The errors and omissions in your recent story about Memorial Stadium and the Endowment Seating Program begin in the headline and continue throughout the body of what is a misleading article. The headline described ESP’s finances as “empty coffers.” This is wording that is both dramatic and false. In fact, Read More…
I’m writing in reference to your editorial from Oct. 16. In it, you petition Occupy the Farm to “collaborate” with the University of California. Besides this general sentiment, your story is ahistorical. The UC Capital Projects department planned to develop the Gill Tract — precluding any sort of agricultural use Read More…
Officer causes unnecessary scene in Downtown Berkeley during event A small, quiet crowd gathered near Center Street and Shattuck Avenue in Berkeley on Sunday, Oct. 7, watching a group of artists sketch and fill in a large chalk representation of “The Last Supper,” a painting by Leonardo da Vinci of Read More…
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…