Olympics wrapup: Day 17

After two weeks of victories and medals for Cal athletes at the London Olympics, the Games ended Sunday in a fitting fashion. Sophomore Aleksa Saponjic won a bronze medal with the Serbian men’s water polo team to bring Cal’s medal count at the London Games to a school record-tying 17. That total ties the record set in Beijing in 2008. Read More…

Crime in Berkeley: Aug. 5 — Aug. 11

The following is a sample of crime in Berkeley from Aug. 5 — Aug. 11, provided by the Berkeley Police Department. Loud Party — 2300 Block of Ellsworth Street On Aug. 5 at 11:30 p.m., BPD officers were dispatched to a report of a loud party in the 2300 block Read More…

UC files brief in support of race-based admissions policies

UC President Mark Yudof and the chancellors of all 10 UC campuses submitted a “friend of the court” brief Monday to the U.S. Supreme Court declaring support for the University of Texas in a contentious case challenging the use of race in undergraduate admissions.
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