Louis Farrakhan

Amid controversy, Louis Farrakhan gives speech at UC Berkeley

Religious leader Louis Farrakhan spoke to a full Wheeler Auditorium at the Afrikan Black Coalition Conference Saturday, despite concerns voiced by campus groups regarding anti-Semitic, homophobic and other controversial statements they say he has made in the past. Farrakhan, leader of the Nation of Islam, talked about black empowerment and Read More…

ASUC Senate may vote again on a bus pass referendum

The ASUC Senate may vote once again on a bus pass referendum a few weeks after it approved a referendum for the upcoming 2012 ASUC general election to extend unlimited rides on AC Transit and Bear Transit. ASUC President Vishalli Loomba — one of the original authors of the bill Read More…

ASUC Senate puts bus pass referendum on election ballot

UC Berkeley students will vote this April during the 2012 ASUC general election on whether to extend the campus’ Class Pass, which gives students unlimited rides on AC Transit and Bear Transit buses. The ASUC Senate voted Wednesday night in favor of a bill that places a referendum on the ballot Read More…

UC Berkeley class requirement blocks students’ schedules

Beginning in fall 2012, UC Berkeley students must fulfill the Reading and Composition requirement at the end of their sophomore year or face blocks on their registration. The policy change is intended to limit R&C classes to underclassmen. Currently, there are 1,800 students in the College of Letters and Science Read More…