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Thursday, July 22, 2021

UC Berkeley law student Marlenee Blas Pedral selected to be 2022-23 UC student regent

photo of Berkeley law student Marlenee Blas Pedral

Second-year law student Marlenee Blas Pedral was chosen to be the 2022-23 UC student regent after nomination by a special committee of the regents. Blas Pedral hopes to increase educational accessibility for all Californians and advocate for student empowerment throughout the UC community.

The UC Board of Regents selected UC Berkeley second-year law student Marlenee Blas Pedral to be the 2022-23 student regent.
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Tuesday, June 8, 2021

UC-AFT lecturers vote to authorize strike for better pay

The University Council-American Federation of Teachers, or UC-AFT, voted to authorize a potential strike for increased job security and pay for UC lecturers June 2.
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Editorials

Tuesday, April 20, 2021

UC should divest from Thirty Meter Telescope project on Maunakea

UNIVERSITY AFFAIRS: Supporting the telescope continues a legacy of expropriation of sacred Indigenous land that UC should reject at long last

While the UC system is only one proponent of the project, revoking its support would be a resounding statement of principle and demonstration of solidarity.
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Editorials

Tuesday, April 13, 2021

UC should make return to campuses contingent on vaccination

UNIVERSITY AFFAIRS: With a vaccine mandate, UC system will ensure its campuses, surrounding communities remain safe next fall

As of now, no large, public, high-profile institution has decisively implemented a hard mandate. The University of California should be the first.
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Tuesday, July 7, 2020

Court dismisses UC sexual harassment class-action suit

Doe v. the Regents of the University of California, a class-action lawsuit involving students accused of sexual harassment, was dismissed by the Alameda County Superior Court on Thursday.
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College Life

Monday, April 13, 2020

Clog Report: UC system to open 11th campus UC Zoom

According to Oski, there are plans to finalize the official implementation of an 11th campus in the UC system — UC Zoom. It is scheduled to open fall 2021.
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Monday, March 16, 2020

UC President Janet Napolitano orders expanded paid administrative leave in response to COVID-19

UC President Janet Napolitano issued an executive order Monday mandating expanded paid family leave for UC workers in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Thursday, March 5, 2020

UC graduate student worker union to hold vote on official statewide strike

The bargaining team of United Auto Workers Local 2865 voted unanimously for a unionwide unfair labor practice strike authorization vote to take place early April.
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State

Tuesday, January 14, 2020

CA Gov. Newsom announces proposed state budget

California Gov. Gavin Newsom submitted a $222.2 billion budget plan for the 2020-21 State Budget to the state Legislature on Friday.
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Tuesday, November 12, 2019

UC defends DACA recipients before US Supreme Court

The UC system appeared before the U.S Supreme Court on Tuesday as it defended the rights of nearly 700,000 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, recipients to stay in the United States.
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