I would like to reiterate that I and the other student leaders who created the petition about hosting Louis Farrakhan at UC Berkeley “completely support the annual Afrikan Black Coalition Conference as an indispensable contribution to the empowerment of black students across the state of California.” The BSU had the First Amendment right to Read More…
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…
Candidates for two vacated associate justice positions on the ASUC Judicial Council must be nominated by next week in order for the ASUC Senate to continue with other business. Currently, one graduate position and one undergraduate position are open on the council. Since ASUC President Vishalli Loomba did not submit Read More…
Continuing contention over the scheduled appearance of religious leader Louis Farrakhan at an upcoming conference organized by the UC Berkeley Black Student Union has led to a petition in protest of his speech. Farrakhan, leader of the Nation of Islam, is scheduled to speak on Saturday at the Afrikan Black Read More…
A conference organized by the UC Berkeley Black Student Union this weekend will include a speech by religious leader Louis Farrakhan — an appearance that has sparked outcry from members of the campus Jewish community because of Farrakhan’s allegedly anti-Semitic comments. The Afrikan Black Coalition Conference, which will be held Read More…
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…
While I agree with ASUC Senator Noah Ickowitz’s statement encouraging the importance of ridership data to definitively and objectively decide whether a renewal of the Class Pass referendum provides an overall benefit rather than cost to our student body, this necessity for hard fact is precisely why the referendum needs Read More…
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…
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…
