Campus

Jewish Student Union votes to deny membership to J Street U

Berkeley Hillel, a center for Jewish life, hosts the Jewish Student Union's meetings. JSU denied J Street U's application for the second time Wednesday.
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Berkeley Hillel, a center for Jewish life, hosts the Jewish Student Union's meetings. JSU denied J Street U's application for the second time Wednesday.

The campus Jewish Student Union voted Wednesday to deny membership to J Street U at Berkeley, a Jewish student political advocacy group on campus whose application to join the union was also denied two years ago after facing accusations of being anti-Israel. Read More…

Editorials

Intent doesn’t equal impact

CAMPUS ISSUES: The offensive quinceanera party thrown by the Delta Chi fraternity reflects deeper problems within the community.

One of the first lessons learned about cultural sensitivity on a campus such as Berkeley’s is that just because you don’t intend for something to be racist, that doesn’t mean it isn’t. The offensive quinceanera-themed party thrown by the Delta Chi fraternity on the night of Sept. 21 is a Read More…

ASUC

The ASUC Senate meets on Sept. 18. A bill authored by Independent Campaign for Common Sense Senator Solomon Nwoche aims to encourage senators and administrators to wear nametags

ASUC Senate to debate bill asking senators to wear nametags

Although a recently introduced ASUC Senate bill that asks senators to wear magnetic nametags is intended to increase ASUC transparency, it has been met with skepticism by senators and students alike. The bill, SB 21, authored by Independent Campaign for Common Sense Senator Solomon Nwoche, asks senators to wear nametags Read More…

Op-Eds

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Finding free speech in the wrong places

Our campus maintains no shortage of pride in the Free Speech Movement — that period of glorified resistance that paired disgust for the social and political conditions of the time with unbridled optimism that students could be agents of change. At its best, the Free Speech Movement united students who Read More…

ASUC

ASUC Senate unanimously passes bill to support reforming Prop. 13

The ASUC Senate on Wednesday unanimously passed a bill in support of reforming Proposition 13, a 1978 amendment to the California Constitution that caps state property taxes. SB 9, co-authored and sponsored by External Affairs Vice President Safeena Mecklai, calls upon the ASUC to express its position on Prop. 13 Read More…

Campus

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Campus CFO to step down at end of September

UC Berkeley Chief Financial Officer Erin Gore is stepping down at the end of the month after four years of helping oversee new campus financial initiatives to aid students. Gore’s major projects during her time on campus included helping to establish the first comprehensive campuswide budget plan and overseeing the Read More…

Op-Eds

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Beyond party lines

Several misunderstandings in a recent op-ed on Nolan Pack’s ASUC Senate performance and the role of the Office of the Executive Vice President have forced us to leave our happy retirement as former ASUC officials and once again address The Daily Californian. Drawing from our experiences working with Pack during Read More…