Berkeley hero saves lives with light
Founder of We Care Solar Laura Stachel named 2013 CNN Hero
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When Dr. Laura Stachel first visited Nigeria in 2008, she witnessed a deadly problem and foresaw a solution: light. Read More…
UC Berkeley management professor joins Apple University
Professor Morten Hansen of UC Berkeley’s School of Information announced Wednesday that he is assuming an advisory role at Apple University. Read More…
Broken news
NATIONAL AFFAIRS: Fareed Zakaria’s act of plagiarism breaks trust and sheds light on the danger of laziness and hastiness in today’s digital media age.
Integrity is an important aspect of society, and an essential one for journalism. The public has faith in the media, and the media must, in turn, respect and honor that trust and not abuse its power. Fareed Zakaria, a CNN host and Time editor-at-large, broke that trust when he plagiarized in a Time magazine column on gun control, an act he admitted to on Friday. Read More…
Students react to presidential election results
While hundreds of students danced in celebration of President Barack Obama’s re-election to Miley Cyrus’ “Party in the USA” on Sproul Plaza at UC Berkeley, members of the Berkeley College Republicans were huddled around a television in an apartment south of campus. The site where various campus groups spent weeks Read More…