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The lobby of Eshleman Hall will open 24 hours a day between Wednesday and Sunday starting August 15, according to ASUC Student Union Board Chair Henry Isselbacher. 

The Berkeley Student Food Collective, or BSFC, launched a petition to appeal the ASUC Student Union Board’s rejection of their proposal to move into the vacant Bear’s Lair Bar in Eshleman Hall.

The Instructional Resilience and Enhancement Fee, or IREF, proposed by UC Berkeley administration to fund instructional technology was decreased from an annual cost of $264 to $212 following negotiations with the ASUC, the Graduate Assembly and the Committee on Student Fees.

The UC regents and the California secretary of state partnered to sign a resolution Wednesday intended to increase student voter participation by ensuring all 10 UC campuses have ballot drop boxes or voting centers. 

Marked by slip 'n slides to mehndi to condoms, this year’s ASUC elections expenses reveal numerous institutional disparities.

Amid the April 21 lockdown following a UC Berkeley student’s alleged threats of violence against campus staff, professors responded in varying ways.

Last week, United for Health at Berkeley, or UFH, hosted a free five-day acupuncture clinic on campus for students and staff mental health.

ASUC officials and campus students made announcements about end-of-year events during Wednesday’s regular ASUC Senate meeting. 

After missing an important day of class, campus freshman Steve Escobar used the excuse that he had been exposed to COVID-19 while visiting home to ask his lecturer for an opportunity to make up the work he missed.