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Debates over racism, diversity and affirmative action have taken Sproul Plaza by storm as the highly controversial “Increase Diversity Bake Sale” is now under way. The bake sale began at 10 a.m. Tuesday morning near Sather Gate and is being held by the Berkeley College Republicans in protest of SB
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Ward Connerly, former UC Regent and the driving force behind Proposition 209, has come to Sproul Plaza at UC Berkeley to help the Berkeley College Republicans sell cupcakes at their “Increase Diversity Bake Sale.” Proposition 209, approved by California voters in 1996, effectively eliminated affirmative action. The proposition banned the
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A bill that would allow UC and CSU schools to consider factors such as gender, race and economic status in undergraduate and graduate admissions decisions passed through the state Assembly’s higher education committee in a 5-3 vote July 5. Senate Bill 185, authored by state Senator Ed Hernandez, D-West Covina,
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