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While UC Berkeley students have been among the most outspoken advocates for the creation of a new student majority district, it was community members who stepped up to foot the bill of a campaign seeking to overturn the recently-approved controversial district lines.
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More than two years later, the Berkeley City Council finally selected a district map that would establish a new student supermajority district at its meeting Tuesday night.
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Earlier this week, Daily Cal writer Josh Escobar bravely addressed the issues of racism being faced by our Cal community. The Berkeley Student Cooperative wants to formally apologize for the inappropriate racial comments and atmosphere he experienced in our cooperative community. Escobar is correct that racism still exists in Berkeley.
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After a long and contentious discussion Wednesday night, the ASUC Senate failed to pass a bill that would have supported a student-majority city council district including Northside student residences that are currently excluded in an alternate proposal.
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Of the 65 students vying for an ASUC senate seat, only Naweed Mohabbat, Taliah Mirmalek, James Chang, and Raman “the Dictator” Veerappan have no party affiliation. A fifth candidate, Solomon Nwoche, recently formed his own party, “Independent Campaign for Common Sense”.
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UC Berkeley junior James Chang announced he will run as an independent candidate for the ASUC senate in the upcoming spring elections Monday night.
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Protesters received word from the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office Thursday advising that charges filed against 73 of the 77 protesters arrested during the Occupy the Capitol protests on March 5 were dismissed. According to Sacramento County District Attorney Jan Scully, three protesters still have charges pending for resisting arrest
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Click here to read the Senior Editorial Board’s full endorsements. In the past academic year, UC Berkeley students have met history head-on, continually shouting for our rights and ideals — whatever those may be. Instances including the Berkeley College Republicans’ intentionally racist bake sale, police violence at Occupy Cal, Louis
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Two of the third-party candidates running for executive vice president in the ASUC elections share similar goals of mobilizing student activism, while the CalSERVE and Student Action candidates’ platforms focus more on the Lower Sproul Plaza renovation and increasing access to student resources. The ASUC executive vice president’s responsibilities include leading
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On Wednesday night, Berkeley students held a town hall meeting about democratically electing the next chancellor.
