Bahar Navab

The ASUC Senate met Wednesday to discuss the future of the Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union and Eshleman Hall and vote on several bills regarding resources for students.

The La Cocina's Cantina restaurants in the Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union will not be reopening in the fall.

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.

The ASUC Senate chambers were abuzz with excitement Aug. 28 as this year’s new senate class held its first meeting, marked by a visit from Chancellor Carol Christ.

The last four years have provided unique challenges to the chancellorship, from routine budget and funding issues to the campus’s changing political climate.

The ASUC Senate adopted eight resolutions during its regular Wednesday night meeting, held for the first time in the new Eshleman Hall senate chambers.

Hours after a private grievance meeting about the campus’s termination of dependent health-care coverage, University Health Services officials gave a presentation on the decision to a small crowd of distraught UC Berkeley students, union members and their families Tuesday.

The ASUC and UC Berkeley Graduate Assembly will receive an annual $250,000 starting next academic year in a new funding model outlined by a recently revised agreement between the ASUC and campus which will oversee commercial activities carried out by student government.

At Chancellor Nicholas Dirks’ eighth fireside chat Monday evening, female students from a variety of organizations asked him for more institutional support for women students.