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Film & Television

Thursday, September 21, 2017

Television’s new golden age

Breaking down the highlights and snubs from this year’s Emmy Awards

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The Emmy Awards, much like their film, theater and music counterparts, are annually greeted with both excited buzz and exhausted indifference.
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Campus

Wednesday, May 3, 2017

A history of controversial commencement speakers

Maz Jobrani was so excited to be invited to give a speech at the campus’s spring 2017 commencement ceremony that he accepted the offer right away — but as the date approached, he “began to lose sleep.”
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Campus

Saturday, December 20, 2014

Bill Maher delivers keynote address at UC Berkeley commencement

Comedian Bill Maher urged free thinking and reflected on the meaning of liberalism in his address at UC Berkeley’s Saturday commencement, as several students in the audience held up signs criticizing the comedian for his controversial remarks on religion.
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ASUC

Thursday, November 6, 2014

ASUC senators, administrators discuss Bill Maher commencement invitation

Two weeks after the creation of an online petition demanding the campus disinvite comedian and TV host Bill Maher from speaking at the December commencement ceremony, student government officials and administrators sought to address the ongoing controversy at the ASUC Senate meeting Wednesday.
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Campus

Friday, October 31, 2014

Bill Maher addresses UC Berkeley controversy on Friday show

Comedian and TV host Bill Maher announced Friday his intent to speak at UC Berkeley’s December commencement ceremony, despite opposition from some campus groups.
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Campus

Thursday, October 30, 2014

Students hold town hall, consider protesting Bill Maher

On Thursday evening, more than 60 students and alumni gathered at a town hall to discuss the selection of TV personality Bill Maher as the December graduation speaker.
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Campus

Sunday, October 26, 2014

Students spring into opposition after Bill Maher announced as keynote speaker

In response to the announcement last week that comedian Bill Maher would speak at UC Berkeley’s fall commencement, an online petition started Thursday demanding that the campus rescind its invitation.
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