UC Berkeley sophomore Dani Coze announces candidacy for ASUC Senate
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Hoping to promote student health and happiness, UC Berkeley sophomore Dani Coze announced her independent candidacy for ASUC Senate.
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Removal of international student services fee to reduce UC Berkeley International Office budget
International students will no longer have to pay the international student services fee — a biannual $56 payment — as decided by the Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Student Services and Fees on Oct. 10.
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After protests, ASUC Finance Committee votes to fund campus resource centers
Campus community members and ASUC elected officials alike came together at the ASUC Finance Committee’s special meeting Tuesday to protest the potential defunding of bridges and the seven campus retention and recruitment centers, or RRCs, which was proposed at the last ASUC Senate meeting April 25.
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Senate hears concerns on student representation in chancellor search process
During its Wednesday meeting, the ASUC addressed questions of transparency and student representation in the search for UC Berkeley’s next chancellor ahead of Campus Day.
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UC joins state government entities in suing wireless providers
The University of California has joined more than 40 California government entities suing several wireless service providers for allegedly violating their contracts and overcharging government customers by more than $100 million.
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UC students protest UCOP’s handling of issues faced by undocumented students
More than 30 students from eight UC campuses convened in Oakland on Monday to state their disappointment with UC President Janet Napolitano’s handling of issues faced by undocumented students.
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ASUC senators respond to 1st presidential veto
ASUC President Yordanos Dejen issued a presidential veto — the first since 2010 — on a resolution building a BART-affordability working group, sending it back to the ASUC Senate floor for further review.
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UC students, administrators come to preliminary agreement on tuition hike policy
Three years after the passage of a state Assembly bill designed to promote communication between public universities and students regarding tuition and fee hikes, an agreement has been reached within the University of California to institutionalize dialogue.
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ASUC Senate discusses technology office’s aims, advocacy agenda
The ASUC is working to further its technological initiatives — including a restructuring of the course-planning website Berkeleytime — this year with the help of the newly created Office of the Chief Technology Officer.
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ASUC president’s email highlights food security developments on campus
The ASUC President sent out a campus-wide email on Saturday that described three relatively new programs that provide immediate assistance to students who might be facing food insecurity.
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