Robert Dudley - The Daily Californian

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

New study shows electrostatic attraction between insects and spider webs

A spider hangs from its web. A recent study from UC Berkeley shows that electrostatically charged insects are attracted to spiderwebs.

A recent study by UC Berkeley biologists suggest that the electrostatically charged insects attract spider webs when they are close, making it easier to be snared by the web. Read More…

Campus

Monday, March 12, 2012

Demonstrators call for charges against Nov. 9 protesters to be dropped

About 50 people gathered outside of California Hall at noon Monday to protest criminal charges filed by the district attorney’s office against protesters active in the Nov. 9 protests. Protesters marched in a circle holding banners and chanting in unison, calling for the dissolution of the charges and hoping for Read More…

Campus

Monday, February 6, 2012

Trial begins for UCPD officer sued by student over 2009 Wheeler Hall protest incident

The case of a UC Berkeley student who is suing a UCPD officer for allegedly violating her constitutional rights during a campus protest in 2009 began Monday in a federal court in San Francisco. Zhivka Valiavicharska — a graduate student in the rhetoric department — claims that UCPD officer Brendan Read More…