Last summer, Intercollegiate Athletics presented to the campus Capital Projects Committee a proposal for a new donor-financed aquatics center. After completing their standard review process, the faculty and administrators on the committee approved construction on the parking lot adjacent to the Tang Center. The reasons for approval were clear cut: Read More…
Hard times for the University of California Of historical value we find it interesting to note that our beloved Alma Mater appears to have evolved from a bastion of innovative thought and free speech to a seemingly spineless institutution begging for funds, selling out entire departments to the likes of Read More…
Father of two UC students speaks against appointment of Janet Napolitano as UC president I remember that when the small federal budget reduction was implemented, Janet Napolitano held airline passengers hostage by deliberately reducing the number of TSA security personnel in airports to create an artificial logjam to avoid implementing Read More…
A massive blue banner looms over Terminal 2’s security checkpoint at the Oakland International Airport. “By the time you reach your destination we’ll probably have a new invention,” it reads. “UC researchers average 4 inventions a day — constantly moving California forward.” “It’s clever,” said Arnold Asuncion, a chemical engineering Read More…
A little advance notice of an impending calamity is better than none at all. In that spirit, a bill approved last week by the state Senate marks a commendable step toward more transparency at California public universities. The bill, authored by Assemblymembers Paul Fong, D-Cupertino, and Marty Block, D-San Diego, Read More…
Berkeley High School’s student newspaper, The Berkeley High Jacket, will face severe reductions beginning in the fall semester, including fewer staff members and print issues. Because the faculty advisor of the newspaper took on an increased course load, the amount of students who can participate in the journalism class responsible Read More…
Although California legislators met their constitutional deadline and approved a $92.1 billion budget on Friday, the university still faces cost increases over the next fiscal year that could lead to a tuition hike at the next UC Board of Regents meeting in July. Seven budget bills passed in both houses well before Read More…
Maybe you’ve heard it shrieked from a protester’s megaphone as you cross Sproul Plaza. Maybe you’ve seen it chalked on building as you walk to class. Regardless of the method of communication, you’ve likely come across the catchphrase sometime in the course of your Berkeley education: “No cuts, no fees, Read More…
With Berkeley Unified School District facing a reduction of nearly $7 million if Gov. Jerry Brown’s tax hike is not approved, the district’s Board of Education will discuss a proposed budget cut plan for the 2012-13 school year at its meeting Wednesday night. The proposal on Wednesday’s agenda assumes that Read More…
Watch a video recapping the March 5 rally and occupation of the state Capitol building in Sacramento. During the rally, speeches were given by California’s Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom, as well as protestors from across the state. Following the rally, protestors sat down in the rotunda of the Capitol building Read More…
