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A policy to phase out nonessential single-use plastics on UC campuses, created by the UC Office of the President, or UCOP, and CalPIRG, was announced and put into effect Monday.
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This year, with the transition to remote instruction, student voting — along with the rest of campus life — is going to look a lot different.
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With lab spaces taking up 25% of campus buildings, mitigating the negative environmental impacts of research in labs is a necessary step to achieving some of campus’s long-term sustainability goals.
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Both UC Berkeley and the city of Berkeley have announced initiatives to reduce and, to some extent, eliminate all single-use plastics by 2030.
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The ASUC Senate met Wednesday night to discuss philanthropy on campus, the initiatives of the Resident Hall Assembly and updates on executive officials’ various projects.
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Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society fellow Sonam Kotadia detailed young voter trends found in two 2018 surveys fielded by the institute’s Civic Engagement Narrative Change project in a research paper published Friday.
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CALPIRG, a statewide student-run nonprofit, commemorated UC Berkeley becoming the 80th Bee Campus USA affiliate Thursday.
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CALPIRG is planning a photo petition event to be held March 14, or Pi Day, as part of its Zero Hunger campaign, which aims to combat student food insecurity.
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UC Berkeley was awarded with a gold rating by the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System, or STARS, for its sustainability initiatives, placing 11th in the nation.
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The November 2018 elections saw increases in voter turnout in Alameda County from prior midterm elections, with the Alameda County Registrar of Voters reporting an overall turnout of 66.8 percent.
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