Daily Californian

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UC Chief Investment Officer Jagdeep Singh Bachher announced at the Tuesday meeting of the UC Investments Subcommittee the university’s decision to divest from Energy Transfer Partners and Sunoco Logistics, two companies that own part of the Dakota Access Pipeline.

UC Berkeley sophomore Derek Topper announced Friday his independent candidacy for ASUC Senate in the spring 2017 elections.

Tom Palmer, executive vice president for international programs at the libertarian nonprofit Atlas Network, gave a presentation entitled “Milo, Trump, & the Assault on Free Speech” Tuesday afternoon at Moffitt Library.

At its Thursday meeting, the BART board considered methods — such as reducing discounts for seniors, people with disabilities and children — to address an anticipated budget shortfall in 2018.

It is of extreme importance that the conversation about affirmative action include a conversation about structural racism — both the effects of its historical legacy and an acknowledgement that race is still a salient factor in the lives of American citizens and that unequal access, treatment and representation are still prevalent today.

On Monday evening, Kuang Li, a campus senior and a former The Daily Californian staffer, was walking alone on the south side of campus when two men in hoodies ran up and surrounded him. Li said one man showed him a handgun and then asked for his wallet, which he handed over.