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ASUC executive and senate hopefuls, accompanied by hundreds of supporters, flooded the Arthur Andersen Auditorium in the Haas School of Business on Friday evening to learn the results of the 2016-17 ASUC elections.
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ASUC executive and senate hopefuls, accompanied by hundreds of supporters, flooded the Arthur Andersen Auditorium in the Haas School of Business on Friday evening to learn the results of the 2016-17 ASUC elections. For the first time since 2012, Student Action swept all four partisan executive seats, and gathered a
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All four ballot measures — including a declaration of the UC Berkeley student housing crisis, two student fees to fund campus sustainability projects and The Daily Californian’s operations, respectively, and a referendum to clarify language in the ASUC Constitution — passed at this year’s ASUC general elections.
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The Daily Californian will be updating this page with the results of the 2016 ASUC general elections, announced Friday at the annual ASUC tabulations ceremony at 7:30 p.m. in Arthur Andersen Auditorium.
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To read the Senior Editorial Board’s full endorsements, click here. To vote in the 2016-17 ASUC general elections on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, click here. This year, Chancellor Nicholas Dirks announced a campuswide budgetary crisis, in which UC Berkeley is running a $150 million annual deficit. This year, not one but multiple
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With voting for the ASUC elections beginning Monday, The Daily Californian is fact-checking some of the more significant assertions made by candidates at its annual ASUC elections forum held last week.
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Two candidates addressing affordable housing and student voter registration are running alongside an independent candidate affiliated with the Defend Affirmative Action Party for the position of ASUC external affairs vice president.
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Some people simply call him Will or William, yet others still call him “Spilly Willy” in reference to a particularly embarrassing moment in his past involving him, a pizza, a crowded lunchroom and his untied shoelaces.
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Two candidates from the historically dominant campus political parties, who are campaigning with the intent to improve student facilities and services, are running alongside an independent candidate for ASUC executive vice president.
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ASUC presidential hopeful Sheena Paul’s room at the Wolf House co-op is immaculate. Books neatly ordered on her desk, bedsheets tucked in and not a stray sock in sight. Her life before college, however, was not always so composed.
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Candidates for ASUC executive positions often clashed on their platforms during an ASUC elections forum held by The Daily Californian on Tuesday night.
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James Bacon may not be the presidential front runner in the ASUC general elections, but he wants to let his competitors know that if the student body got its way, the ASUC may not even exist anymore — and he’s OK with that.
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Last year, Cortez-Mejia ran for ASUC president with the Defend Affirmative Action Party. This year, he is running for the same position but as an independent, because the party failed to file an online endorsement form and party filing fee.
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Three candidates, each with the intention of making sure that student voices are heard in campus affairs, will be running with their own distinct platforms for the position of ASUC academic affairs vice president.
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Tonight, the ASUC executive candidates and referendum proponents will be debating and explaining their campaign platforms at The Daily Californian’s annual ASUC elections forum. Follow our live blog for updates throughout the night and click here to view a live stream of the event.
As other ASUC candidates plaster students with flyers and wave large signs, SQUELCH! presidential candidate Kira can be found barking at squirrels and stalking pigeons.
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Candidates Stephanie Nicole Garcia and Selina Lao — who diverge in their backgrounds and policies, especially those regarding sexual misconduct — are running for student advocate in this year’s ASUC election.
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At a special Elections Council meeting Tuesday, the ASUC Elections Council voted to allow CalSERVE the use of its party name and reject Defend Affirmative Action Party’s party endorsement forms.
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Two campus sophomores, John Bosshard and Alaa Aissi, recently announced their intent to run as independent ASUC Senate candidates in the spring 2016 elections.
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The Defend Affirmative Action Party, a student political party closely connected to the activist organization By Any Means Necessary, announced executive candidates for all five seats — four of whom are also running for senate seats. DAAP also announced eight additional senate candidates for the 2016-17 ASUC elections.
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Campus freshman James Bacon has filed to run as an independent candidate for ASUC president in this spring’s ASUC elections.
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Three referenda have been added to the ASUC ballot for students to vote on this April.
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The ASUC Elections Council voted unanimously to deny CalSERVE the right to use its current party name, citing its similarity to UC Berkeley’s branding.
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The student advocate is charged with representing students in campus-related grievances and disputes — such as conduct disputes, financial aid problems and harassment — as well as protecting students' rights through case work and initiatives.
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The SQUELCH! party announced Thursday a satirical ASUC presidential candidate, Kira the Husky, running on platforms of “bipawtisanship,” counseling for “ruff” days and pigeon extermination, among others.
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CalSERVE — a campus political party historically known as a progressive coalition — announced 14 senate candidates Monday evening for the upcoming ASUC general elections.
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On Tuesday evening, Student Action — a party traditionally known to represent the Greek, engineering and Jewish communities — announced 16 senate candidates for the upcoming ASUC elections.
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After CalSERVE’s sweep of all four executive seats last year, Student Action released its executive candidates Sunday evening for the upcoming ASUC general elections.
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The SQUELCH! party announced its three nonsatirical senatorial candidates for the upcoming ASUC election Sunday. It is the first party to announce its slate this season.
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