The ends don’t always justify the means. Eleven of the 13 protesters arrested for their involvement in the Nov. 9 Occupy Cal demonstration have had their criminal charges dropped in the last two weeks, 10 since this past Wednesday. The remaining two protesters are UC Berkeley professor Celeste Langan, who Read More…
Following the direction of UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau, the criminal charges against four protesters involved in the Nov. 9 Occupy Cal demonstrations were dropped Wednesday in court. The decision to drop the charges against UC Berkeley students Ashley Pinkerton, Justin Tombolesi, Ramon Quintero and Ricardo Gomez comes after charges Read More…
The Daily Californian has obtained almost 140 emails sent between UC Berkeley administrators detailing how they reacted to the Nov. 9 Occupy Cal protest. The emails, received by the Daily Cal from the campus’ Public Records Office at noon Wednesday, paint in broad strokes how campus officials responded to the Read More…
UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau hopes to call upon state governments and private donors to match federal funding to public research universities in a new proposal. The proposal, which is still in its initial planning stages, would redirect $1 billion in federal funds over the course of 10 years to Read More…
UC Berkeley could lose up to $38 million as part of a larger potential cut to the University of California if voters do not approve a tax measure in November, according to minutes from the Jan. 17 campus Council of Deans meeting. The tax measure, proposed by Gov. Jerry Brown, would temporarily Read More…
UC Berkeley is currently accepting applications and nominations for a new dean of the School of Social Welfare, the campus announced Thursday through an email message to faculty members. Alisha Azevedo is the lead academics and administration reporter.
UC Berkeley professor of English Lyn Hejinian was one of only two faculty members who spoke at Sept. 22’s Day of Action rally — and this came after a UC Davis professor was the only ladder-rank faculty member who spoke at a town hall meeting the Monday before. “I’m sure Read More…