Chris Yamas

The building at 2400 Bancroft Way was once an old, ivy-covered, two-story building that blended in with surrounding shops, cafes and restaurants — that is, before it became a pit of dirt filled with construction equipment.

SQUELCH! announced two nonsatirical senatorial candidates Sunday for the ASUC elections in April, the first campus party to do so this season.

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.

The ASUC Senate passed a resolution that will build upon previous efforts to raise awareness about marginalized communities at its regular Wednesday meeting.

The Big Give, a campus fundraiser, raised more than $11.6 million this year to support more than 400 campus programs including student organizations, research, financial aid and athletics.

A number of ASUC executives and senators have announced their endorsement for Berkeley mayoral candidate Jesse Arreguin ahead of next week’s election.

As the campus faces a chronic housing shortage, construction is set to begin Nov. 1 on the Bancroft Residence Hall at the corner of Bancroft Way and Dana Street that will house an estimated 775 students, replacing the current site of Stiles Hall.

Nearly a dozen students convened in Dwinelle Hall on Tuesday night as part of the Homeless Student Union’s first general meeting.

At its Wednesday meeting, the UC Board of Regents discussed seven of the 13 academic elements in the 2015-16 budget framework developed by the university and Gov. Jerry Brown.

After the ASUC Senate convened its first meetings as the inter-semester committee this past summer, senators have heralded the experiment a success for student representation.