equity

Black student-athletes succeeding in school doesn’t just depend on resources and inclusivity within the classroom: Athletic stakeholders such as coaches, administrators and even loyal fans all influence how educational institutions may or may not advocate for these players.

Because I am unDACAmented, I don’t have a reliable income. The only way I have been able to attend UC Berkeley is through financial aid, grants, scholarships and paid opportunities.

Six days after Russia invaded Ukraine, UC Berkeley students and researchers from Russia and Ukraine rallied to express concerns over the humanitarian crisis and the inadequate support from campus.

Sports stories aren’t usually given too much weight in discussions around journalistic equity or newsroom diversity. Here’s why they should be.

This isn’t a matter of preference but is instead a matter of equity. UC Berkeley must find the funding to immediately reinstate longer library hours.

Re-entry students at UC Berkeley, too, have been heavily underrepresented, despite making up one-fifth of undergraduates nationwide.

UC Berkeley shouldn’t reflect the exclusion that marks much of our world today. Campus should be a community where students of all backgrounds feel they can belong and thrive. 

If safety is a priority, any reopening timelines that purport to have all students back in school prior to achieving total vaccination are misleading. 

The Div Com Desk will translate weekly discussions about diversity and newsroom culture to the larger community through stories ranging in style and topic.

UC Berkeley community members met in Sibley Auditorium on Tuesday afternoon in continuation of the April 15 Signature Initiatives town hall meeting, where the audience further directed questions and feedback to three of six remaining initiative teams — equality, health and democracy.