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On Saturday, the ASUC Judicial Council held a meeting to hear two cases brought against ASUC Senator and presidential candidate Chaka Tellem and the Elevate Cal coalition he is running with. The cases brought against Tellem and Elevate Cal were first heard at a Judicial Council meeting last week. During Saturday’s hearings, the council discussed cases relating to an alleged violation of campaigning on campus property and inappropriate usage of ASUC resources. The council also voted on pending petitions. While the petitions for the cases were first filed March 19, ASUC Elections Prosecutor J...

Editor’s note: This is one installment in a three-part series on this year’s candidates for ASUC president. Read about the other candidates here and here. ASUC presidential candidate Chaka Tellem is running for the office in hopes of building a better Berkeley — one he said will center around students’ needs. Tellem, a sophomore majoring in political economy with minors in race and law and public policy, said his passions are “community-rooted” and stem from his desire to have more diverse representation in all areas on campus. His platforms are campus climate and safety, COVID-19...

On Friday, the Elevate Cal coalition announced the final member of its slate of ASUC Senate candidates for the upcoming elections. Elevate Cal focuses on restoring accountability, accessibility and transparency within the ASUC. The Senate candidates are Dil Sen, Rina Rossi, Issabella Romo, Jason Dones, Stephanie Wong and Jake Sim. Sen, a campus sophomore studying economics and political science, was inspired to run after having to move back to India last spring due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Feeling isolated similar to many of his peers, he decided to get more involved in the ASUC, where he pr...

On Monday, the Elevate Cal coalition announced the final member of its slate of ASUC Senate candidates for the upcoming elections.

Independent candidate Kalli Zervas runs for ASUC Senate Last Updated March 8, 2021 Kalli Zervas Kalli Zervas, a UC Berkeley junior, is running independently for an ASUC Senate position on a platform that includes increasing ASUC transparency, reforming Greek life and preventing sexual violence and sexual harassment, or SVSH. Zervas, who has worked in two different ASUC offices, explained that the issues she saw in the ASUC, from a lack of transparency to a focus on party agendas over student needs, motivated her to run for office. “We need to fight for the students, not our parties, and it...