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It is difficult to believe that nearly a year ago, The Daily Californian staff set out on Sproul Plaza asking students to start paying for a newspaper that had been free since its inception in 1871. At the time, the paper was facing a substantial structural deficit. The potential for
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The ASUC senate voted unanimously Wednesday night in support of an agreement between the ASUC, The Daily Californian and campus that laid out the details of the V.O.I.C.E. Initiative, a referendum to fund the independent student newspaper.
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The ASUC senate will vote Wednesday night on the finalized version of an agreement clarifying the details of the V.O.I.C.E. Initiative, a referendum passed by the student body last spring to fund The Daily Californian.
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The Daily Californian’s V.O.I.C.E Initiative was an issue of concern among ASUC senators at their first meeting of the semester Wednesday, with representatives raising questions about how the fees will be transferred to the newspaper and the level of transparency in the process.
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No one at The Daily Californian could have begun to comprehend what we were getting ourselves into when we decided to pursue a student fee this past year. We knew it wouldn’t be easy, but we believed that if we tried our best, our fellow students would vote to support
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The Daily Californian staff was thrilled to hear Friday afternoon that the ASUC Judicial Council ruled in favor of the V.O.I.C.E. Initiative, ending weeks of uncertainty about the future of the newspaper. The referendum process proved to be a much more taxing battle than we could have foreseen, yet because
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Despite multiple charges filed against the V.O.I.C.E. Initiative, the ASUC Judicial Council ruled Friday that they would not disqualify the referendum, citing insubstantial evidence. The charges — the first filed by ASUC President Vishalli Loomba and ASUC Attorney General Deepti Rajendran, and another filed by former CalTV Co-Executive Director Myles Moscato
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ASUC Solicitor General Erin Delaney will continue to represent the V.O.I.C.E. initiative after charges filed against her were rejected Friday. The ASUC Judicial Council rejected charges that would have prohibited Delaney from representing campaign manager for the referendum Lynn Yu in any case regarding the legality of the V.O.I.C.E. initiative.
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Another charge sheet was filed against the V.O.I.C.E. initiative Monday, following an announcement that negotiations are under way to settle current charges against the student fee. The charges — filed by CalTV co-executive director Myles Moscato — allege similar violations of ASUC and university policies regarding campus-based student fees as those in past charge
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