Navid Shaghaghi’s three undergraduate years at UC Berkeley featured a string of unique, successful experiences — he participated in the Occupy Cal and Open University movements, worked with faculty members to set up Earth Day activities, regularly reviewed academic papers with fellow members of the Philosophy Club and took classes Read More…
Contrary to previous expectations, Eshleman Hall, a building that houses dozens of student groups, will now be demolished in spring 2013 — several months later than originally projected. Prompted by the B.E.A.R.S. Initiative in 2010, the demolition of the building is part of the larger multimillion dollar Lower Sproul Plaza Read More…
This week, a dozen Occupy Cal protesters were issued orders to stay away from the UC Berkeley campus. Since many of those issued the orders are students, all 12 maintain their innocence, and none of the protesters have been convicted yet, concerns have been raised about the fairness of these Read More…
More than a dozen protesters involved in the Nov. 9 Occupy Cal demonstrations have been presented with criminal charges, proceedings that have sparked controversy about the methods used to determine who was charged. A total of 13 individuals — several UC Berkeley students and one faculty member — are being Read More…
Following UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau’s announcement Tuesday that he will step down in December, reactions from the campus community have ranged from admiration for his accomplishments to celebration over the end of his time as an administrator. Birgeneau, who became the campus’s ninth chancellor in September 2004, announced his Read More…
A group of UC Berkeley faculty members is calling upon Chancellor Robert Birgeneau to request that charges filed against demonstrators involved in Nov. 9 protests be dropped. The Berkeley Faculty Association is currently circulating a petition that states that the chancellor should ask the Alameda County district attorney to drop Read More…
Working with college students all day long is not everyone’s ideal job — but for Jeff Deutsch, director of the Cal Student Store, it is a unique and challenging experience that inspires satisfaction and pride. For years, Deutsch has been working five to seven days a week on store and Read More…
The public release of the findings of a task force investigating the controversial Nov. 18 pepper spray incident at UC Davis was postponed due to opposition from a university police union. The task force was originally scheduled to present findings and recommendations to the UC Davis community at 3 p.m. Read More…
Following a Feb. 14 proposal to consolidate campus administrative tasks into one main location, a team within Operational Excellence submitted a request for approval of the proposal last Friday. The campus shared services team of Operational Excellence — UC Berkeley’s controversial cost-cutting initiative to streamline campus operations — presented a 19-page request to Read More…
In reaction to the tumultuous protests of last semester, the UC Berkeley administration adopted a new approach to protest response, which it has already implemented in dealing with recent occupations on campus. In a campuswide email sent Tuesday, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost George Breslauer and Vice Chancellor for Administration Read More…
