Tentative plans for the expansion of the UC Berkeley Recreational Sports Facility — which would create a new recreational “wellness” center for physical and mental health on campus — could be put to a student vote as early as a referendum spring semester. The facility, which offers services to more Read More…
In a space crammed with tables of food and plastic utensils, blankets and a haphazard arrangement of colorful cardboard signs, members of Occupy Berkeley are camping out — and have been for almost a week. In front of the Bank of America building in Downtown Berkeley, protesters are joining the Read More…
UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business cafe will soon undergo several major changes in ownership, operations and food selection. Beginning Dec. 1, a new vendor — Stradavarius Inc., a group that has prior experience serving at other campus locations such as the Free Speech Movement Cafe and Cafe Zeb at Read More…
In an effort to save money and streamline its parking fee collection process, the city of Berkeley is set to implement a new vehicle immobilization “booting” program for cars that would otherwise be towed. The program, which will be implemented in two weeks, will remove the hassle of towing by Read More…
UC Berkeley is one of the strongest academic and athletic institutions both in the Pac-12 Conference and nationally, according to a report released Thursday by Inside Higher Ed. The report ranked the Pac-12 Conference — which includes UC Berkeley — second out of the six conferences in the Bowl Champion Read More…
Despite massive outcries of protest from campus organizations, the Berkeley College Republicans are adamant in going ahead with their controversial bake sale. The sale — intended as a satirical response to the affirmative action-like SB 185 currently awaiting Gov. Jerry Brown’s signature — will involve baked goods that are priced Read More…
A motorcyclist was killed in a vehicle collision on Interstate 80 Friday afternoon just west of Gilman Street in Berkeley. At about 3:45 p.m., Timothy Walker, 33, of Vallejo, was riding his motorcycle on I-80 when he tried to switch lanes and collided with a second vehicle, according to Sam Read More…
The key to silent stealth aircraft may lie in hummingbirds’ tails, which UC Berkeley and Yale University researchers have discovered are the source of the tiny creatures’ mating noises, according to a study published in the journal Science Sept. 9. The researchers observed that certain male hummingbirds make sounds with Read More…
KPFA radio station listeners submitted a petition with over 800 signatures Saturday, voting for a recall election of Tracy Rosenberg, board member for the station’s parent organization. Members of the SaveKPFA coalition — who spearheaded the petition — cite Rosenberg’s part in the Pacifica Foundation’s decision to eliminate the Morning Read More…
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…
