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UC Berkeley community members spoke in favor of ASUC Senator Gabrielle Sharp and criticized some of the responses to her tweets.

UC Berkeley community members spoke in favor of ASUC Senator Gabrielle Sharp and criticized some of the responses to her tweets.

INSIGHT into Diversity magazine announced Sept. 20 that the UC system received the Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award.

ASUC officials reflect on their terms, table bill indefinitely Lisi Ludwig/File During the ASUC’s general meeting Wednesday, officials heard updates from Chancellor Christ, reflected on their terms and indefinitely tabled a bill. During the ASUC’s general meeting Wednesday, officials reflected on their terms and indefinitely tabled a bill that would have made registered student organizations, or RSOs, ineligible for ASUC funds if used for member stipends. UC Berkeley Chancellor Carol Christ also gave some parting words to the ASUC. She provided updates on the campus’s budget, which has ...

Students and community members spoke Monday in protest of campus plans to build housing on People’s Park. Attendees met at the Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park before marching to UC Berkeley’s Capital Strategies office to oppose development on the park. Speakers discussed the history of the park, what they described as one-sided messaging from campus and the larger issue of gentrification. Dayton Andrews, a member of the United Front Against Displacement, said those who do not understand the history of People’s Park may be surprised to see the enthusiasm from community protestor...