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Campus moves forward with plans for new aquatic center

UC Berkeley announced plans for a new aquatics facility, to be located adjacent to the Tang Center, on Wednesday.
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UC Berkeley announced plans for a new aquatics facility, to be located adjacent to the Tang Center, on Wednesday.

UC Berkeley will move forward with plans to construct a new multimillion-dollar aquatics facility, following approval by the UC Board of Regents at its meeting Wednesday. The $15 million facility, to be named the California Aquatics Center, will replace the parking lot adjacent to the Tang Center on Bancroft Way. Read More…

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California State Legislature rejects Brown’s proposed unit caps

The California State Legislature rejected Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed unit caps for the University of California and California State University, decrying the policy as unfair to students and as an ineffective means of cutting costs. Despite promising greater system efficiency, the proposed unit cap — part of Brown’s proposed 2013-14 Read More…

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The International Justice Mission urged groups nationwide to do standing campaigns in their communities.

UC Berkeley students take stand against human trafficking

A little past 4 a.m., the campus is silent. Five students stand huddled together, barely visible through a thick fog, wrapped in jackets and scarves to withstand the morning chill. They talk quietly on the steps of Upper Sproul Plaza, eating reserves of bread and cookies as the minutes tick Read More…