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Despite being stretched to the bone financially, the campus has made an impressive effort to maintain the quality of the education we receive.
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Investment and fundraising are some of the more stable elements of the campus budget. Meanwhile, the state’s erratic funding behavior has thrown California higher education into turmoil.
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Overpopulation of students, lack of resources and the need for private donors are nothing new for UC Berkeley.
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The Daily Californian’s recent piece about private-sector-sponsored research includes significant misrepresentations of both the financial implications of this type of research and how it is supportive of the University of California’s public interest missions. Specifically, this piece mischaracterizes why we seek funding from industry and their partnership in research, and
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When I was at Yale University one summer, I found myself reflecting on the little differences between it and UC Berkeley. At UC Berkeley, an important meeting always suffered from a shortage of food. At Yale, I attended mundane events with tables stocked like a supermarket shelf. This was the
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Our first effort to say something about the massive cuts to UC Berkeley’s Program in Critical Theory (CT) this past year, which eliminated over half its annual operating budget, was built around a simple premise: that these cuts represent the latest episode of long-running trends undermining the public character of
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Extensive coverage has revealed the uncertainty of “Free Speech Week’s” proposed speakers’ appearances on the UC Berkeley campus next week. One thing you’re not likely to get a lot of disclosure on, however, is who is paying for Milo Yiannopoulos’ visit, presented euphemistically under the rubric of “free speech.” But
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UC Berkeley is one of four institutions set to receive over $400,000 each in surcharge funds collected from the Mark Twain Commemorative Coin Program.
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I am a born and bred Charlottean — being a Panthers fan only comes with the territory. For my UC Berkeley comrades who didn’t know me before my westward journey, learning that I am an avid follower of an organization encouraging blind loyalty and masculine glory probably came as a
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“Sports” are evil. They’re evil for making corporate tools out of extremely talented people. They’re evil for perpetuating the useless, stagnant habits of overconsumption and laziness. They’re evil for turning universities’ athletic directors into groveling ad addicts. But most of all, they’re evil for taking the beautiful facet of human experience that is athleticism, turning it into a whorehouse for rich advertisers to take their pick of the choicest bodies. You don’t have to support this corruption.
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