ASUC Senate urges ban of Salvation Army donation boxes
The ASUC Senate is urging campus administrators to ban Salvation Army donation boxes from campus and university-owned buildings, citing discrimination against the queer community.
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State senator proposes changes to Proposition 13
A state senator introduced an amendment to Proposition 13 Monday, urging the legislature and California voters to alter the measure to allow greater funding to local schools. Read More…
Eshleman occupation leads to negotiations between students, administration
Five students chained themselves to Eshleman Hall Tuesday night to protest the consolidation of some Multicultural Student Development offices at UC Berkeley and what they felt was a lack of communication between students and campus administrators. Read More…
UC Regents consider plans to expand and diversify revenue streams
Despite protesters briefly halting the third and last day of the UC Board of Regents meeting Thursday, members of the board focused most of their discussion on strategies to maximize revenue for the UC system using the relationship between the university and private enterprises. Read More…
Poet, friend and vagabond Jack Gilbert dies in Berkeley
Jack Gilbert lived a life as fierce and unconventional as his poetry. The poet died Tuesday in a Berkeley nursing home after a prolonged battle with dementia. He was 87. Read More…
ASUC Senate Meeting Agenda Sept. 19
UC Berkeley’s Olympic athletes will be formally recognized at Wednesday’s ASUC Senate meeting for their success at the 2012 Olympic Games. The ASUC will also introduce a number of bills at the meeting, including one to commemorate the life of UC Berkeley alum and U.S. ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Read More…
Victim accosted in armed robbery north of Tang Center
An armed robbery took place just north of the UC Berkeley Tang Center Tuesday evening. The victim was unharmed, but the two suspects made off with the victim’s laptop.
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Berkeley school programs receive annual grant support from nonprofit
Grant money awarded to Berkeley schools continues to support programs from elementary to high school levels as they head further into the heart of the academic year. Read More…
Cats judged for color, says UC Berkeley study
UC Berkeley doctoral student of psychology Mikel Delgado noticed that lighter-colored cats receive more adoption offers than darker-furred cats every day while working at an animal shelter and decided to try to find out why. Read More…
Alameda County sheriff’s office considers purchasing drones
Civilians, civil rights groups raise concerns about aerial surveillance drones
Civilians and civil rights groups raised concerns at press conference on Thursday about the potential purchase by the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office of aerial surveillance drones. Read More…