Increase Diversity Bake Sale

One of the most common critiques of U.S. politics today is the partisan gridlock that has led many to claim the current U.S. Congress as the least productive in the last 50 years. To many, Congress is all bark and no bite; members make the news not for passing legislation but for saying disparaging or controversial remarks.

While studies show that more millennials are politically disillusioned, the Republican Party has seen its youth coalition take a hit. Yet UC Berkeley still sees its fair share of young conservatives despite these reports and its reputation But there is a bit of pressure being Republican on campus.

The role of affirmative action in the university admissions process will once again be brought before the U.S. Supreme Court and into the national spotlight this week, representing the next step in a long history of debates that has often found itself played out at the University of California.