For many, the White House’s Champion of Change Award is one of the highest honors an American citizen can receive, but for UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare graduate student Minh Dang, the honor was bittersweet. Read More…
Michael Santos, free from prison 65 days ago, gave a lecture on the issue of mass incarceration Wednesday evening. Speaking to students in Wheeler Auditorium, Santos outlined his plan to fight mass incarceration and urged students to join his effort. This was his second time as lecturer for Political Science 179, a speaker series facilitated by Haas professor Alan Ross. Read More…
For the second time this year, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom spoke to students at a lecture Wednesday evening about technology transforming everyday life. Read More…
Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom spoke to a packed auditorium of students Wednesday evening about issues related to higher education and the state government. Presenting to a class of about 700 students at Wheeler Auditorium, Newsom advocated for the use of technology to make government more transparent and accountable and called Read More…
The associate director of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and a father whose daughter was murdered in 1993 debated the validity of Proposition 36 in Wheeler Auditorium Wednesday.
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Hundreds of students packed Wheeler Auditorium Wednesday to hear a debate between the Contra Costa County district attorney and a former prison warden on Proposition 34, a ballot measure that aims to end California’s death penalty at the polls in November.
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A UC Berkeley School of Law student spoke to students on campus Wednesday about his campaign for U.S. Congress, touching on issues of unemployment, taxation and the need for local representation.Ricky Gill was the weekly guest speaker for Political Science 179 — a class that focuses on special and current topics Read More…
The chairman of the California Republican Party visited UC Berkeley Wednesday and expressed his political opinion on the current state of the economy, sparking snarky debate amongst audience members. Amy Wang covers academics and administration.