UC Regents to discuss revised budget in Sacramento
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The UC Board of Regents will meet in Sacramento next week to discuss Gov. Jerry Brown’s revised 2013-14 budget. Read More…
Participants travel from all over California for Sacramento color-run
You can’t run with scissors in the happiest 5k race on earth, but you can run with chalk in neon colors. Toddlers, teenagers and grown-ups in tiaras and tutus braved pink, yellow, orange, purple and green colored powder to paint Picassos on their white t shirts as they ran though Sacramento’s downtown streets Read More…
VIDEO: Youth Bill of Rights
Modern technology is allowing youth around the country to raise their voice and take part in financial decision making on the federal level. The White House is calling for youth to help them determine the best ways to spend money to serve youth in need, by logging on to the Read More…
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The state of student activism
UNIVERSITY ISSUES: As made clear this week, student activists are right to continue putting pressure on Sacramento, but need to refine their message.
For the most part, student activists got it right on Monday. Unlike last year, the demonstration in support of higher education in Sacramento passed without major incident, allowing focus to remain on students’ lobbying efforts. At the same time, though, the event may indicate that student activism is facing something Read More…
Video: Protesters arrested in March 5 occupation of state Capitol building
Watch a video recapping the March 5 rally and occupation of the state Capitol building in Sacramento. During the rally, speeches were given by California’s Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom, as well as protestors from across the state. Following the rally, protestors sat down in the rotunda of the Capitol building Read More…
Sustainability and the Berkeley Bubble
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I realized I was outside of the Berkeley Bubble when I noticed my friends back home had two trashcans in their kitchen. Both filled with trash. My hands at the time were filled with various bottles and cans from the night before, and as I looked around desperately searching for Read More…
Jessica Lum, journalist, dies at 25
Jessica Lum, an award-winning visual journalist and graduate of UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism, died Jan. 13 of cancer at the age of 25. Read More…
Storify: UC Board of Regents meeting in Sacramento on May 16
The UC Board of Regents meeting in Sacramento Wednesday will focus on a discussion of another system-wide tuition hike, following Gov. Jerry Brown’s revised budget that was released earlier this week. The agenda includes a 20 minute public comment period, followed by three open sessions before lunch, with several closed sessions Read More…
Birgeneau endorses March 5 rally in Sacramento
Chancellor Robert Birgeneau voiced support in an email Tuesday for the demonstration in Sacramento planned for March 5, promising that senior campus officials would join students in their protest of “the state’s disinvestment from public higher education.” UC Berkeley Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost George Breslauer, Vice Chancellor for Student Read More…