Last summer, I took my politically inclined younger sister to her first protest, and suffice it to say she was less than impressed. Read more...

University of California President Janet Napolitano hasn’t come into office yet, but she is already facing an uphill battle to prove herself to students. After toying with the idea of a vote of no confidence in Napolitano, Associated Students University of California, UC Berkeley’s undergraduate student government, passed a measure called “A Bill in Support of Undocumented Students and Immigrant Communities,” which calls for Napolitano to fulfill a list of student demands by the third week of October. Read more...

Photo: Janet Napolitano will assume the office of UC president this month.

Transparency and accessibility have been favored buzzwords of the current Undergraduate Students Association Council members since their campaigns for office last year, when candidates promised to reach out and engage with students. Read more...

Let’s talk about you for a moment. Refer, if you would, to the map located above this column. The vast area in blue is you – it’s the place that brings you all together, where, for one reason or another, you gravitate. Read more...