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At its Tuesday meeting, Berkeley City Council will consider temporarily placing a nonvoting campus student on the council and will discuss the 2016 city crime report as well as city agreements with outside agencies, such as the Northern California Regional Intelligence Center.
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Student Action released its executive slate for the spring 2017 ASUC elections Tuesday one year after winning a sweep of the four partisan executive seats in the 2016 elections.
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A piece of legislation designating Election Day a statewide holiday was introduced in the state Assembly on Feb. 15.
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The City/UC/Student Relations Committee convened for the first time Tuesday to discuss and organize topics for future meetings.
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Ben Gould — a graduate student running for Berkeley City Council’s District 4 seat — announced Monday that he has secured the endorsement of every executive member of UC Berkeley’s ASUC and graduate assembly, excluding that of Selina Lao, who holds the nonpartisan position of ASUC student advocate.
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At about 75 percent, Alameda County’s voter turnout for the 2016 elections was approximately 17 percent higher than the current national average and the county’s highest voter turnout since President Barack Obama’s 2008 election.
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On Friday evening, the ASUC office of the Chief Financial Officer released some internal financial information about ASUC leadership spending on a new website in an effort towards greater transparency.
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Outside the UC Board of Regents’ second day of meetings at UCSF Mission Bay on Thursday, students from across the UC system railed against potential tuition hikes in protest and during public comment.
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The ASUC Office of the External Affairs Vice President posted a call on Facebook for students to join a unified campus organizing group against potential tuition increases.
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A number of ASUC executives and senators have announced their endorsement for Berkeley mayoral candidate Jesse Arreguin ahead of next week’s election.
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