You make a mistake and attempt to correct it. When all else fails, you offer an apology for the error, take steps to avoid a repeat of the disastrous turn of events and move on. But what happens in a city like Berkeley when its premier educational institution loses a Read More…
President Barack Obama and college students around the country continue to push for congressional action to stop the doubling of student loan interest rates. Read More…
On Tuesday, the UC Berkeley chapter of CALPIRG participated in a nationwide day of action in order to bring light to increasing student loan interest rates. The theme of the day of action was “Deflate your Rate,” referring to the ballooning interest rate that subsidized Stafford loans could see this July. At the Read More…
The UC Berkeley chapter of CALPIRG used Valentine’s Day as an opportunity to collect signatures in the hopes of fighting the heartbreak of student loan debt. The group is gathering student signatures to try to convince Congress to renew legislation that would prevent the current interest rate for the subsidized federal Read More…
A resolution supporting the closure of Guantanamo Bay will go before the Berkeley City Council at its meeting next Tuesday, and would include a letter addressed to President Barack Obama demanding that the prison be shut down. Adelyn Baxter covers city government.
Proposed cuts to federal transportation across the country would undoubtedly adversely affect Bay Area local services such as Caltrain, BART and AC Transit. Even though the U.S. House of Representatives is working on a bill that could cut up to 34 percent of federal funding to public transportation, Senator Barbara Read More…
A UC Berkeley School of Law alumnus was nominated by President Barack Obama for a federal judgeship in Los Angeles on July 20, making him the first openly gay nominee to the federal court in California and Obama’s fourth openly gay nominee to federal court in his term. Obama nominated Read More…
