Bear’s Lair

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.

Equator Coffees & Teas will likely close its location in the MLK Student Union by this summer, coming after a series of closures starting June 2017.

Less than three years after Lower Sproul Plaza reopened in fall 2015, the company contracted to provide its food and drink businesses backed out of its 10-year lease.

A bill introduced to the California State Assembly in January marks the latest endeavor in California to convert all single-use public restrooms into all-gender restrooms — an effort that echoes those already made by the University of California and the city of Berkeley.

Students released a petition Sept. 12 expressing their discontent with the appearance of the new Bear’s Lair campus bar and elimination of pub drinking traditions, which existed before the bar was closed for renovation in 2012.

A bar, burger joint and pizza eatery are among the vendors headed to Lower Sproul Plaza this fall.

By next fall, Lower Sproul Plaza will reopen as a bustling center of campus life.