The UC Movement for Efficient Privatization jumped on the bake sale bandwagon Wednesday afternoon when its members came out on Sproul Plaza to satirically raise awareness about rising cost of public education. Representatives from the group promised free cupcakes if students signed up for $22,000 student loan applications provided by Read More…
As police filed onto a tent-covered Sproul Plaza early Thursday morning, an announcement over the loudspeaker told the Occupy Cal protesters they had five minutes to gather their belongings and leave. Under the threat of arrest, all but two people gathered blankets and backpacks and headed toward Bancroft Way. Officers Read More…
Gov. Jerry Brown appointed a UC Berkeley student on Monday to a state student aid commission which provides financial aid policy analysis and leadership in partnership with the state’s higher education institutions. Johnny Garcia Vazquez, a campus undergraduate studying ethnic studies, was appointed as a student representative to the California Read More…
The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory will begin constructing a new supercomputing facility in the hills above UC Berkeley Friday after prevailing in a lawsuit regarding the facility’s potential harm to the environment. The proposed 2.25-acre site for the project — the Computational Research and Theory Facility, which will house some Read More…
Maximino Martinez Commons will move-in 416 undergraduates on August 17th into its residence hall rooms, renting for $14,169, and multiple-bedroom apartments, renting for $9,916. Read More…
Nineteen members of the Occupy Cal movement attended the general assembly Sunday night to finalize details for a campuswide sleep-out and plans for a solidarity movement with UC Davis. The sleep-out — planned for Monday night on Sproul Plaza — is intended to continue the momentum of the Occupy movement Read More…
Occupy the Farm protesters have cut the lock of the gate on three occasions — most recently on Sunday — since the encampment was broken up by police on May 14 in order to tend crops they had planted during their occupation of the tract. Read More…
Two representatives from the Occupy Cal general assembly, along with campus Graduate Assembly President Bahar Navab, met with a senior campus administrator Friday afternoon to discuss the demands and decisions of the movement. Initiated by Vice Chancellor for Equity and Inclusion Gibor Basri through Navab, the meeting was met with Read More…
The cafe, located at the Unit 3 residence hall between Channing Way and Durant Avenue, will begin its new hours of operation and provide brunch and dinner starting Aug. 20. Read More…
Keeping with UC Berkeley campus policy, UCPD cleared the Occupy Cal encampment on Upper Sproul Plaza early Thursday morning, removing all tents and making two arrests. The decision to clear the encampment was made late Wednesday night between campus officials and the UCPD, said campus spokesperson Dan Mogulof. Mogulof said Read More…
