Brendan Pinder

U.S. House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi will give the keynote address at the 2014 general commencement ceremony, the campus announced Wednesday.

On Wednesday, the ASUC Senate unanimously voiced its support of Students for Change, an organization that is rallying for Obama to speak at the ceremony.

“Berkeley United to End Global Poverty” brought together Berkeley College Republicans, Cal Berkeley Democrats, the Jewish Student Union, the Muslim Student Association and Cal Veterans Group, to engage in a discussion about international debt relief.

UC Berkeley students and alumni wrote op-eds expressing their opinions and pressing concerns about the millennial generation.

Student representatives from campus political organizations met with Eric LeCompte, the executive director of Jubilee USA Network, at a community reception Wednesday evening to learn more about the organization’s work revolving around international and student debt.

About 45 people gathered on Sproul Plaza’s Mario Savio steps at 12:30 p.m. Thursday in a rally that called on the UC to divest from the top 200 fossil fuel companies worldwide.

Representatives of Cal Berkeley Democrats and Berkeley College Republicans presented their best case to reform education, public pensions and healthcare within California in “The Great Debate: The Storm to Reform,” which was sponsored by both student political parties.

The ASUC Senate on Monday will consider a bill seeking to eschew the word “illegal” from campus discourse about undocumented immigrants.

While studies show that more millennials are politically disillusioned, the Republican Party has seen its youth coalition take a hit. Yet UC Berkeley still sees its fair share of young conservatives despite these reports and its reputation But there is a bit of pressure being Republican on campus.