Rudra Reddy

Campus junior Connor Kubeisy recently announced his campaign for ASUC Senate, running as an independent in hopes of remedying what he considers a lack of politically moderate voices in the senate.

ASUC Senator Milton Zerman resigned at the ASUC Senate meeting Feb. 19, during which several grievances on perceived injustices were discussed. Zerman resigned in protest of the rejection of his controversial bill to condemn Bears for Palestine for its cubicle display in Eshleman Hall.

The 2016 election of President Donald Trump brought political controversy to the UC Berkeley campus, and now that an impeachment inquiry is underway, campus and city of Berkeley officials have noted that the controversy is likely to continue into the forthcoming election year.

UC Berkeley has nothing short of a national reputation that seems to be foremost defined by its history of political activism.

Wednesday’s demonstration that attracted more than a thousand protestors in opposition to conservative author Ann Coulter’s immigration policy speech on campus resulted in several arrests, one reported injury and a human barricade that surrounded the entire venue. 

Conservative author Ann Coulter spoke Wednesday to a crowd of about 400 in UC Berkeley’s Wheeler Hall, as more than a thousand protested outside.

On Monday, UC Berkeley students banded together on Sproul Plaza in support of the city’s inaugural United Against Hate Week.

Ann Coulter is scheduled to speak on the UC Berkeley campus, two and a half years after withdrawing her controversial campus speech amid safety concerns.

CA Gov. Newsom signed SB 24 into law Friday, which requires all student health centers at public state universities to provide medication abortion by 2023.

UC Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies, or IGS, released two new polls last week highlighting emerging voter preferences toward party candidates in California’s 2020 primary races, honing in on the sentiments of likely voters.