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This year, student organizers have begun to call out university relationships that run counter to campus values — and they are persisting through the pandemic.

We have an opportunity to stand on the right side of history; if we don’t, we will look back with regret.

Members of Cal Bears Against ICE held an informational rally Tuesday on Upper Sproul Plaza to demand that UC Berkeley’s electrical engineering and computer sciences, or EECS, department cut ties with software company Palantir.

Protests are useful because they are the only way to break through the path of most resistance, which is where breakthroughs matter most. 

Climate justice student groups discussed UC Berkeley’s involvement in certain industries at an event put on by Carbon Crew on Oct. 29.

On Thursday, about 50 community members attended a tense discussion about UC Berkeley’s affiliation with software giant Palantir and corporate recruitment and interacted with five panelists regarding possible solutions.

Cal Bears Against ICE held a protest at an Amazon recruitment session at UC Berkeley on Wednesday evening to contest campus relations with companies holding contractual agreements with ICE.

It’s crucial that campus and the university at large put their money where their mouth is and support companies with society’s best interests at heart.

About 50 students and community members met at 12 p.m. to march against UC Berkeley’s ties with Silicon Valley software giant Palantir, which was set to hold a campus information session with the electrical engineering and computer sciences, or EECS, department Tuesday.

In an effort to disrupt immigration authorities’ tech talent pipeline, more than 1,400 students are vowing not to work for Silicon Valley software giant Palantir until the company cancels its contracts with Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, or ICE.