James Weichert

Despite recent conversations surrounding the merits of political parties within the ASUC, ElevateCal secured two major positions within the ASUC executive slate at Friday’s tabulation ceremony. 

ASUC senators discussed upcoming projects with campus administration and passed new resolutions at the weekly Senate meeting Wednesday.

Kenneth Ng, a second-year physics and math major with minors in public policy and climate science, is running for ASUC Academic Affairs Vice President, or AAVP. His platforms are rekindling relationships with academic and identity groups on campus, student-centered policies and forging a new future for academics at UC Berkeley.

Max Rodman, a freshman and political economy major, is running for ASUC Senate as a member of Elevate Cal on the platforms of academic reform, ASUC transparency and religious equity. 

ASUC senators condemned the Biden administration's new proposed federal rule that will restrict entry for asylum seekers at the southwestern U.S. border during the weekly Senate meeting Wednesday.

ASUC senators presented new resolutions and proposals and swore in two officials at their weekly meeting on Wednesday.

Following years of disputes around out-of-state admissions, UC Berkeley’s international students have seen a decrease in their representation on campus and a lack of diversity in their countries of origin and socioeconomic backgrounds. 

ASUC was met with urges from the public to denounce anti-semitism during their weekly meeting Wednesday night. 

Controversy erupted at an ASUC Senate meeting Wednesday over sexual violence and sexual harassment, or SVSH, issues and a Greek life resolution proposed by ASUC Senator Joshua Lee.

Since the formation of UC Berkeley’s division of Computing, Data Science and Society, or CDSS, students and faculty alike have urged for the establishment their own physical place on campus.