Vera Esail

The ASUC Senate unanimously passed five bills at its general meeting Wednesday and discussed the future of the Cal Lodge — an ASUC-owned hotel-like property in Lake Tahoe, California.

At their fourth meeting of the semester Wednesday night, the ASUC Senate passed all four bills put to vote after heavy deliberations on a bill concerning a controversial DeCal that was suspended, and then reinstated, in the past week.

The university announced Monday the members of the advisory committee created to select UC Berkeley’s next chancellor, prompting student representatives to advocate for greater student say in the selection process.

After the ASUC Senate convened its first meetings as the inter-semester committee this past summer, senators have heralded the experiment a success for student representation.

The ASUC Senate met Wednesday to address the search for the next campus chancellor and hear three bills and public comment from the leaders of a demonstration against former UC Berkeley School of Law dean Sujit Choudhry.

The ASUC Senate conducted its first meeting of the fall semester Wednesday night, introducing bills aimed at addressing student safety and campus technological changes with new student committees.

The ASUC Inter-Semester Committee unanimously passed four bills at its final meeting, including one declaring the ASUC’s opposition to the campus’s new cancel for nonpayment policy.

Berkeley City Council approved a rebate July 19 that will return the financing needed to developers who are aiming to complete the construction of a hotel in Downtown Berkeley.

At its inter-semester committee meeting Thursday, the ASUC Senate unanimously passed two bills to increase support for the communities affected by the recent deaths of two UC Berkeley students in terror attacks abroad.

Protesters gathered in downtown Oakland on Thursday night to condemn the recent actions of police officers across the country, which have resulted in several arrests along with a halted freeway and various acts of vandalism.