UC must make Election Day noninstructional to encourage student voting
Coercing students to attend lectures amid a pandemic on what is likely to be the most pivotal Election Day of our lives would be voter suppression.
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UC Berkeley’s Undocumented Student Program educates campus students on US Census
Partnering with the ASUC External Affairs Vice President’s office, UC Berkeley’s Undocumented Student Program hosted a virtual presentation Tuesday educating campus students about the U.S. Census.
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UC President Janet Napolitano resigns, UC regents hold meeting
After six years in office, UC President Janet Napolitano announced that she will step down from her position effective Aug. 1, 2020.
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In response to proposed Title IX regulations, ASUC lobbies in Washington DC
The Office of the ASUC External Affairs Vice President, or EAVP, and Student Advocate Sophie Bandarkar explained to congressional staffers the possible effects brought by the forthcoming amendments to federal Title IX guidelines.
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New Title IX policies will upend years of progress
Meaningful change is inherently slow. When discussing sexual violence and sexual harassment, commonly referred to as SVSH, the issue is further complicated by legal and cultural barriers. Culturally, survivors are often not believed or taken seriously, and those who do report often see their assaulters face zero to minor legal
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BART Board approves Safe Transit policy
The Safe Transit policy prevents BART employees — including members of the BART Police Department — from asking about riders’ immigration statuses unless directed by state laws, federal regulations or court orders.
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UC regents to vote on new budget plan including tuition hikes
The UC Board of Regents will convene Wednesday and Thursday at UCSF Mission Bay to vote on a new operating budget plan, which includes tuition hikes for in-state and out-of-state students.
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ASUC external affairs vice president selectively tweets on tragedy
On Feb. 10, three Muslim students in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, were shot and killed. While the motive remains unclear, there is ample belief and justification to say that the attack was motivated at least in part by their religion, if not entirely so. The story initially received little notice
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Fixing the student district
CITY AFFAIRS: The Berkeley Student District Campaign’s student district plan is ambitious, but it needs to include Northside student voices.
Even though the USDA map does split up those neighborhoods, there’s no indication that those areas contain concrete interest groups the same way the Northside concentration of co-ops and residence halls represent hundreds of students in the space of a couple city blocks.
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ASUC executive slate candidates talk vision, goals at Daily Cal forum
UC Berkeley students and other community members packed into The Daily Californian’s annual ASUC Candidates Forum Friday to hear this year’s candidates for ASUC executive positions discuss their visions for the campus and student body in the upcoming academic year.
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