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At least five hate-speech posters — with at least two naming six current and former UC Berkeley students for their involvement in either the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement or Students for Justice in Palestine — were found plastered at various sites around campus Monday.

The ASUC Senate passed a resolution Wednesday night recommending the banning of Urban Shield trainings from UCPD.

The ASUC Senate unanimously passed a resolution in opposition of Berkeley City Council’s handling of the police response to the Dec. 6, 2014 Black Lives Matter protest and a city ordinance that will place restrictions on group-living accommodations and "mini-dorms."

While the ASUC, UC Berkeley’s student government, appears on the average student’s radar for a few months every year, the organization — which prides itself in being “one of the largest and most autonomous student governments in the nation” — is actually charged with multiple responsibilities that affect student life.

Residents filled Old City Hall with signs protesting budget cuts for South Berkeley-based nonprofits during a City Council meeting Tuesday night, at the second public hearing of the city’s two-year budget plan .

Hundreds of people filed into Wheeler Auditorium on Thursday night to witness the results of this year’s ASUC elections, driving the room to a fever pitch of cheers as votes were tallied on a projector screen.

CalSERVE swept all four partisan executive seats in this year’s ASUC election, the ASUC Elections Council announced at the annual tabulation ceremony Thursday evening.

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