David Cole

Rbhu, an engineering company created by an UC Berkeley alumnus that specializes in large-scale artwork and entertainment sculptures, is launching another round of grants to donate to artists.

UC Berkeley’s Black student leaders and organizers have long advocated for increased recruitment, academic support and a more welcoming campus climate for Black students, but recent national unrest has reinvigorated the campus Black Lives Matter movement's calls for change.

A member of The Daily Californian’s Editorial Board, Ella Jensen, sat down with UCPD Chief Margo Bennett on Thursday to hear from her on relevant issues regarding campus policing.

The Graduate Assembly, or GA, introduced a resolution to secede from the ASUC and heard from UCPD Chief Margo Bennett during a regular meeting Thursday.

Charges against David Cole, a UC employee who was tackled and arrested by UCPD during a workers’ rally Feb. 1, were dropped on Thursday about 11 a.m., according to a Facebook post by AFSCME Local 3299.

The city is considering an increase in local taxes to fund projects such as affordable housing through a ballot measure in November’s election.

At Berkeley City Council's regular Tuesday meeting, council members will consider making a request to the Alameda County district attorney to drop charges against David Cole, a UC employee who was tackled and arrested by UCPD during a workers’ rally Feb. 1.

That’s the nature of unions and contracts. Union contracts arose to suppress volatile labor with legal promises that aimed at making capitalism comfortable enough to keep the production line moving.

University of California President Janet Napolitano said UCPD’s tackling and arrest of a UC Berkeley employee during a UC workers’ union rally Feb. 1 was “unfortunate,” leaving some UC student board members disappointed during a Tuesday afternoon meeting with the UC Student Association.

UCPD’s response to a UC workers’ rally organized Feb. 1 makes it clear that the campus needs to implement more oversight for its police officers.