The UC Berkeley campus community today publicly entered the debate on the Syrian crisis when student groups from both sides of the argument over U.S. military intervention took to Sproul Plaza to demonstrate. Read More…
The Panhellenic Council’s 13 member sororities saw one of their largest recruitments at UC Berkeley this fall, with the 835 women expressing interest in joining a house — an increase of 160 over last year. Read More…
With silver tape covering their mouths, around five demonstrators are holding up signs in front of Dwinelle Hall this morning in protest of proposed U.S. military intervention in Syria. Read More…
In an attempt to galvanize public action, UC Berkeley public policy professor Robert Reich recently launched a petition, urging two of the nations biggest employers of low-wage workers to pay their employees higher wages. Read More…
While studies show that more millennials are politically disillusioned, the Republican Party has seen its youth coalition take a hit. Yet UC Berkeley still sees its fair share of young conservatives despite these reports and its reputation But there is a bit of pressure being Republican on campus.
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Construction of the new Eshleman Hall will begin later this week, as part of a plan to make Lower Sproul a hub of student life and activity. A renovated Lower Sproul plaza and rebuilt northwest stairway are also expected to reopen at the end of September. The project remains on schedule and on budget. Read More…
UC Berkeley senior Bethany Meloche was 18, suffering from Charcot-Marie-Tooth disorder, a rare neuromuscular disease that causes nerves in her hands and feet to degenerate. By the time she was a high school sophomore, her foot muscles had atrophied to the point where she was unable to walk without acute pain or extreme fatigue. Read More…
UC Berkeley’s student night safety service, BearWALK, has significantly cut the hours of operation of its door-to-door shuttle service in an effort to decrease wait times, replacing them with pedestrian escorts. Read More…
When students walked into their over-enrolled Computer Science 161 class on Thursday, they were shocked to encounter a set of policies that actively pressured them to drop the class. Read More…
A Bay Area venture capital fund run by UC Berkeley and Stanford students believes that it need not look past the dorm room for investment opportunities. Read More…