Nick Araujo

UC Berkeley Chancellor Carol Christ’s Independent Advisory Board on Police Accountability and Community Safety, or IAB, met for its first public meeting Wednesday.

As a daughter of Mexican immigrants, campus sophomore Sahvannah Rodriguez hopes to be a source of strength for the Latinx community on campus as the Latinx community-endorsed ASUC Senate candidate.

The ASUC Senate held a spooky Halloween eve meeting Wednesday night, discussing the recent power outages and poor air quality situations as well as campus culture initiatives, while wearing costumes.

Oscar Dubón, the UC Berkeley vice chancellor for equity and inclusion, is chairing a task force this semester in an effort to become a Hispanic-Serving Institution, or HSI, in the next decade.

The ASUC Senate held a special meeting Friday to pass several bills surrounding new appointments for various positions as well as several measures to increase disability equity on campus and reinforce support for undocumented students.

UCPD Chief Margo Bennett clarified questions that ASUC Senators had regarding the recent controversial arrest of two Black students at Wednesday night’s regular meeting.

ASUC senators narrowly voted to place the Transfer Referendum on the 2019 ASUC elections ballot during a special meeting Thursday evening.

Student Action announced the ASUC Senate candidacy of four more campus students Wednesday night for the 2019 ASUC elections, marking the second part of a three-day announcement period for the party’s senate slate.

Berkeley City Council will vote Tuesday on a Sanctuary Contracting Ordinance, which would prevent the city from entering into contracts with businesses that act as data brokers or provide extreme vetting services to ICE.