UC Berkeley students and service workers protest lay-offs
Students and other members of the UC Berkeley community rallied alongside campus service workers against lay-offs.
PODCAST: ASUC Semester In Review
Listen to Spring 2012 University News Editor J.D. Morris talk with ASUC reporter Chloe Hunt about the spring semester, party dynamics in the student senate, a larger-than-usual election, and the controversy surrounding the two ballot initiatives, VOICE and the Class Pass.
Video: Students discuss selection of new chancellor at town hall meeting
On Wednesday night, Berkeley students held a town hall meeting about democratically electing the next chancellor.
Create a student union
Tired of protesting? Surely many have seen, or even participated in, their share of rallies, occupations, pickets and other demonstrations. Some have been big; some have been small. Some are disasters; some actually get an effective message across and are successful — for example, stopping the 81 percent fee hike Read More…
Independent James Chang announces candidacy for ASUC Senate
UC Berkeley junior James Chang announced he will run as an independent candidate for the ASUC senate in the upcoming spring elections Monday night. Read More…
Walkout draws moderate crowd of protesters to Upper Sproul, Wheeler Hall
About 200 UC Berkeley students, faculty members and clerical workers gathered on Upper Sproul Plaza around noon to protest recent tuition increases and the management of UC funds.
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Walkout planned for Thursday opposes cuts to higher education
Almost exactly one year later, a walkout planned for Thursday on campus hopes to rekindle the spirit of 2011′s Occupy Cal protest. Read More…
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…
Campus officials consider changes to public expression policy
Following the July settlement of a lawsuit alleging UC Berkeley administrators failed to mitigate an anti-Semitic environment on campus, Berkeley officials that they will consider implementing changes to public expression policies. Read More…
Students, campus service workers protest layoffs
Students and other members of the UC Berkeley community rallied alongside campus service workers on Sproul Plaza Thursday afternoon demanding that the campus rehire workers who will be laid off in November.
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