The UC Board of Regents confirmed the appointment of Nicholas B. Dirks as UC Berkeley’s next chancellor at a meeting Tuesday morning. Dirks, a professor of anthropology and history who previously served as the executive vice president and dean of the faculty for arts and sciences at Columbia University, will Read More…
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Occupy Cal is dead, but that doesn’t mean student activism should disappear. One year ago, protesters at UC Berkeley used the momentum of Occupy Wall Street to establish a movement that, at least for a short period of time, consumed the campus. However, since Nov. 15 of last year, turnout Read More…
In the last year, Hamas, the fundamentalist party that rules Gaza, has fired thousands of rockets into Israel — 1506 during the latest round of fighting. Israel had a right to defend itself as it did in the recent fighting, and its conduct more generally deserves vindication. Hamas’ charter speaks Read More…
At Tuesday’s 7 p.m. meeting, the Berkeley City Council will be addressing a number of topics, namely a controversial issue about adopting a resolution that would find the Perfect Plants Patient’s Group to be a public nuisance. Read More…
An estimated six students began occupying Eshleman Hall Tuesday afternoon as part of an awareness campaign regarding the campus’s multicultural retention center and minority enrollment. Read More…
UC Berkeley welcomed its next chancellor in a ceremony Tuesday afternoon celebrating his confirmation at the UC Regents meeting earlier that day.
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The UC Berkeley College of Engineering has opened applications for an entirely online, part-time master’s degree program, officials announced Monday. Read More…
Fewer Berkeley High School students are bringing weapons to campus and going to class drunk or stoned, according to recent data from a new self-reported survey. Read More…
The UC Board of Regents confirmed the appointment of Nicholas B. Dirks as UC Berkeley’s next chancellor at a meeting Tuesday morning. Read More…
