You can always tell when it’s August. School backpacks are rushed to the front of the shelves, the weather is caught in a monotonous standstill between the heat of summer and the cool of fall and an entire slew of mediocre movies are thrust upon an audience, fatigued from the Read More…
UC students participated in a statewide call-in on Tuesday to California Senator Christine Kehoe, D-San Diego, to push legislation that would expand the rights of California’s domestic workers. The call-in proceeded after a press conference at UC San Diego, where the UC Student Association and the California Domestic Workers Coalition Read More…
State Assemblymember Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, hosted a town hall meeting at UC Berkeley Tuesday night to discuss California’s budget challenges well as possible steps the state can take to alleviate financial problems facing higher education. The event was held on the seventh floor of Eshleman Hall and was organized by Read More…
With national uproar sparked by a bake sale set to descend Tuesday on Sproul Plaza, the root of the issue might go overlooked — SB 185, a piece of affirmative action-like legislation currently awaiting Gov. Jerry Brown’s signature. The constitutionality of the bill — which would allow the UC and Read More…
The California State Senate approved a piece of legislation Thursday that would bring greater transparency and accountability to the state’s public higher education institutions — the University of California, California State University and the California Community Colleges. Senate Bill 8 — dubbed the Transparency Act by Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Read More…
The state Senate Education Committee approved legislation Wednesday that would increase transparency and accountability in California’s public higher education institutions. Senate Bill 8 — authored by Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco — passed by a 7-1 vote and would require auxiliary organizations within the University of California, California State University Read More…
