In person, Bob Birgeneau is an affable man — a textbook example of a gentle Canadian neighbor. Years ago, as MIT’s Dean of Science, he used to command universal adoration and respect. Sadly, today’s Chancellor Birgeneau appears largely divorced from the Dean Birgeneau that I once admired while a graduate Read More…
In a truly Orwellian move, last week the UCPD insisted that nonviolence is violence, saying that “linking arms in a human chain when ordered to step aside is not a nonviolent protest.” In fact, that’s exactly what a nonviolent protest is. But this patently false claim is revealing of an implicit Read More…
Although we are “rivals” with Cal students, we are one where it matters — in an interest to create a more just and equitable world than the one we inherited. To that end, we stand in solidarity with students at UC Berkeley, who have continued the legacy of the student Read More…
Agreeing or disagreeing with the reaction of UC Berkeley’s administration to the budget crisis is a matter of political opinion. But after Wednesday night’s events, one thing is beyond doubt: The current administration is acting irresponsibly and can no longer lead our university. On Wednesday, the campus called on the Read More…
An estimated six students began occupying Eshleman Hall Tuesday afternoon as part of an awareness campaign regarding the campus’s multicultural retention center and minority enrollment. Read More…
A year ago on Nov. 15, thousands stood shoulder-to-shoulder on the steps of Sproul Plaza as the words of UC Berkeley public policy professor Robert Reich rang out.
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On Feb. 3, 2012, the Senior Editorial Board of The Daily Californian published an editorial entitled “Delayed Deadline.” The editorial was a critical response to a letter sent by professor Jesse Choper, chair of the Police Review Board, who had been asked by Chancellor Birgeneau to complete, by Jan. 31, Read More…
Members of the Occupy Cal movement disbanded their encampment of tents on Sproul Plaza on Friday morning. Read More…
Protesters briefly brought the UC Board of Regents meeting to a halt Thursday morning. Read More…
A seed was planted in front of Sproul Hall on November 9 by a few students and their ill-placed tents. That seed has sprouted. Spring has come early. The roots of the Occupy Cal movement grow in the ripples of the Internet, in the rhetoric of the classroom, in the hallowed Read More…
