Judith Butler awarded Adorno Prize
UC Berkeley professor Judith Butler has received the Theodor W. Adorno Prize, an award honoring contributions to theater, music, film and philosophy. Read More…
Letters: Sept. 25
Appeasement mentality endangers free speech Last Thursday, The Daily Californian featured an article titled “Can we justify their anger?” In this article, the author seeks to rationalize and justify the fury that has swept through the Islamic world beginning on Sept. 11 this year. I believe that this appeasement mentality Read More…
Speculation surrounds whether Judith Butler will remain at UC Berkeley
Judith Butler, feminist, queer theorist and one of UC Berkeley’s most well-known professors, is considering a teaching position at Columbia University. Butler is currently a visiting professor at Columbia for the spring 2012 and spring 2013 semesters, a post that has excited many at the Ivy League institution but has Read More…
Four Nov. 9 protesters issued criminal charges
The Alameda County District Attorney’s Office has issued criminal charges to four Nov. 9 protesters, documents show. UC Berkeley students Ricardo Gomez, Zakary Habash and Ramon Quintero and associate English professor Celeste Langan face several charges, including resisting arrest and remaining at the scene of a riot, according to county Read More…
Police Review Board holds final meeting to hear Nov. 9 testimony
The UC Berkeley Police Review Board held its final meeting to hear video and verbal testimony about the use of police force at the Nov. 9 protests from advocates for police and protesters Tuesday night. At the public meeting — which was a continuation of testimony that began Monday evening Read More…
Police Review Board meeting involves testimony of Nov. 9 protest
Videos and verbal testimony from the Nov. 9 Occupy Cal protests were presented to the UC Berkeley Police Review Board by UCPD representatives and advocates for student and faculty protesters Monday night. At the public meeting, participants had the opportunity to explain to the board — which will eventually make recommendations Read More…
Academic Senate proposal amended to exclude ‘no confidence’ clause
Monday’s special meeting of the Berkeley Division of the Academic Senate stemming from the police use of force at the Nov. 9 Occupy Cal demonstration will include four proposals, one of which has been amended to exclude an expression of “no confidence” in senior administrators. In a letter to members of the Read More…
UC Berkeley Academic Senate to vote on resolution of no confidence in senior administrators
Members of the Berkeley Division of the Academic Senate have called a special meeting Nov. 28 to discuss and potentially vote on a resolution of no confidence in senior campus administrators in response to their handling of the Occupy Cal movement. According to the resolution, which was drafted by three Read More…