Many events happened this week at UC Berkeley. Check out this video to see what you might have missed: On Tuesday, Independent Presidential candidate, Buddy Roemer, spoke to UC Berkeley students about his platform. Also, on Tuesday, the UC Berkeley chapter of CalPIRG held a tax day press conference about Read More…
A small group of students and community members gathered on Sproul Plaza Friday afternoon to rally against the United States Supreme Court’s controversial Citizens United decision. Read More…
Ten members of the UC Berkeley chapter of CalPIRG rallied in front of Sather Gate Thursday against the building of a controversial oil pipeline that would transport oil from Canada to the US. Read More…
Just last Wednesday, a system was launched that allows Californians to register to vote online for the first time. Anyone who cares about hearing the voices of young people in our democracy should celebrate this action. Online registration will make voting more accessible for everyone. Youth, however, will likely see Read More…
By the time the next presidential election comes around, California should see significantly higher turnout among student voters. Through some landmark legislation, the state took remarkable steps toward easing restrictions on voting. A system for online voter registration was launched last Wednesday as the result of a previously passed state Read More…
CALPIRG interns and volunteers have engaged thousands of students here at Cal this semester, from asking students to sign petitions to ban plastic bags, collecting donations for famine relief in Somalia, student pledges to reduce energy overuse, signatures to urge Congress to cut wasteful subsidies to big agribusiness or pledges Read More…
Sometimes progress and stagnation are one in the same. With a tuition freeze in California’s 2012-13 budget, which Gov. Jerry Brown signed last Wednesday, students in the UC and CSU systems will not face increasing education costs in the coming school year. Read More…
The UC Berkeley chapter of CalPIRG organized a rally Thursday to raise money for Hurricane Sandy relief efforts on the one-month anniversary of the storm. Read More…
ASUC External Affairs Vice President Shahryar Abbasi spent the week leading up to last week’s election working from 7 a.m. to midnight to make sure UC Berkeley students were informed on Election Day. One of the pieces of legislation on which Abbasi worked tirelessly to educate students was Proposition 30, Read More…
Campus organizations are making a final effort to ensure that students know where to cast their votes Tuesday. Read More…
