Charges dropped against UC regents in lab assistant death
A settlement has been reached with the UC Board of Regents over a case regarding a 2008 UCLA lab fire that left a 23-year-old student worker dead from burn injuries. Read More…
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Farm protesters planned to file anti-censor motion before UC dropped lawsuit
The defendants named in the recently-dropped lawsuit filed by the UC Board of Regents against Occupy the Farm intended to file an anti-SLAPP motion against the university in response. Read More…
Gov. Jerry Brown’s revised state budget shows increased cuts to higher education
Gov. Jerry Brown released the revised state budget Monday, which predicts and prepares for cuts to primary, secondary and higher education, among other items pertaining to state funding. In a press conference Monday morning, Brown talked about the cuts that reflect state revenues that were lower than anticipated. The plan Read More…
UC and FBI agree to $100,000 settlement with two Berkeley-based organizations
The University of California and the FBI reached a $100,000 settlement agreement last month with two Berkeley organizations that were raided by law enforcement officers in 2008. On Aug. 27, 2008, officers entered the offices of the Long Haul and the East Bay Prisoner Support group on Shattuck Avenue after Read More…
UC Berkeley Academic Senate voting to ask UC Regents to support prioritizing funding for higher education
The Berkeley Division of the Academic Senate is currently holding elections for members of its Divisional Council and the Committee on Committees, as well as voting on a proposal asking the UC Board of Regents to support legislation prioritizing public higher education funding. The ballot — which opened March 13 Read More…
Occupy Cal to hold demonstration in Anthropology Library
Occupy Cal protesters plan to hold a “study-in” encampment in the UC Berkeley anthropology library Thursday to protest recent cuts to library hours and unfilled staff positions. The protesters plan to use the George and Mary Foster Anthropology Library in Kroeber Hall as a study-in space for two hours in Read More…
Occupy Cal returns for the spring semester
Occupy Cal is back. On Tuesday evening, demonstrators held a general assembly meeting on the steps of Sproul Hall to discuss how to rally support for the movement, which garnered national attention during the fall semester. About 20 participants attended the meeting, which lasted almost two hours and revolved around planning Occupy Read More…
Regents approve funding for Lower Sproul renovation
The renovation of Lower Sproul Plaza overcame a major hurdle Monday when, in minutes, the UC Board of Regents approved the project as well as the hundreds of millions of dollars of debt that will come with it. The board’s Committee on Grounds and Buildings approved the $193 million project, Read More…
UC regents’ meeting adjourns after protesters cause meeting to halt
The UC Board of Regents’ meeting came to a halt at approximately 11:40 a.m. at UC San Francisco-Mission Bay when demonstrators overwhelmed communication during an extended public comments session. Protesters, in solidarity with the Occupy movement, began to hold a meeting of their own once the regents left and introduced Read More…
Proposed Occupy Cal open letter to UC and state officials
The following is the proposed letter that will be adopted by Occupy Cal at the Nov. 15 General Assembly, addressed to the state government, UC Regents, CSU trustees and all education administrators.