Campus groups plan to erect tents, help point student voters to polling stations
Campus organizations are making a final effort to ensure that students know where to cast their votes Tuesday. Read More…
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2012 ASUC election endorsements
Taking a Stand
Click here to read the Senior Editorial Board’s full endorsements. In the past academic year, UC Berkeley students have met history head-on, continually shouting for our rights and ideals — whatever those may be. Instances including the Berkeley College Republicans’ intentionally racist bake sale, police violence at Occupy Cal, Louis Read More…
Robert Reich, federal and state politicians make final push for Prop. 30
Campus democrats made one final push for Proposition 30 in a rally on Sproul Plaza on the eve of election day Monday. Read More…
Support for Prop. 30 falls below 50 percent, new data shows
Support for Proposition 30, which will determine whether the UC is dealt a series of budget cuts, has fallen just short of a majority, according to polling data released Tuesday from the California Business Roundtable. Read More…
ASUC Vote Coalition registers 8,000 students to vote
Over the course of an almost six-month-long voter registration campaign, the ASUC Vote Coalition registered more than 8,000 students to vote, officials announced Wednesday — thousands fewer than their original goal. As of Wednesday, the nonpartisan coalition housed in the ASUC Office of the External Affairs Vice President had registered Read More…
UCSA aims to increase transparency following outcry over contentious resolution
In response to concerns raised last month about a lack of transparency in its legislative process, the UC Student Association is taking steps to improve communication with students.
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UCSA chooses new president in special election
The UC Student Association elected a new president at its meeting Saturday, following the resignation of its former president last week. Read More…
President of UC Student Association steps down, cites personal reasons
University of California Student Association President Angelica Salceda resigned on Tuesday, less than two months after assuming office in August.
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UCSA resolution condemning anti-semitism excluded Jewish organizations’ input
For weeks, Jewish student groups were left in the dark while a resolution was penned for the UCSA condemning HR 35 — a California Assembly resolution that condemns anti-Semitism at California’s higher education institutions — claiming it stifles free speech.
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State Senate advances bills that would create free online textbook library
In an effort to address the surging costs of higher education for college students, the California State Senate passed two bills aimed at giving students free access to textbooks for popular lower division courses on Wednesday. Senate Bill 1052 would create the California Open Education Resources Council, which would oversee Read More…