Regent’s Alleged Sexual Misconduct Condemned by UC Student Association
The UC Student Association (UCSA) passed a second resolution in response to sexual harassment claims against Regent Norman Pattiz. The resolution, passed at the Oct. 14-15 UCSA board meeting, calls for the dismissal of Pattiz from the Board of Regents. The UCSA released the first…
Assembly Bill Caps UC Nonresidential Enrollment
Gov. Jerry Brown recently signed Assembly Bill (AB) 1674 into law, addressing the March 2016 state audit of the UC system. About 16,000 nonresident applicants received admission to UCs despite average, in-state, accepted applicant’s test scores being higher, the audit revealed. AB 1674 states the…
Napolitano Apologizes in Face of Audit Criticisms
UC President Janet Napolitano apologized for creating the “wrong impression,” having interfered in a state audit which claimed the UC system was hiding $175 million. State lawmakers called a joint legislative oversight hearing Tuesday to review the audit findings, and criticized Napolitano for interfering with…
Chancellor Appointed for UC Davis
The UC Board of Regents voted unanimously on Feb. 23 to select Gary May as the seventh UC Davis chancellor to replace former Chancellor Linda Katehi, who resigned in August 2016. The regents confirmed May, dean of Georgia Tech’s College of Engineering, last Thursday from…
UC President Headlines Unprecedented Political Fundraiser
Current UC president and former secretary of homeland security, Janet Napolitano, headlined a fundraiser on Sept. 20 in support of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton — making her the first UC president to actively campaign for a presidential candidate. Napolitano is the first, likely because endorsing…
Anti-Semitism Has ‘No Place’ on UC Campuses, Anti-Zionism Has No Place in Intolerance Statement
There’s no denying anti-Semitism occurs on UC campuses. Within the last year, swastikas were spray-painted on a Jewish fraternity house at UC Davis, a Jewish student was questioned about how she could remain unbiased on a judicial panel because of her religion at UCLA and…
Will the Next Student Regent Come From UCSC?
Since mid-January, the University of California’s student regent and his successor have toured UC Santa Cruz and the other campuses to help recruit the next student regent. The position was created in 1975, but no UCSC student has been a student regent. During the previous…
Takeaways from the July UC Regents Meeting
Napolitano Announces UC Minimum Wage Increase to $15 per hour by 2017 On the same day that a New York panel approved a proposed $15 per hour minimum wage for fast-food chain employees and a day after Los Angeles county decided to increase minimum wage…
Student Demonstrators Delay Regents Meeting: ‘Put People Over Profit’
Story by Alexa Lomberg, photos by Stephen de Ropp Updated 3/18, 4:15 pm. Following 20 minutes of public comments during the UC regents meeting on Wednesday, about 30 students, mostly from UC Berkeley, stood on chairs in the forum section and threw fake money…
Students Plan Protest at UC Regents Meeting on March 18
Students are planning to shut down the upcoming UC regents meeting on Wednesday, in protest of tuition increases and the Berkeley Global Campus (BGC) in Richmond, California. The agenda for the meeting does not include reversal of the previously approved tuition increase plan, as UC…