If you are a procrastinator like me and do not know where to begin, consider taking advantage of these various resources to find ways to get rid of unwanted items during your last few days in Berkeley.
The Editorial Board endorses one executive ticket, four candidates for ASUCD senate, one candidate for Transfer Student Representative, one candidate for
We need a broad, unified response to this issue from the student body to even catch campus’s attention. This is why we are asking each and every student and ally to sign the petition demanding that UC Berkeley support students taking critically needed mental health breaks.
How students can move out sustainably a year into the pandemic
Amanda Tsang/Staff
Last Updated May 13, 2021
As the number of COVID-19 vaccinations among UC Berkeley students, faculty and staff increases, the campus’s plan to transition to in-person activities brings me hope for the future of our community. The light at the end of the pandemic’s tunnel is finally becoming visible, and we should reflect on the ways it has transformed our sustainable practices and how we envision campus waste disposal.
Earlier this semester, the Student Environmental Resource Center’s Zero Waste team and the Zero Waste Coalition partnered to create a series of infographics highlighting the intersectionality and environmental justice aspects of zero waste on UC Berkeley’s campus. In the report, both organizations concluded that the “communities affected by campus waste are disproportionately more Latinx and Black” and that these communities face more severe health impacts from a broken
Currently, the California state legislature is considering what to do with its one-time budget surplus. We, the Office of the External Affairs Vice President, along with the UC Student Association, believe the state should invest $20 million of that surplus in the UC system’s own Student Academic Preparedness and Educational Partnership programs, or SAPEP.
This election season witnessed the proposal of Proposition 16 (a ballot initiative made to repeal Prop. 209), which would have reinstated affirmative action in public hiring, contracting and, most importantly, admissions throughout California public universities. Unfortunately, the measure failed to pass, leaving many wondering what the future for students of color will look like.