Winter news recap

(Clockwise, from top left): Janet Yellen's confirmation as the chair of the Federal Reserve, the tobacco ban in the UC Berkeley campus, Janet Napolitano's opposition of the academic boycott against Israel alongside Chancellor Nicholas Dirks, and Gov. Jerry Brown's declaration of state of emergency of the recent drought.
Late December: UC President Janet Napolitano and UC Berkeley Chancellor Nicholas Dirks release statements indicating opposition to the American Studies Association’s academic boycott of Israeli institutions on Dec. 30 and Dec. 27, respectively. The ASA boycott, passed in a popular vote among its members earlier that month, limits the association’s
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