Savannah Luschei

UC Berkeley sophomores Henna Kaushal and Marium Navid announced Thursday night that they will be running as independent senatorial candidates in this year’s ASUC elections.

Condemning past university policy concerning sexual assault, the ASUC Senate unanimously passed a bill Wednesday night calling on UC officials to include comprehensive reforms as the university finalizes a new sexual harassment and violence policy.

A UC Berkeley freshman who was arrested last week on suspicion of assaulting his roommate was charged with felony battery at the Wiley W. Manuel Courthouse in Oakland on Tuesday.

A UC Berkeley student was arrested on suspicion of robbery and aggravated assault following an alleged incident just before midnight on Tuesday near the Campbell Hall construction site.

It’s Valentine’s Day, and you’re standing on Sproul Plaza. Take a look around. What do you see?

The ASUC Senate, in a unanimous vote Wednesday night, closed a loophole in the student government’s election bylaws that may have allowed a candidate to falsely claim presidency of a club in order to promote his or her campaign.

Following the footsteps of nearly 100 cities and counties — including Alameda County — who in recent years have implemented local bans on single-use plastic bags, California legislators announced in a press conference last week that they will consider a bill prohibiting the bags statewide.

Officials evacuated the sixth floor of Tan Hall following a chemical spill Thursday evening.

Schlissel, who joined UC Berkeley as an associate professor in 1999, has worn several academic hats, including scientist, lecturer and administrator. While at UC Berkeley, he studied the development of B lymphocytes, cells in the immune system which secrete antibodies, and taught immunology to both undergraduate and graduate students. He has co-authored nearly 100 scientific papers over the course of his career.