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Tag Archives: UC Berkeley
Listen to Daniel Ellsberg, Lowell Bergman on Natl Security and Free Speech: From Wikileaks to the Pentagon Papers
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WikiLeaks' disclosure of tens of thousands of classified documents to the media has sparked passionate debate over national security and the limits of First-Amendment freedoms. On April 28, KQED News, UC Berkeley Law, and the UC Berkeley School of Information … Continue reading
Wednesday Weeklies: Rise of Bike Culture; Hunger Strike for Ethnic Studies; Strange Romance in SF
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This week's new articles from the alternative weeklies… The rise of bike culture (SF Bay Guardian) San Francisco has quickly peddled back into the front of the pack among bicycle-friendly U.S. cities, regaining the ground it lost during a four-year … Continue reading
Photos, Video: Street Performance About UC Grads Imprisoned by Iran
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The trial of three hikers arrested by Iran for illegally entering the country and spying is set to resume on May 11. UC Berkeley graduates Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal have been imprisoned by Iran for nearly two years after … Continue reading
UC Berkeley Nuclear Engineering Web Site Shows Bay Area Radiation Levels
Click here for the UC Berkeley radiation monitoring site Two weeks ago when we were all freaking out expressing concern about radiation from the ill-fated Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan wafting our Bay-Area way via the Pacific Ocean, we … Continue reading
UC, CSU Chancellors: No Tuition Hikes in Response to Proposed Cuts
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KQED's John Myers tweets that both CSU Chancellor John Reed and UC Chancellor Mark Yudof have stated that the governor's proposed $500 million in higher education budget cuts will not trigger tuition hikes at state schools. Reed, however, said CSU … Continue reading
Sources for Courses: Free Online Classes at UC Berkeley and Stanford
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A college education is one of the most expensive investments you'll ever make. Yet it's not always easy to get a feel for just what the actual course work is like before you send in that first tuition check. And … Continue reading
Criticizing "Mean Spirited Xenophobia," UC Berkeley Chancellor Plunges Into Shooting Debate
With an email sent to the entire campus this week, UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau plunged head first into the painful and by now highly politicized debate over factors that contributed to Jared Loughner's murderous act in Tucson. Dear members … Continue reading
Saturday Splash
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Reality TV show follows Fish and Game wardens on their dangerous beats (Sacramento Bee) In a trash-filled creek bed near Oroville, state Fish and Game Warden Mark Imsdahl pulls on rubber gloves to inspect a pile of mutilated flesh. He … Continue reading
Best of the Weeklies: Palin's San Jose Visit, Mark Twain Autobiography, Operation Streamline
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What the alternatives are running this week: Grinding Justice (SF Weekly) – "Operation Streamline Costs Millions, Tramples the Constitution, Treats Migrants Like Cattle, and Doesn't Work" Mark Twain's Last Stunt (East Bay Express) – "Suppressed for one hundred years, Autobiography … Continue reading
