Protesters disrupt November UC Regents meeting
Protesters briefly brought the UC Board of Regents meeting to a halt Thursday morning.
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UC campuses deemed at risk of financial unsustainability
UC Berkeley is at risk of becoming financially unsustainable according to a study conducted by Bain & Company.
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The 4/20 chronic-les of UC Berkeley
Given Insight
This Friday will be a trippy one for our hippy campus. Popularly known as “4/20,” April 20 is the cannabis counterculture’s international holiday, and Berkeley is one of the focal points of celebration. Fire alarms will echo throughout the dormitories as some amateur freshmen “Puff the Magic Dragon.” Students for
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UC Santa Cruz, UC San Diego protests include traffic blockages, occupations
While the March 1 Day of Action at UC Berkeley garnered less participation than expected, demonstrations at UC Santa Cruz and UC San Diego were characterized by disruptions of the campuses’ normal activities. Protesters at UC Santa Cruz started the day early, effectively shutting down campus operations such as traffic
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Students from UC campuses around the state to join in protests
A mock funeral procession for public higher education at UC Davis will be only one of several protests happening at University of California campuses on the March 1 Day of Action. Thursday’s events will involve protests at several UC campuses as students, faculty and staff plan to host teach-ins and
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Student regents to hold recruitment event at UC Berkeley
Next Wednesday, UC Student Regent Alfredo Mireles Jr. and Student Regent-designate Jonathan Stein will hold a recruitment event at UC Berkeley for students interested in becoming a student regent. At the event, which will be held from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the campus multicultural center, Mireles and Stein
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UC Berkeley demonstrators occupy San Francisco bank
SAN FRANCISCO — A group of protesters, including students from UC Berkeley, occupied a Bank of America branch in San Francisco Wednesday afternoon during an Occupy San Francisco march. Of the 95 demonstrators cited for trespassing at the bank, around five were UC Berkeley students. The UC Berkeley demonstrators were
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Financial aid ‘experiments’ aim to increase efficiency for universities, students
UC Berkeley officials have until Dec. 12 to decide if the campus wants to be considered for participation in one or more financial aid “experiments” that will alter requirements and distribution for federal financial aid. The U.S. Department of Education invited postsecondary institutions Thursday to participate in experiments designed to
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Despite scrutiny brought by bake sale, many UC students call Gov. Brown
With a controversial bake sale at UC Berkeley bringing attention to SB 185, the UC Student Association orchestrated systemwide call-in events Tuesday which saw hundreds of students across the state call Gov. Jerry Brown’s office in support of the bill. Every UC campus student association, with the exception of UC Davis
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