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California Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis visited the UC Berkeley campus Friday and spoke with campus students and officials as part of her statewide “listening tour” of public universities.
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An 18-story, mixed-use building with 274 residential units is set to replace the Walgreens building in Downtown Berkeley after the City Council approved the project in a Zoning Adjustments Board, or ZAB, appeal hearing at Thursday’s special meeting.
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Since July, the UC Regents have been increasing the amount of endowment money that they are putting into alternative investments such as real estate, hedge funds and private equity to strive for more economic stability.
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Here’s a recap of news you might have missed in Berkeley during winter break.
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At Wednesday night’s regular meeting, senators learned that the ASUC’s chief technology officer, or CTO, is no longer a student at UC Berkeley but maintains his title and position.
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The UC Board of Regents intends to eliminate the student adviser role, a position that provides the board with student input on university issues including sexual assault policy, tuition and basic needs, at its next meeting in January.
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Two UC Berkeley organizations have joined over 50 other student groups in calling on UC chancellors to support labor unions in their negotiations with the university, through a UC-wide petition.
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In an email sent to students Friday, campus officials advised students to remain indoors because of unhealthy air quality, adding that the Tang Center will only be providing its limited number of masks to those with underlying medical conditions.
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Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Stephen Sutton spoke to the ASUC Senate at its regular Wednesday meeting about developing four strategies to improve student life on campus and fielded questions about the campus’s response to the smoke from the wildfires.
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An RV in front of the Phi Gamma Delta, or Fiji, fraternity house caught on fire Sunday evening, but the fire has since been put out.
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