ASUC senators call UC Berkeley’s guest speaker policy ‘roadblock’ for student organizations
At the ASUC Senate’s regular Wednesday meeting, senators pushed back against UC Berkeley’s interim guest speaker policy.
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Tag Archives: Free Speech Week
University of Florida drew inspiration from UC Berkeley’s handling of ‘Free Speech Week’ for Richard Spencer event security
Seeking guidance on security preparations, the University of Florida sent representatives to UC Berkeley during the now-canceled ‘Free Speech Week’ to formulate a plan for prominent white nationalist Richard Spencer’s appearance on the UF campus Thursday.
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Fixing UC Berkeley politics starts with rhetoric we employ
On Oct. 5, BridgeUSA co-hosted a symposium with the Berkeley Center for New Media — BCNM — and the Graduate Assembly centered around free speech in the age of social media. To briefly recap: The event went well. Robert Reich and Chancellor Carol Christ delivered excellent keynote addresses, the panel
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Berkeley City Council to discuss homeless fund, helicopter noise at meeting
Berkeley City Council will discuss proposals related to a city homeless fund and news helicopter noise, among other items, at its regular meeting Oct. 17.
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Op-ed correctly distinguished significance between free speech, hate speech
I fully agree with Mukund Rathi’s op-ed in your Oct. 6 issue. The op-eds that have expressed this point of view are spot-on. Older and more privileged people such as Erwin Chemerinsky are lost in the past and just don’t get it. There’s a huge difference between advocating for free
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From one campus culture to another
It’s the shocked tones, the perplexed looks that take me aback, for it’s as though they see my decision to come to UC Berkeley as a lapse in judgment.
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Erwin Chemerinsky should address Palestine exception to free speech
Erwin Chemerinsky, the new dean of Berkeley Law, has been making waves in campus politics regarding free speech issues. Chemerinsky is a major constitutional law scholar, an outspoken liberal and a free speech absolutist. He’s the perfect figure to defend the UC Berkeley’s administration from people who are angry about
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Equal resources must be devoted to victimized campus groups
I — like Chancellor Carol Christ and Vice Chancellor Oscar Dubón Jr. — am a staunch supporter of free speech and honor the university’s commitment to this constitutional right. I wish to suggest, however, as the university moves forward, that administrators devote an equal commitment of time, money and energy
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‘Engage the issue’: UC Berkeley marks 53rd anniversary of Free Speech Movement in all-day event
Campus administrators, staff and students joined together Thursday to reevaluate the role of free speech online and on campus, marking 53 years since UC Berkeley’s 1964 Free Speech Movement took place.
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