David Lemus

More than 100 members and supporters of the Queer Alliance Resource Center, or QARC, and bridges Multicultural Resource Center blocked Sather Gate for several hours early Friday afternoon as part of their latest protest to be relocated to different club space on campus.

A protest on Monday at noon inside the Cal Student Store, organized by the Queer Alliance Resource Center, or QARC, and the bridges Multicultural Resource Center, took an unexpected turn when the store locked all of its entrances about 30 minutes into the protest.

On Wednesday, students from the Queer Alliance and Resource Center, or QARC, and bridges Multicultural Resource Center gathered at the office of the dean of students and demanded the organizations be relocated from their current locations in the Eshleman Hall basement.

What was initially an action scheduled as part of the UC Student Association’s annual Students of Color Conference escalated into a march to Chancellor Nicholas Dirks’ home.

Fourteen members and supporters of the Student Labor Committee participated in a sit-in outside the office of the campus director of intercollegiate athletics Thursday to protest the alleged termination of a contract worker.

Students from both UC Berkeley and Oakland Technical High School organized two demonstrations on campus Wednesday – one to protest proposed tuition hikes and the other to advocate admitting more Oakland public school students to UC Berkeley.

Almost three months after Janet Napolitano took office as UC President, the Students of Color Solidarity Coalition, a group of UC Berkeley students acting as part of a larger statewide movement, continues to oppose her appointment vocally.