Janet Napoiltano

In order to be an effective UC president, Drake must commit to be on the side of students, workers, faculty and the people of the state of California.

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security, or CARES, Act — a stimulus package to provide relief to individuals and businesses during the COVID-19, or the new coronavirus, pandemic — was signed into law Friday by President Donald Trump.

No, the UC system definitely does not pay its GSIs enough to meet the median cost of living, be that here or in Santa Cruz.

Fifty protesters gathered on Sproul Plaza at noon Feb. 28 and delivered demands to campus administration in Sproul Hall in support of a cost of living adjustment, or COLA, and reopened bargaining with UC administration.

In a letter addressed Tuesday to the UC Board of Regents, lawyers representing organizations such as the Compton Unified School District and the Community Coalition demanded that the UC system eliminate standardized tests as an admissions requirement.

Under the May revision to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s state budget, the UC system is being provided with an ongoing $240 million from the state's general fund as well as a $153 million one-time general fund investment — with the expectation that UC Board of Regents will not increase tuition for the 2019-20 academic year.

UC Regent Ellen Tauscher died at Stanford University Medical Center on Monday after experiencing complications from pneumonia.

For the second year in a row, the United States Environmental Protection Agency awarded the university a Green Power Leadership Award to recognize its commitment to renewable energy.

Beneath the new transfer policy's vision of educational equity lurks a total disregard for the needs of transfer students once they arrive at UC.

The UC regents met Thursday to address committee reports and recommendations, including a resolution of appreciation for outgoing UC Regent Norman Pattiz, who announced that he will retire in February after several calls for his resignation arose over lewd comments.