US Paralympian and Olympian speak at Berkeley event
US olympic swimmer Cullen Jones and paralympic para-cyclist Sam Kavanagh spoke to a crowd of approximately 30 UC Berkeley students last week for a recruiting event.
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Local restaurateur seeks to open cafe replacing Ramona’s Cafe in Wurster Hall
Restaurateur and former UC Berkeley student Charles Phan and campus Vice-Chancellor of Real Estate Bob Lalanne are in the midst of reaching an agreement on future plans to replace Ramona’s Cafe in Wurster Hall with a Vietnamese restaurant.
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Comedian Kamau Bell holds forum on racism at Berkeley’s Elmwood Cafe
About two months after what comedian Kamau Bell described as a racist incident at Elmwood Cafe, approximately 300 people gathered to grapple with issues of racial bias at a community forum on Friday.
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BART station renovations green-lit by commission
The project plans to replace the station’s rotunda entrance, as well as its five other entryways, with glass structures, and to redesign the public space surrounding the main entrance.
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ASUC Senate to vote on adding student wellness referendum to April ballot
The ASUC will vote Wednesday on whether to add a wellness referendum, which would maintain Recreational Sports Facility services and expand mental health resources, to the ballot in April.
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Field Poll shows majority support for increased state funding to public education
In the wake of growing concern about state divestment from the UC system, field poll results released last week reveal that a majority of Californian voters view K-12 schools and higher education as areas in the state budget that deserve more funding.
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Students for Justice in Palestine serves fake eviction notices to Unit 2 residents
Students for Justice in Palestine at UC Berkeley staged a protest Sunday as part of their annual Israeli Apartheid Week activities. About a dozen SJP members distributed about 600 fake eviction notices under the doors of every room in Unit 2, except for one floor, where a resident advisor barred their
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Resolution proposing divestment from corporations with Israeli ties overturned at UC Davis
Less than four weeks after the Associated Students University of California, Davis, passed a resolution calling for divestment from corporations associated with the Israeli military, the Associated Students of UC Davis Court decided ASUCD did not have jurisdictional rights to pass the resolution, rendering it null.
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Moratorium placed on new technology projects as new student information system development continues
As part of the new student information system, an executive steering committee announced a moratorium on new technology projects related to student services and resources.
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UC Student Association passes no confidence resolution in Gov. Jerry Brown
During their Sunday meeting, the University of California Student Association unanimously voted to pass a resolution expressing no confidence in Governor Jerry Brown.
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