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Occupation protests university admissions policies for minority students

Yvette Felarca (in red shirt), BAMN organizer, protested at the UC office of undergraduate admissions on Friday with minority students who were not admitted to UC Berkeley and filed appeals. The protesters wanted UCB to double the number of minority students accepted.
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Yvette Felarca (in red shirt), BAMN organizer, protested at the UC office of undergraduate admissions on Friday with minority students who were not admitted to UC Berkeley and filed appeals. The protesters wanted UCB to double the number of minority students accepted.

Members of activist group BAMN and UC Berkeley applicants occupied the campus Office of Undergraduate Admissions on Friday in an effort to appeal their rejections and demand greater acceptance rates for minority students. The demonstration followed up on a previous occupation of the registrar’s office by BAMN and the Defend Read More…

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New undergraduate admissions director could be selected by end of June

When former Assistant Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Director of the Office of Undergraduate Admissions Walter Robinson left UC Berkeley in September 2011, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Harry Le Grande called his departure “a tremendous loss for Cal,” and the search for a permanent replacement immediately ensued. However, Read More…

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BAMN holds press conference to address occupation fallout

BAMN organizers held a small press conference outside Sproul Hall Friday evening to speak out regarding their occupation earlier this month of the campus Office of Undergraduate Admissions. The conference — attended by local middle and high school students and UC Berkeley applicants who were denied admission — was held Read More…

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UC Berkeley releases freshman admissions decisions

After a four-month long wait, more than 61,000 anxious students received freshman admissions decisions from UC Berkeley Thursday. UC Berkeley received a record number of applicants this year, but admitted about 12,000 students to the class of 2016 — about the same as in previous years, according to a video Read More…