Celine Bookin

The Berkeley Conservative Society and the campus Center on Civility & Democratic Engagement hosted a “Medicare for All” debate Thursday afternoon.

About 70 students and community members, including UC Berkeley Chancellor Carol Christ, students and professors came together to watch Cal Berkeley Democrats and the Berkeley Conservative Society debate taxation, healthcare and minimum wages Wednesday evening.

The Cal Berkeley Democrats and the Berkeley Conservative Society met Wednesday evening to debate health care, taxation and climate change.

Several UC Berkeley students have come together to create the Berkeley Conservative Society to “bring back political decency to Berkeley,” according to society founder and President Celine Bookin.

An individual — whose name has yet to be released — broke apart a sign belonging to the Berkeley College Republicans on Sproul Plaza on Tuesday.

In Berkeley — a city that voted overwhelmingly against President Donal Trump — Trump has left a community reeling in a state of outrage and uncertainty.

BCR invited Yiannopoulos to visit the campus as part of his 18-stop tour across U.S. colleges. His impending visit has generated controversy across the campus community given his straightforwardness and extreme conservative views. UCPD has determined the $10,000 to be a rough assessment of the costs of security, according to campus spokesperson Dan Mogulof.

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.

The Berkeley College Republicans will host conservative journalist and Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos, who has emerged as one of the more divisive voices from the political milieu, for a talk on campus Feb. 1.

Steering clear of the election’s contentious presidential candidates, this year’s Great Debate focused on the party’s issues, rather than the party leaders.