commercial and Student Services Board, Arushi Saxena resigned from her position last week, halfway through her two-year term.

Pavan Upadhyayula kicked off his ASUC presidency with the State of the Association on Wednesday during the second Senate meeting.

The ASUC Office of the President Technology team released a mobile application Tuesday as part of the President's platform to increase transparency of the student government.

On Wednesday, this year’s Senate Class convened at the Anna Head Alumnae Hall for the first Senate meeting of the year to give reports on projects and discuss goals for the academic year.

The White House recognized an upcoming collaboration between a UC Berkeley air monitoring project and a public media platform for its goals in advancing the Climate Data Initiative, a presidential effort to amass information about climate change.

Julie Hooper, former associate vice president for development at the University of Texas at Austin, began her term as UC Berkeley associate vice chancellor for University Relations on July 1.

Known for his lively mind and academic ambition, Andrew Jameson, a retired UC Berkeley assistant vice chancellor died on June 5. He was 89.

Last week, three UC Berkeley students traveled to Ekaterinburg, Russia, to compete in an annual international programming contest.