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Sunday, December 6, 2020

GA delegates pass resolution to establish funding opportunities

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Delegates of the Graduate Assembly unanimously passed a resolution Thursday to create funding opportunities for campus groups and address student wellness.
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Editorials

Friday, December 4, 2020
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Halfway through their terms, here’s what our ASUC officials have been up to

CAMPUS AFFAIRS: Here are the Editorial Board's takes on what the ASUC has gotten done so far this year and what they have planned for the spring.

Here are our takes on what the ASUC Executives and Senators have gotten done so far and what they have planned for the spring.
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ASUC

Friday, December 4, 2020
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ASUC discusses financial aid in final meeting of semester

The ASUC discussed efforts to secure and expand financial aid for UC students in its final meeting of the semester Wednesday.
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Dead Week Puzzles 2020

Thursday, December 3, 2020
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Top study spots for when UC Berkeley returns to normal

While COVID-19 may or may not have foiled your study plans for this semester’s dead week, you can, at the very least, prepare for the next one. Or the one after that.
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City

Wednesday, December 2, 2020
United Against Hate

3rd annual United Against Hate Week kicks off virtually

The third annual United Against Hate Week kicked off Monday using social media and virtual meeting platforms.
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Campus

Monday, November 23, 2020
UC Application Deadline

Petition calls for extension of UC application deadline

A petition currently circling is calling for an extension of the UC application deadline from Nov. 30 to Dec. 15 and has garnered nearly 600 signatures as of press time.
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Campus

Wednesday, November 18, 2020
Engineering

UC Berkeley College of Engineering last to announce changes to fall grading policy

After UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design, or CED, announced a pass/no pass, or P/NP, grading alternative for the 2020 fall semester Saturday, UC Berkeley College of Engineering, or COE, is now the only campus undergraduate college that has yet to determine whether or not a P/NP policy will be adopted in light of the pandemic.
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Campus

Monday, November 9, 2020
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UC Berkeley colleges, departments consider alternative grading policies amid pandemic

Several UC Berkeley colleges and departments are considering alternative grading policy options in light of the College of Letters and Science’s pass/no pass, or P/NP, policy update Thursday.
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State

Friday, November 6, 2020
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CA Prop. 16’s failure draws criticism from activists, UC community members

Proposition 16, which would have allowed the consideration of race and sex in public university admissions and state employment, failed in this year’s election, drawing criticism from student activists and community members of the UC system.
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Editorials

Friday, November 6, 2020
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Universal, default pass/no pass is imperative in a semester unlike any other

CAMPUS AFFAIRS: The added stress of grades must be removed amid a semester in pandemonium

If pandemic-driven ills were enough reason to give students P/NP in the spring, then a similar policy should most definitely carry into this semester.
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