BERKELEY, CA – Today, Cal Students for Equal Rights and a Valid Education (CalSERVE) announced its executive slate for the 2012 ASUC elections. CalSERVE has officially endorsed current CalSERVE Senator and former Finance Committee Vice-Chair Andy Albright for the Office of the President, CalSERVE Senator Anthony Galace for Executive Vice President, CalSERVE Senator Sydney Fang…
BERKELEY, CA- Today, Cal Students for Equal Rights and a Valid Education (CalSERVE) has released its executive slate for the 2010 ASUC elections. CalSERVE, the longest running progressive student political party, was founded in 1984 during the movement to divest university funds from South African apartheid. For a quarter of a century, CalSERVE has fought…
STRIKE TO PROTEST UC REGENTS MEETING IN UCLA 11/18-20 Wednesday, November 18th Day 1 of the Strike: WALK OUT 5:00 am. UPTE Picket lines start at construction sites 7:15 am. Main Picket lines begin at all campus entrances 11:00 am. Begin gathering on Sproul Plaza for the Rally Noon. Strike Rally on Sproul Plaza sponsored…
International Student Teach-In on the Budget Cuts: 6-8pm in the Multicultural Center in MLK. Hosted by International Students Association at Berkeley The event will highlight the effects of the budget cuts on international students. This event is especially important because an increase in international students is being used to help make up the budget deficit…
Next week, Nov. 17-19, the UC Regents will be meeting at UCLA to vote on a proposed 32% fee increase that would bring UC tuition to over $10,000 for the first time. If this passes, a UC education will become unaffordable to thousands of students, and many of us will be forced to go even…
“Solidarity” By Isaac Miller What is a public university? Is it our laboratories and lecture halls? Our libraries and theatres? What makes these buildings More than monumental tombstones? Berkeley is the people who learn here, teach here, and work here. Faculty who could teach anywhere in the world But choose to teach at Berkeley. Students…
Members of the CalSERVE community represented Cal hard for during the Sept. 24th system-wide walkout/Call to Action. Many members ended up on major media outlets protesting fee hikes and cuts to access and affordability. Some examples include: TIME MAGAZINE: CalSERVE Signatory ISAAC MILLER PICTURE The Oakland Tribune: ASUC Senator Cynthia Nava San Francisco Bay Guardian:…
—-Reproduced from berkeleycuts.org. Original.—- Hi! Welcome to our Guide to the Walkout. If you want to know more about the walkout, are confused by it, or want to know how you can help make some change, this guide will answer all of your questions! Why should I walkout? What is the point? Classes and student…
Recently, the CalSERVE community decided to prioritize fighting against the cuts as an on-going CalSERVE campaign for this year. These cuts threaten the public nature of the UC, it’s diversity, and it’s mission to create a more equal California. Because of this, CalSERVE senators authored and, with support from independent and Student Action senators, passed…