“Actually, I wasn’t interested in politics much. I began my career as a law professor,” Dr. Wissanu Krea-ngam, UC Berkeley alumnus and a former Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand, said. Dr. Wissanu has since returned to teaching law, leaving politics three months before the September 2006 ousting of then-Prime Minister Read More…
A proposal made in Tehran’s Evin Prison led to a San Francisco wedding for two recently freed UC Berkeley alumni. With Josh Fattal – the third detained hiker and a former UC Berkeley student – acting as best man, Shane Bauer and Sarah Shourd wed in a private ceremony last Saturday, Read More…
CALPIRG used a giant signable tote bag inscribed with the pun “We are totes ready” Wednesday to help gather signatures and raise awareness for “Bag Free Week” — part of the group’s ongoing campaign to ban plastic bags across California. The event was intended to gain signatures for a petition Read More…
Though Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates created a Twitter account in April 2009, the feed remained tweet-free over the three years that followed. As of Wednesday, however, that has changed. At 12:45 p.m., Bates tweeted about disability activist Hale Zukas, ending his three-year stint of cyber-silence. “I thought was was time Read More…
Berkeley Police Department’s public information officer will be leaving her post as spokesperson soon. In an email Wednesday, Sgt. Mary Kusmiss said she will soon be rotating back to patrol “to allow others to have the opportunity” to fill the position she has occupied on and off for about 10 Read More…
This is the fourth and final installment in a four-part series exploring UC Berkeley’s “hookup culture.” Students’ names have been changed or withheld in order to protect their privacy and foster honest conversation. While the hookup culture at UC Berkeley is viewed differently by everyone in the campus community, the Read More…
This is the third installment in a four-part series exploring UC Berkeley’s “hookup culture.” Students’ names have been changed or withheld in order to protect their privacy and encourage honest conversation. When the streets of Berkeley start to come alive on Sunday mornings, with early risers out jogging or vendors Read More…
This is the second installment in a four-part series exploring UC Berkeley’s “hookup culture.” Students’ names have been changed or withheld in order to protect their privacy and encourage honest conversation. After a “pretty hard core” make-out session at a party, Wheeler recalled walking a girl back to her room Read More…
This is the first installment in a four-part series exploring UC Berkeley’s “hookup culture.” Students’ names have been changed or withheld in order to protect their privacy and foster honest conversation. It is a typical Friday night party. The musty combination of sweat, hormones and repressed desires are undercut by Read More…
A Berkeley High School counselor was suspended by the state for seven days following allegations of sexual misconduct with a former student, as announced in a notice to the student on May 4. The California Commission on Teaching Credentialing issued the suspension notice to Berkeley High counselor Anthony Smith following Read More…
