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ASUC senators passed a resolution in support of making Election Day a noninstructional holiday and discussed current student engagement efforts at their Wednesday night meeting.
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UC Berkeley College of Letters and Science announced a modification to the Late Change of Class Schedule policy Tuesday that will allow students to drop courses and change grading options until Dec. 4 this semester without penalty.
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UC Berkeley has admitted 55 students, who were less qualified than those it rejected, for familial and donor connections, according to a report published Tuesday by the California State Auditor’s office.
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The ASUC Office of the Academic Affairs is seeking to relax the pass/no pass, or P/NP, unit cap, among other academic policy recommendations for this semester.
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The 2020-21 ASUC senators unanimously voted to endorse Proposition 16, which seeks to reinstate affirmative action in UC system admission, at its regular meeting Wednesday.
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ASUC Elections Council chair James Weichert resigned from his position at the first fall 2020 ASUC Senate meeting Wednesday, citing “pettiness” and “hyperpartisanship” as the reasons for ending his term early.
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UC Berkeley announced its decision to begin the fall semester fully virtually Tuesday, due to a rise in local COVID-19 cases
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Another reported incident of Zoom bombing, or an unwanted meeting disruption, occurred during a campus event in June, leading campus administration and Zoom to tighten security measures.
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UC Berkeley’s Black student leaders and organizers have long advocated for increased recruitment, academic support and a more welcoming campus climate for Black students, but recent national unrest has reinvigorated the campus Black Lives Matter movement’s calls for change.
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The ASUC recently created the position of chief grants and scholarships officer to handle all ASUC-managed grants and scholarships.
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