Samuel Peng

Campus sophomore Megan Yao is running for the ASUC Senate with Student Action on a platform of improving the international student experience and strengthening the East Asian community.

The Student Action party released its first four ASUC Senate candidates Tuesday evening in the upcoming ASUC elections

For many international students pursuing their studies at UC Berkeley across vastly different time zones, the pandemic has been a time marked by isolation, exhaustion and mental fatigue.

UC Berkeley junior and current ASUC Senator Ronit Sholkoff is running for ASUC president with the goal of creating a smooth transition back to campus and improving student access to resources.

Anti-Asian hate crimes have risen significantly during the coronavirus pandemic, with reporting database Stop AAPI Hate receiving almost 3,000 accounts of hate crimes since last spring.

During its meeting Wednesday, the ASUC discussed the Graduate Assembly, or GA, push for independence, the ongoing struggles international students face from remote learning and the rise in xenophobia.

While most students are taking classes in the same country as their respective universities, international students have to deal with time zone differences, access to course materials and visa complications, along with their regular school work.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced Monday that international students will be required to leave the United States if their classes are all online.

A new study shows international students at large are more satisfied with the remote learning experience than their domestic counterparts are, but they are more concerned with health, safety and immigration.

President Donald Trump’s administration issued a proclamation May 29 suspending entry of certain international students from China seeking a visa for graduate and postgraduate study in the United States.