The UC contends that Proposition 209, passed in November 1996, that prohibits preferential treatment by the state in public employment, education or contracting based on race, ethnicity or gender, has caused a decline of underrepresented minorities in the UC system. Read More…
The University of California issued a “friend of the court” brief to the U.S. Supreme Court today, urging that it strike down a Michigan voter initiative banning race-conscious admissions in state institutions, including public universities. Read More…
A state constitutional amendment that would allow California’s institutions of public education to give preferential treatment based on race and ethnicity, passed the state Senate Committee on Education July 3. Read More…
The U.S. Supreme Court ordered Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, a case which considered the constitutionality of using race in university admissions, to be reexamined by lower courts in a decision Monday. Read More…
Approximately two dozen affirmative action supporters and high school students gathered on Sproul Plaza Friday afternoon to raise awareness about minority student rights in a press conference organized by activist group BAMN. Read More…
California voters took to the polls on Nov. 5, 1996 and passed Proposition 209, which forbid state government organizations from considering race, ethnicity or sex in areas that include public education and employment. Suffice it to say, Prop 209 banned affirmative action in the state. Despite constant protest and legislative proposals to amend the law for public education, it still stands 16 years later — and that’s the way it should be. Read More…
UC Berkeley alum and former Intel CEO Andrew Grove once said, “Success breeds complacency. Complacency breeds failure.” While the ASUC is far from being a failed body, his words hint at a troubling trend very much present in our student government’s party system. On Thursday, it was announced that, for Read More…
Students at UC Berkeley share a passion and desire for advancing justice and making wrongs right. Issues like budget cuts often draw attention from the campus community, and the student government plays an important role in expanding support. But the ASUC Senate’s Feb. 7 bill — which reiterated support for Read More…