Johnny Depp, an Academy Award-nominated actor, and Director Bruce Robinson hosted a Q&A session at a special private screening of their new movie, The Rum Diary, in Wheeler Auditorium Monday night.
The ASUC Standing Committee on University and External Affairs will discuss a bill Monday night that will urge the Berkeley City Council to exempt affordable student rental housing from the city’s proposed developer’s fee.
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested 186 convicted criminal illegal immigrants last week in the Bay Area and Northern California — including 23 people in Alameda County — as part of a seven-day nationwide enforcement campaign, according to Bay City News.
At its Wednesday meeting, the ASUC Senate decided to reduce the number of buses transporting students to the UC Board of Regents meeting Nov. 16 from two buses to one. Due to this reduction, the senators voted to allocate less money toward transportation fees after considering the fact that the Read More…
The ASUC Senate passed a bill Wednesday night that supports the Occupy Cal movement, which includes a Nov. 9 walkout and noontime rally on Sproul Plaza, and finances buses to transport students to the upcoming UC Board of Regents meeting at UC San Francisco. The bill, co-authored by Cooperative Movement Senator Elliot Goldstein and CalSERVE Senator Andrew Albright, provides support for the protest through Read More…
The ASUC Senate will meet Wednesday night to consider a bill that supports the Occupy Cal movement, which includes a Nov. 9 walkout and noontime rally on Sproul Plaza, and that provides financial support for buses to transport students to the upcoming UC Board of Regents meeting at UC San Read More…
Seven computers worth an estimated $14,000 were stolen from the UC Berkeley Graduate Assembly building between Nov. 23 and 25, according to the UCPD crime logs. At 9:55 a.m. on Nov. 25, UCPD received a call that seven Mac computers were found missing from Anthony Hall and determined that a Read More…
About 30 spectators gathered at the intersection of Haste Street and Telegraph Avenue Tuesday morning with smartphones and cameras at the ready as a demolition crane ripped the roof off of the apartment building that was destroyed in the Nov. 18 fire. Over the next two weeks, the building will undergo a Read More…
The University of California Office of the President in Oakland will be closed tomorrow and employees will work from home in response to the general strike organized by Occupy Oakland protesters, according to UCOP Media Relations Director Steve Montiel. The office is located two blocks from the intersection of 14th Read More…
Fearing that their protest could suffer the same fate as Oakland’s, where clashes with police have resulted in the use of tear gas, Occupy Berkeley supporters urged the city not to take police action at the Berkeley City Council meeting Tuesday night. The four protesters who spoke during public comment Read More…
