100 UC employees rally for increased wages; UCPD arrests 1
UCPD tackled and detained a UC Berkeley employee Thursday during a UC workers’ union rally to protest the University of California’s treatment of workers.
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Gov. Jerry Brown undermines UC students with his lackluster budget proposal
UNIVERSITY ISSUES: Gov. Jerry Brown broke his agreement with the UC system to increase state funding by 4 percent
When Gov. Jerry Brown and UC President Janet Napolitano agreed to state funding increases to the University of California by 4 percent a year for four years back in 2015, the university should have been protected from budgetary surprises. But this month, Brown failed to uphold his end of the bargain.
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UC Berkeley fails to support undocumented student Luis Mora in time of need
CAMPUS ISSUES: In the face of Mora’s detainment by ICE, campus administration must step up and give more support to undocumented students
The UC Berkeley administration’s reaction to undocumented junior Luis Mora’s detainment by Border Patrol proves that the campus doesn’t give undocumented students the support they need.
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‘Another record-shattering year’: University of California receives more than 221,000 applications for fall 2018
Undergraduate applications to UC Berkeley rose by 4.6 percent this year, and the University of California received over 221,000 total applications for all nine UC campuses.
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Breaking bread and grading exams: Academic student employees show solidarity at campus grade-in
Cups of coffee and piles of paper lay at the feet of over 150 academic student employees who gathered in the Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union on Tuesday to display their labor to the campus community.
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UAW claims UC officials discouraged graduate students from joining unions
An email from a UC official informing graduate students about joining a union was sent Monday after a state amendment signed the week prior allowing graduate student researchers to be represented by unions.
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UC competes for control of Los Alamos National Laboratory, home of the atomic bomb
The University of California may place a bid to manage the Los Alamos National Laboratory, or LANL, in New Mexico, running against 28 other interested parties.
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UC system sues Trump administration over repeal of DACA
The University of California filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration Friday over its decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announces intent to change Title IX policy
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced her intent to change the current Title IX policy Thursday.
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Gov. Brown signs UC-sponsored bill to protect survivors of domestic violence
SB 331, which was authored by California State Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson, will take effect Jan. 1, 2018. The bill will give survivors evidentiary privilege, which means that any discourse between a domestic violence survivor and a counselor will remain confidential. Before SB 331, according to Jackson, this privilege only existed for survivors of sexual assault.
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