Naomi Garcia

Sammy Raucher, a UC Berkeley sophomore, is running independently for ASUC Senate on a platform centered around uplifting the queer/trans people of color, or QTPOC, community and promoting external advocacy, as well as improving accessibility and accountability in academics.

Although the Big Game may be postponed this year, it is not too late to show UC Berkeley school spirit at the ballot box, according to Miyako Iwata, campus senior and recent recipient of the Donald A. Strauss Public Service Scholarship.

Efforts to spread the 2020 census have been disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, which could impact federal funding and government representation. 

While transgender students on campus have faced obstacles to their safety, many activist groups are supporting the trans community. However, there is more work to be done.

With in-person census counting temporarily suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it may become even more difficult to accurately catalog hard-to-count populations in Berkeley.

Adding to the list of events upended by COVID-19, colloquially known as the coronavirus, is participation in the 2020 census — particularly among college students. Efforts by city officials and ASUC personnel to encourage students to fill out the survey have largely been derailed.

All of REBUILD's candidates publicly disaffiliated from the party Sunday.

The federal government has budgeted $500 million for its integrated communications campaign, or outreach program, for the U.S. 2020 Census.

The newly founded REBUILD coalition formed for the 2020 ASUC elections released a portion of its senate candidates — Naomi Garcia, Valerie Johnson and Suhyp Youssef — March 9.