ASUC decides to place Transfer Referendum on 2019 ballot after debate
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ASUC senators narrowly voted to place the Transfer Referendum on the 2019 ASUC elections ballot during a special meeting Thursday evening.
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ASUC Senate discusses SUPERB referendum, removal of SAT, ACT requirement
At Wednesday night’s regular ASUC meeting, senators discussed SUPERB’s referendum plan for the upcoming election and the push by the Office of the External Affairs Vice President, or EAVP, to remove the SAT or ACT requirement from the UC application.
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ASUC Senate passes resolution in support of repealing Prop. 209 after debate
The ASUC Senate passed eight resolutions at its regular Wednesday night meeting, two of which addressed the low Black student enrollment at UC Berkeley while another called for accommodations for students observing Ramadan during final exams.
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Halfway through their terms, here’s what ASUC officials have accomplished
CAMPUS ISSUES: With one semester down, The Daily Californian editorial board checked in on ASUC officials to see how far they’ve come on their campaign promises
Over the past few weeks, The Daily Californian’s editorial board has met with nearly all of the ASUC executives and senators to discuss the progress they’ve made on their platforms in the first semester of their terms. Some officials have made substantial progress on their term goals, while others are
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ASUC Senate sees Advocacy Agenda, resolution to reassign scholarships to Academic Affairs Vice President office
Every year, ASUC officials are required to annually update their Advocacy Agenda, which provides the student body with the ASUC’s advocacy goals for the current year.
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7 independent ASUC candidates, elected officials tried for violations
Seven of the independent candidates for the ASUC were brought before the ASUC Judicial Council for elections-related violations. All the recent candidates pleaded guilty to charges at their hearings, which were held Thursday and Friday.
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10 upcoming election-related hearings discussed at ASUC meeting
During the first post-election ASUC meeting, Judicial Council Chair Maureen Ochi Sides discussed the 10 upcoming hearings related to elections violations.
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ASUC launches housing listing website targeted at students
There are two primary features of the database, according to Bansal — the first is that the database has the ability to sort housing based on certain criteria, such as number of beds, number of bathrooms or price.
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‘Strength in numbers’: How community endorsements shape ASUC elections
While UC Berkeley students breathe a collective sigh of relief that the 2018 ASUC elections are over, next year’s senators-elect are reflecting on the campus communities that voted them into office.
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ASUC candidates cut costs, spend $6.3K total on campaigns in 2018
ASUC campaigns collectively cost $6,361 in the 2018 elections, almost $2,600 less than the $9,000 spent during the 2016 elections.
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