Editor’s Note: This op-ed was previously published in the California Aggie. Here at the University of California, students are living in interesting times. After nearly a billion dollars in state funding cuts and a doubling of tuition in just five years, 2013 looks to deliver at least a moment of Read More…
The former UC Davis police lieutenant who pepper-sprayed student protesters during a November 2011 Occupy demonstration has filed a claim for workers’ compensation after being fired from the UC Davis Police Department in July 2012. Lt. John Pike filed for workers’ compensation from his former employer, UC Davis, on June Read More…
Five students chained themselves to Eshleman Hall Tuesday night to protest the consolidation of some Multicultural Student Development offices at UC Berkeley and what they felt was a lack of communication between students and campus administrators. Read More…
Members from Jewish organizations held a protest in downtown Berkeley Wednesday, to commemorate the one year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street and to celebrate the Jewish New Year Rosh Hashanah. Read More…
Does the Occupy movement stand for something positive or something negative? It depends on the purpose and actions of those who are participating. Spring is an image of bringing new things to life. The Arab Spring has been planting seeds of democracy. Community gardens plant seeds of life. In most Read More…
Members of Occupy the Farm — who are part of the 11-day old encampment on UC-owned land in Albany — will meet with campus representatives Thursday night, a day after receiving the support of the ASUC Senate. Occupy the Farm Spokesperson Anya Kamenskaya said members are interested to hear the Read More…
A report that the University of California Office of the President sent a message to students, faculty and staff from all 10 university campuses providing advice for avoiding Tuesday’s May 1 Day of Action protests has been reported as false from UCOP. The Day of Action, largely organized through members Read More…
This is the last of a series of events on Thursday, March 1st, in which people gathered at Frank Ogawa Plaza and gave their blessings to the marchers who will embark on a four day journey on foot to Sacramento to protest for their rights to have access to higher Read More…
Day of Action, March 1st, 2012, marks the first of four days as marchers walk to Sacramento on foot. Berkeley High School also had a walk-out on the same day to show their support of making higher education available to everybody. They want to make sure that college is an Read More…
March 1st, Day of Action, is the first of the four day journey to march to Sacramento and protest against the privatization of higher education. This video covers the marchers leaving Berkeley towards Oakland to convene with other Occupiers from neighboring cities. Jeff Capps filmed the march from Berkeley to Read More…
