Berkeley community reacts to arrest, release of City Council candidate Aidan Hill
City Council candidate Aidan Hill’s arrest during a campus political science class Wednesday prompted a mixed reaction from the Berkeley community.
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City Council candidate Aidan Hill arrested on suspicion of disturbing the peace during a UC Berkeley class
Aidan Hill, a candidate for Berkeley City Council District 7, was arrested in connection with disturbing a class in Wheeler Hall on Wednesday afternoon.
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US Senate candidate Kevin de León addresses students in UC Berkeley political science course
Kevin de León, president pro tem of the California State Senate and a candidate for the U.S. Senate elections, spoke to more than 600 UC Berkeley students in Wheeler Hall during Professor Alan Ross’s “Colloquium in Political Science” class, or Political Science 179, on Tuesday.
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Colloquium in Political Science class features debate on Prop. 10
Prop. 10, which will appear on the Nov. 2018 ballot, would repeal the 1995 Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act that controls cities’ jurisdiction over rent control laws. Under the current act, cities cannot pass rent control laws affecting condominiums or single-family housing nor can they enact rent control on apartments occupied after February 1995.
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Faces of Berkeley: Jonah Markowitz has been attending the same class at UC Berkeley for 20 years
Every semester, Political Science 179, a guest speaker colloquium class, attracts new students across every major — but among the crowd, there is one veteran student who is all too familiar with the class.
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Conservative activist Star Parker speaks about urban poverty in campus class
Star Parker, a conservative activist and founder of the Center for Urban Renewal and Education, or CURE, visited a campus political science class Wednesday to address issues of urban poverty.
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Department of Justice announces possibility of enforcement against recreational marijuana
Just months after California legalized the recreational use of marijuana, the Trump administration announced that it may be more strictly enforcing federal laws against recreational drug use.
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Report reveals racial disparity among CA political participants
Despite widespread political activity throughout the state in the aftermath of this year’s elections, Californians are not as politically engaged as they should be, according to a Feb. 2 report coauthored by Lisa Garcia Bedolla, a campus chancellor’s professor of political science.
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Berkeley braces for Trump presidency
The first teach-in of the day, “Imagining Otherwise: Making Education Our Own,” will start at 8 a.m. Teach-ins will take place throughout the morning and end about noon.
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UC Berkeley community reflects on divisive election, looks forward
When Nov. 8 finally arrived, a crowd of campus students and community members convened on Sproul Plaza, watching the results in preparation to celebrate. As traditionally key Democratic states were won over by Donald Trump, however, several gaping faces were aglow in red.
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