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First part of state DREAM Act’s signing may give new opportunities to undocumented students

Supporters of the DREAM Act, pictured here in a September 2010 protest promoting the act, are now beginning to see results with Gov. Jerry Brown signing part one of the act, AB 130, into law Monday.
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Supporters of the DREAM Act, pictured here in a September 2010 protest promoting the act, are now beginning to see results with Gov. Jerry Brown signing part one of the act, AB 130, into law Monday.

Like many other immigrants, ASUC Senator-elect Ju Hong came to the United States in search of a better life. Hong, 21, lived in South Korea until he was 11 years old. Financial difficulties became a pressing issue when his family’s dream of a owning a small restaurant business drove them Read More…

Notes from the Field

Scientists reproduce sound from 123-year-old phonograph

A 12-second recording from what is believed to be the first surviving talking doll could be the first-ever commercial recording, according to historians. The audio, posted online on July 6 by the National Parks Service, was captured on a 123-year-old cylinder phonograph. The recording featured an unidentified woman reciting one Read More…

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UC professional schools seek to ease student financial burden

Due to a sudden increase in systemwide student fees, several professional schools at campuses throughout the University of California are seeking ways to help ease the financial burden and anxiety of their students. Last week, both UC Berkeley and UCLA’s law schools announced that they will offer scholarships to their Read More…

News

Theodore Roszak

‘Counterculture’ novelist dies in Berkeley at 77

Theodore Roszak, a historian, social critic and novelist, known for popularizing the term “counterculture” during the social upheavals of the 1960s, died July 5 at his home in Berkeley from cancer. He was 77. The son of a carpenter in a Polish community, Roszak was born in Chicago on Nov. Read More…

Campus

Obama to appoint UC Berkeley professor to cultural advisory committee

President Barack Obama announced Friday his intent to appoint a UC Berkeley anthropology professor to a cultural property committee. Rosemary Joyce, who is also a former museum director and campus anthropology department chair, is “one of the world’s leading experts on Honduran archaeology,” according to a statement from the Office Read More…

Research & Ideas

Chris Tiu, a power supply engineer, works on a project at UC Berkeley’s Space Sciences Laboratory, which collaborated with NASA to move a probe into orbit around the moon.

Probe built by UC Berkeley enters orbit around the moon

The second of two probes built by UC Berkeley successfully entered orbit around the moon on Sunday, after a two-year journey from its original orbit around Earth. The probe is part of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s ARTEMIS mission, the first mission to ever use a pair of satellites Read More…

Research & Ideas

Graduate student team receives grant as part of competition

Two UC Berkeley graduate students were awarded a $100,000 grant that will be used to sponsor further research as part of the 2011 Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship competition. The competition, started by Qualcomm Inc. in 2009, gives electrical engineering and computer science students an opportunity to pursue cutting-edge technology projects. This Read More…

Campus

Pepsi vending machine

Vending of new partner’s drinks begins at UC Berkeley

Though a new beverage contract with PepsiCo Inc. has yet to be signed, the campus has recently begun to sell the company’s products with the expectation of signing a contract in the near future. The campus’s prior contract with Coca-Cola Co. expired Aug. 3 after a 10-year term, but campus Read More…