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UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau announced Tuesday that he will step down at the end of the calendar year. Birgeneau, who became the campus’s ninth chancellor in September 2004, said in a campuswide email Tuesday morning that he will continue as a regular faculty member of the departments of Physics
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Following protests of varying sizes nationwide on March 1, over 10,000 students are expected to rally and march at the Capitol today in Sacramento in support of public higher education. Additionally, students plan to engage in over 100 lobbying visits as part of the UC Student Association’s annual Student Lobby Conference
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Thousands of students from around the state are expected to converge in Sacramento on Monday to demonstrate in support of higher education. The planned protest follows a national day of action Thursday that saw protests of varied sizes at schools across the country. UC Berkeley’s protest was small, but a
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Following the controversial events of the Nov. 9 Occupy Cal protests, March 1 begins another Day of Action in support of public higher education at UC Berkeley. Protest events are scheduled to occur across the state at the UC campuses, and campus faculty and administration have endorsed protesters’ plans to march
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Update, Monday 9:15 p.m: At a general assembly meeting Monday evening, protesters continued to discuss how to better organize and increase attendance at Occupy Cal events. As of the meeting, there were no plans to set up tents again. — Protesters from Occupy Oakland converged on UC Berkeley Saturday evening, the
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UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi survived a no confidence vote by faculty and staff Friday evening. J.D. Morris is the university news editor.
A revised form of the UC Berkeley Campus Code of Student Conduct has been approved and will go into effect Feb. 1, the campus announced Monday. Changes to the code come after more than a year of review and were prompted at least in part by protests during the 2009-10
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A large majority of California voters support Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed tax increases, according to a recent statewide survey. The survey, released Tuesday by the Public Policy Institute of California, found that 68 percent of likely voters support Brown’s tax plan, which, if approved by voters in November, would temporarily
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As the race for the Republican presidential nomination heats up, Mitt Romney’s wealth has become a hot topic of debate. But exact figures on the size of Romney’s income have remained elusive — until now. This week, Romney disclosed income of $21.7 million in 2010 and $20.9 million last year,
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Protests sparked by Thursday’s UC Board of Regents meeting at UC Riverside stalled proceedings for almost an hour and also later resulted in the detainment of at least three protesters. The initial protest marked the second consecutive time that demonstrations have held up a board meeting. During the public comment
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