UCSA chooses new president in special election
The UC Student Association elected a new president at its meeting Saturday, following the resignation of its former president last week. Read More…
In the interest of transparency
In September, I wrote an opinion column criticizing components of a UC Student Association resolution. The resolution condemns HR 35, and recommends divesting from companies contributing to international human rights violations. To provide a sense of transparency, I would like to address a concern that has been raised about a Read More…
Graduate Assembly votes to denounce state assembly resolution
Following a similar action taken by the UC Student Association, the UC Berkeley Graduate Assembly voted Thursday to pass a resolution denouncing HR 35, a state Assembly measure aimed at curbing anti-Semitism at the state’s higher education institutions. Read More…
UC student leaders send letter condemning passage of controversial UCSA resolution
Representatives from various student government associations at University of California campuses have penned a letter denouncing the methods by which the UC Student Association passed a controversial resolution last month. Read More…
UCSA resolution was merely one reaction to bill
Why we should be focusing on HR 35, not the UCSA reaction to it
Over the past few weeks, The Daily Californian has featured half a dozen articles and opinion pieces discussing the UCSA’s resolution to condemn HR 35. However, conversation surrounding this contentious piece of legislation has been obfuscated by focusing on the UCSA’s process and not the contents of HR 35 itself. Read More…
UCSA aims to increase transparency following outcry over contentious resolution
In response to concerns raised last month about a lack of transparency in its legislative process, the UC Student Association is taking steps to improve communication with students.
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President of UC Student Association steps down, cites personal reasons
University of California Student Association President Angelica Salceda resigned on Tuesday, less than two months after assuming office in August.
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Jewish students support UCSA vote on HR 35
The vote affirms the struggle to protect Palestinian human rights
In the wake of the UC Student Association’s decision to take a stance for free speech and the human rights of Palestinians and all people, I was disappointed by the Daily Cal’s decision to publish three opinion pieces decrying this as an attack on the Jewish community. As a Jewish Read More…
Two bad resolutions
This morning, a reader emailed me regarding the UC Student Association’s vote repudiating HR 35, a California Assembly resolution aimed at addressing anti-Semitism on state public university campuses. Referring to recent Daily Cal op-eds on the issue, the reader asked for my opinion, “in particular on the attempt by some Read More…
A civics lesson for UCSA
UNIVERSITY ISSUES: Students were deprived of an opportunity to address the UC Student Association about a resolution it passed last weekend.
The UC Student Association is struggling to abide by its own words. The first sentence of a resolution passed by the UCSA board at a meeting at UC Berkeley last weekend states that “a marketplace of ideas where no political speech is suppressed is crucial to a healthy democratic process.” Read More…