10 protest on campus in support of Guantanamo Bay hunger strike
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A group of about ten activists protested on campus on Monday in solidarity with the 100 prisoners who are on hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay detention camp. Read More…
UC Davis Police Association condemns decision to fire officer
A former UC Davis Police officer should not have been fired for using pepper spray against seated students during a protest at UC Davis in November 2011, the UC Davis Police Association contends. Read More…
UC Berkeley students accused of killing bird released on bail
Two UC Berkeley law students arrested on suspicion of decapitating an exotic bird at a Las Vegas hotel Friday are no longer in custody after posting bail.
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Additional Occupy Cal emails released
Public response to UC Berkeley administration's handling of Occupy Cal revealed
The Daily Californian has obtained more than 1,000 emails sent to Chancellor Robert Birgeneau and other UC Berkeley administrators in response to the campus’ handling of the November Occupy Cal protests. The emails, received by the Daily Cal from the campus’ Public Records Office on Tuesday, illustrate widespread dismay over Read More…
Report on protest policies discussed at UC Regents meeting
SACRAMENTO — The UC Board of Regents commended and critiqued a draft report analyzing UC protest procedures at its meeting Wednesday, though many of the report’s recommendations will not be fully implemented for months. After an interruption by protesters earlier in the day that forced the regents to move to Read More…
Protesters interrupt UC Regents meeting
Regents move into closed session as demonstrators interject with chants
SACRAMENTO — UC students dressed as inmates in a “debtor’s prison” interrupted Wednesday’s UC Board of Regents meeting as the board began to discuss a report critiquing UC campus responses to student protests. The board moved into closed session as about 20 protesters stood up and circled the public seating Read More…
Report calls for UC to clarify protest policies
In the wake of controversial police force used against student protesters at UC Davis and UC Berkeley last November, the draft of a UC-commissioned report released Friday makes recommendations to minimize police involvement and help campus administrators adapt to each protest. The report — which was commissioned by UC President Mark Yudof Read More…
Report reviewing UC protest policies released
A report reviewing and recommending changes to UC policies on protests was released Friday morning. After the Nov. 9 Occupy Cal protests and the UC Davis pepper-spraying incident, UC President Mark Yudof asked UC Berkeley School of Law Dean Christopher Edley and UC Vice President and General Counsel for Legal Affairs Read More…
UC releases final report on protest policies
Ten months after campus police on UC campuses made national news for using batons and pepper spray on student protesters last November, the UC Office of the President released the final version of a report commissioned by the University to review existing police and protest management policies Thursday.
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UC Berkeley School of Law to celebrate 100-year anniversary in November
The UC Berkeley School of Law will celebrate its 100th anniversary since its 1912 founding in November. According to Susan Gluss, spokesperson for the law school, the law school plans to hold a number of events later this year that will “showcase the law school’s leadership in legal education,” such Read More…