Independent United States presidential candidate Buddy Roemer will speak at the Goldman School of Public Policy Tuesday. Roemer, a four-term congressman and former governor of Louisiana, will speak in Room 105 of the public policy school at 6 p.m. He was a congressman from 1981 to 1988 as a “Conservative Read More…
Congressman George Miller, D-CA, will speak at UC Berkeley Wednesday evening about how support for public higher education is currently playing out in national politics. The speaking event — which was organized by the ASUC Office of the External Affairs Vice President — will take place at 5:30 p.m. on Read More…
Staff members from disparate campus departments will find themselves in an off-campus building beginning in September as part of a push to streamline UC Berkeley administration. A lease has been signed for a Fourth Street building that will become the Campus Shared Services Center and house finance, human resources, information technology and Read More…
From 2001-02 to 2010-11, the University of California saw an overall increase in private support as it ramped up efforts to garner donations due to state budget cuts — a trend that may be slowing this year. Over the course of fiscal year 2010-11, the UC received almost $1.6 billion Read More…
Both fee initiatives on this year’s ASUC election ballot may be invalid. On Saturday, the ASUC Judicial Council voted to hold hearings that call the fate of the V.O.I.C.E. and Class Pass referendums into question. The council will hold one hearing to decide whether ASUC President Vishalli Loomba’s executive order voiding The Read More…
Charges have been filed against the ASUC and ASUC President Vishalli Loomba for the executive order Loomba issued voiding the Daily Californian’s V.O.I.C.E. initiative. On Friday, Solicitor General Erin Delaney and former Attorney General Kevin Gibson submitted a charge sheet to the Judicial Council on behalf of Lynn Yu, campaign manager Read More…
At the UC Board of Regents meeting Wednesday, UC President Mark Yudof said he will recommend that the board endorse Gov. Jerry Brown’s tax initiative in a future meeting. In his opening remarks, Yudof moved away from his traditionally “politically agnostic” stance, due to the significant impact the tax initiative Read More…
In 2004, then-UC Berkeley engineering student William Hung achieved internet infamy with his eardrum-rending rendition of Ricky Martin’s “She Bangs” on American Idol. Alisha Azevedo is the assistant university news editor.
Following court battles between the UC and a union representing UC police, the head of a task force charged with investigating the Nov. 18 UC Davis pepper spray incident sent a letter to UC President Mark Yudof Tuesday stating that the task force’s report will most likely be released in Read More…
UC Berkeley senior Alex Kim became a prominent face of the Occupy Cal movement after he took a vow of silence and pitched a tent on Chancellor Robert Birgeneau’s lawn on Thanksgiving Day. But Kim garnered the most attention from the campus community Dec. 11, when fellow Occupy protesters said Kim was detained by Read More…
