After ten years of working at the department as a captain, Margo Bennett has been appointed the new UCPD chief of police. Read More…
While finding the right person to be UC Berkeley’s next dean of students is undoubtedly difficult, the search committee doesn’t have to look too hard to outline both the shoes the new dean needs to fill and this person’s role in tackling some of the challenges the campus faces. The 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…
Recently released transcripts of interviews with campus administration, police and witnesses taken after the incident may provide new insight into its circumstances.
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This time last year, a movement was beginning in New York City that would spark numerous others across the country — including one on the UC Berkeley campus — and bring attention to national issues of inequality. Read More…
If you asked Serj Tankian about how he made his newest solo album, Harakiri, he could explain to you how he composed all of the parts on every song on the 11-track record. But he could also tell you about the part fiber, part postconsumer recycled, part flax seed and 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…
Members of the Jewish community held a protest in Downtown Berkeley on Monday September 17th called Occupy Rosh Hashana. The protest marked the one year anniversary of Occupy Berkeley and was held on the Jewish new year.
To conclude a three-day meeting dominated by budget talks, the UC Board of Regents approved a proposed settlement Thursday with lawyers of students pepper-sprayed by UC Davis police officers during a protest on the campus last November. Read More…
During the Nov. 18 incident, Pike and another police officer pepper-sprayed protesting students who refused to move from their seated position on the campus quad. Read More…