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Described as a “strong leader” and “fierce advocate,” Bahar Navab began her appointment as UC Berkeley’s associate dean of students and executive director of the ASUC Student Union on May 1.
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After summer sessions were moved online due to the pandemic, ASUC Senator Romario, who does not use a last name, started a petition to waive the mandatory summer campus fee. As of press time, the petition has more than 360 signatures.
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The 2020 ASUC elections had a marginally higher voter turnout than in 2019, despite the pandemic pushing the elections to take place entirely online. Although graduate student voter turnout increased by 487%, undergraduate voter turnout dropped by 17% compared to last year.
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The student body passed a student fee for increased transportation options and graduate students voted in support of the Graduate Assembly separating from the ASUC with two referendums.
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More than 2,300 people have signed a petition demanding a partial fee reimbursement from campus to compensate for the changes and difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, as of press time.
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The campus Graduate Assembly met Thursday to discuss graduate student diversity, support during the COVID-19 pandemic and gender-neutral restrooms in the Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union.
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From April 6-8, the 2020 ASUC elections provide students with the opportunity to vote for candidates and two propositions: the Class Pass Student Fee Renewal and Graduate Student Government Independence referendums.
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In light of the COVID-19, or the new coronavirus, pandemic, campus has implemented grading changes for spring 2020, including defaulting all undergraduate courses to the pass/no pass, or P/NP, grading system.
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The Berkeley Cost of Living Adjustment, or COLA, General Assembly passed two votes Monday regarding a potential wildcat strike in support of a COLA for all UC graduate students.
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Cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, advocates and graduate students hosted a “COLA party” on Sproul Plaza on March 3, ending in a meeting between student organizers and UC Berkeley administration.
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