Zaynab AbdulQadir-Morris

Chancellor-designate Carol Christ announced her appointment of Oscar Dubón, Jr., as the campus’s next vice chancellor of equity and inclusion, or VCEI, effective July 1.

The ASUC Elections Council extended in-person voting at Eshleman Hall by five hours Wednesday evening after learning that Summer Bridge students were unable to vote online, according to Elections Council Chair Linsha Qi.

Candidates running for ASUC executive positions had a chance to speak directly to the campus community about their different platforms in an ASUC elections forum held by the Daily Californian on Thursday night.

When campaigning gets stressful, Zaynab AbdulQadir-Morris can be found burning sage on Sproul Plaza.

When Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor visited campus Thursday, she walked off the stage and into the crowd, answering questions, shaking hands and giving hugs to audience members. Sotomayor said she doesn’t like sitting still.

UC Berkeley’s African American Student Development Center held its grand opening of the Fannie Lou Hamer Black Resource Center on Tuesday night after two years of advocating for a center that can provide greater resources and services to the campus’s Black community.

The ASUC Senate passed a resolution that will build upon previous efforts to raise awareness about marginalized communities at its regular Wednesday meeting.

At their fourth meeting of the semester Wednesday night, the ASUC Senate passed all four bills put to vote after heavy deliberations on a bill concerning a controversial DeCal that was suspended, and then reinstated, in the past week.