A quinceanera-themed party hosted by Delta Chi on Sept. 21 has been met with controversy among students of color on campus and prompted the introduction of an ASUC Senate bill condemning the event. Read More…
Student voice on the UC Board of Regents will gain volume when a program to bring more student opinions to the UC system’s top decision-makers launches in the coming months. As part of a pilot program, the UC Student Association will nominate three students each year to act as “student Read More…
The ASUC Senate on Wednesday unanimously passed a bill in support of reforming Proposition 13, a 1978 amendment to the California Constitution that caps state property taxes. SB 9, co-authored and sponsored by External Affairs Vice President Safeena Mecklai, calls upon the ASUC to express its position on Prop. 13 Read More…
The ASUC Senate has introduced a bill in support of reforming Proposition 13 — an amendment to California’s constitution that placed limits on property taxes — in the hopes of raising state revenue and increasing funds for higher education. Read More…
At its meeting Wednesday, the ASUC senate, unanimously passed a bill stating that the senate will express no confidence in incoming UC President Janet Napolitano if she does not carry out a list of nine demands by a deadline set by the senate. Read More…
Even though the USDA map does split up those neighborhoods, there’s no indication that those areas contain concrete interest groups the same way the Northside concentration of co-ops and residence halls represent hundreds of students in the space of a couple city blocks. Read More…
After two years, the Berkeley City Council is on the brink of making a historic decision Tuesday night regarding the creation of a student-majority district.
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The UC Student Association decided against a vote of no confidence in incoming UC President Janet Napolitano at its monthly board meeting on Saturday. The motion was introduced at the last UCSA Congress board meeting by a coalition of UC undocumented student organizations and their allies. Read More…
The ASUC Senate didn’t waste any time at the start of the school year, already preparing to debate a bill that expresses the senate has “no confidence” in Janet Napolitano’s new role as UC president. Read More…
Last week, ASUC External Affairs Vice President Safeena Mecklai’s office organized a lighting and safety walk on Southside — a welcome initiative that shows some in the student government’s executive branch are serious about improving student safety. And the presence of a couple of Berkeley City Council members demonstrates a Read More…