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UC Berkeley announced Monday that it will settle a lawsuit brought against the campus over event policies that allegedly discriminated against high-profile speakers invited by conservative student groups.
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Chancellors continually find themselves caught between the rock of student opinion and the hard requirements of their job description.
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Four Bay Area residents who suffered various injuries in the riots protesting the Milo Yiannopolous event in February filed a lawsuit Thursday against UC Berkeley, the UC Board of Regents and the city of Berkeley for damages.
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Berkeley College Republicans, or BCR, tweeted Sunday that the organization plans to host a range of speakers on campus this year to promote a conservative agenda in its “#YearofFreedom.” The club announced that its first speaker will be Dennis Prager, a conservative radio talk show host, author and columnist, on Feb. 1.
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The Cal Berkeley Democrats and the Berkeley Conservative Society met Wednesday evening to debate health care, taxation and climate change.
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With the proliferation of protests on college campuses, the University of California, birthplace of the free speech movement, announced plans Thursday to launch a national center to study First Amendment issues in Washington D.C.
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The Daily Californian’s Editorial Board sat down with UC President Janet Napolitano on Wednesday to hear from her on relevant campus and UC issues.
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On Friday, the governing board of the University of Wisconsin system approved a policy placing harsh sanctions on students who disrupt campus speeches.
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Chancellor Carol Christ appeared at Wednesday evening’s ASUC Senate meeting to discuss the administration’s response to last week’s canceled “Free Speech Week” event.
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As an intended sociology (and political science) major, I am accustomed to hearing deprecating remarks about my field from peers studying in other, more “legitimate” departments. In fact, I join in on the fun. Teasing myself is one way to cope with crippling anxiety over my future career. Of course,
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