Walgreens engaging in unequal pricing tactics in city branches Walgreens has recently introduced the Balance Rewards program. Go get it, and let me explain why. How fair is it for two branches of the same store just blocks apart to sell the same items at drastically different prices? This is a practice that Read More…
Proceeding with negotiations in good faith with AFSCME The University of California values all our employees, including those who clean, cook and care for the university. Changes to the university’s retirement benefits are meant to assure employees of affordable, sustainable health care and pension benefits throughout their retirement. The UC Read More…
Appeasement mentality endangers free speech Last Thursday, The Daily Californian featured an article titled “Can we justify their anger?” In this article, the author seeks to rationalize and justify the fury that has swept through the Islamic world beginning on Sept. 11 this year. I believe that this appeasement mentality Read More…
In response to last Thursday’s front-page article regarding Measure S, it seems to me that the heart of the issue should be elsewhere. Passing the measure would not change the fact that there are more than 600 homeless currently in the city of Berkeley, but then neither would blocking the Read More…
The article “Concerns linger over V.O.I.C.E. Initiative” provides yet another example of the ASUC’s fuzzy definition of independence. Last spring, a majority of students approved the creation of a mandatory fee to support the campus daily newspaper. If this simple fact, according to ASUC President Conor Landgraf’s comments, requires The Read More…
The vast majority of adults who use marijuana don’t develop an addiction or move on to harder drugs. The latest research on cannabis and schizophrenia runs contrary to mainstream media hype, and the author’s assertions about marijuana and pregnancy are without basis. Read More…
Several days ago, The Daily Californian published a letter from Ralph Shaffer concerning the transfer admission of a student athlete. The author asserts that athletes may be admitted to Cal in questionable and inappropriate ways and charges specifically that the student in question had been admitted in just such a Read More…
I was deeply disturbed by the admission to undergraduate status of Khairi Fortt, a Penn State football player, only a few days before the new term opens. From all indications, he was “admitted” by the Athletic Department, without application or the critical vetting that thousands of other would-be undergraduates went through nearly a year ago. Read More…
The historic post office buildings that are up for sale are, at the moment, public property. Your article “Downtown Berkeley post office to close after 97 years” (July 2) indicates that they will soon be passing into private hands but doesn’t disclose who or what is bidding on them. Read More…
The recent article “Up to 92 percent of Californians under 65 covered by Obamacare, study says” (June 18) described the anticipated health care coverage increase under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The article referred to the proposal by the pejorative “Obamacare,” which title follows from the narrative that President Obama is foisting the law on the American people. Read More…
