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Friday, October 1, 2021

UC Berkeley community speaks out in support of ASUC Senator Gabbi Sharp

ASUC Senator Gabbi Sharp received support from UC Berkeley students and fellow senators at ASUC’s Wednesday meeting. Senator Sharp voiced her desire to continue representing her communities in the senate and thanked the speakers for their public support.

UC Berkeley community members spoke in favor of ASUC Senator Gabrielle Sharp and criticized some of the responses to her tweets during Wednesday’s ASUC meeting.
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ASUC Elections 2021

Thursday, April 1, 2021

ASUC candidates talk equity, accessibility, diversity surrounding elections

Candidates in this year’s upcoming ASUC elections spoke to The Daily Californian regarding their thoughts on accessibility, equity and diversity in the campaigning process.
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Op-Eds, Opinion

Friday, April 10, 2020

From river to sea: Palestinian students in the UC system

It signals power and privilege to presume that individuals are “terrorists” without first asking what forces them to resort to protests. To individuals who seek to teach us oppressors’ morals, we respectfully say we do not take orders from colonizers.
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ASUC Elections 2020

Monday, April 6, 2020

ASUC presidential candidate Victoria Vera runs to promote accessibility

Vera said she saw how institutional gaps on campus affect different communities and realized she wanted to uplift those who were underrepresented.
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ASUC

Monday, March 2, 2020

ASUC Elections Council conducts countback to fill senate seat, elects Emily Fregoso

The ASUC Elections Council met Feb. 28 to conduct a countback tabulation in order to fill former ASUC senator Milton Zerman’s seat. After the tabulator ran, Emily Fregoso, who ran with the CalSERVE party, was officially announced the newest ASUC senator.
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Campus

Monday, February 24, 2020

Chancellor Carol Christ responds to Bears for Palestine cubicle display bill

UC Berkeley Chancellor Carol Christ released two letters Feb. 18 responding to an ASUC bill that would have condemned a cubicle display by Bears for Palestine in Eshleman Hall that included photos of controversial Palestinian activists — some of whom had allegedly been involved in acts of terrorism.
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Op-Eds

Friday, February 21, 2020

Campus must address anti-Semitism, work through pain

Condemning violence against innocent civilians is not a normalization of the occupation nor an affirmation of the Zionist cause. To suggest otherwise is a perversion of the truth, and I am disappointed by the use of these manipulative tactics.
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ASUC

Friday, February 21, 2020

ASUC Senate discusses injustices, Senator Milton Zerman resigns at meeting

ASUC Senator Milton Zerman resigned at the ASUC Senate meeting Feb. 19, during which several grievances on perceived injustices were discussed. Zerman resigned in protest of the rejection of his controversial bill to condemn Bears for Palestine for its cubicle display in Eshleman Hall.
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ASUC

Wednesday, February 19, 2020

ASUC Senator Milton Zerman resigns at senate meeting

Zerman had been receiving criticism for his resolution condemning the student group Bears for Palestine, which ultimately failed in committee.
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Op-Eds

Wednesday, February 19, 2020

ASUC Senator Zerman’s resolution condemning Bears for Palestine holds a dangerous irony, failure of UC Berkeley’s Jewish community leaders

This sort of violent rhetoric has no place on our campus nor anywhere else. The presence of this student on our campus must be incredibly traumatizing.
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Topics

UC Berkeley community speaks out in support of ASUC Senator Gabbi Sharp

ASUC candidates talk equity, accessibility, diversity surrounding elections

From river to sea: Palestinian students in the UC system

ASUC presidential candidate Victoria Vera runs to promote accessibility

ASUC Elections Council conducts countback to fill senate seat, elects Emily Fregoso

Chancellor Carol Christ responds to Bears for Palestine cubicle display bill

Campus must address anti-Semitism, work through pain

ASUC Senate discusses injustices, Senator Milton Zerman resigns at meeting

ASUC Senator Milton Zerman resigns at senate meeting

ASUC Senator Zerman’s resolution condemning Bears for Palestine holds a dangerous irony, failure of UC Berkeley’s Jewish community leaders