Protesters occupying Wheeler Hall. UC Berkeley police and university officials did a poor job of managing the November 20, 2009 occupation of Wheeler Hall, according to a 128-page report released today by an independent investigative panel. Even though administrators and police were aware that there would be protests, they did little to prepare, according to […]
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Arnie Ville demonstrators set up camp in Berkeley
A group of demonstrators has set up camp on Adeline Street near Russell Street in Berkeley to protest state budget cuts — and they are calling their encampment “Arnie Ville.” One sign reads “We’re all crippled by the Gov. Terminator’s state budget cuts.” Another calls on Gov. Schwarzenegger to put a halt to cuts to in-home support […]
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Comment: Does anyone else have protest fatigue?
When I heard the news on Wednesday that: 1) The organization World Can’t Wait will be picketing the Berkeley Law School graduation at the Greek Theater on Friday to protest the presence of John Yoo on the faculty; 2) State Senator Gloria Romero won’t be attending the Latino students’ graduation to protest the fact that […]
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Cal won’t take action against protesting students
UC Berkeley has decided not to pursue action against students involved in protests against budget cuts which took place at Cal in November and December last year, and involved the occupation of Wheeler Hall. In a memo distributed yesterday to the campus, the university stated: “We have decided not to pursue student conduct actions against […]
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Journalist Josh Wolf faces suspension from UC Berkeley for Wheeler Hall protests
Josh Wolf, the citizen-journalist who served 226 days in federal prison in 2006 for refusing to turn over videotapes he took at a protest in San Francisco, is facing a seven-month suspension from UC Berkeley for being in Wheeler Hall when it was occupied by students on Nov. 20, 2009. Wolf, a first-year student at […]
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Daily Californian reporter arrested at protests
The Daily Californian is reporting that one of its reporters was arrested Thursday while covering the March 4 protests against cuts to public education. Cameron Burns, 18, who produces content for the newspaper’s website, is still in jail, according to the paper. “He was last seen by Daily Californian employees filming a rally in Oakland, […]
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Hundreds rally in support of Berkeley public schools
Hundreds of teachers, secretaries, instructional aides, parents and students gathered along a stretch of Martin Luther King this afternoon to protest funding cuts for public education. The protestors lined the sidewalk in front of the Berkeley Unified School District building and held up signs saying “Save Our Schools,” “Support Public Education,” and “Honk for Teachers.” […]
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Video: Watch the dance party turn violent
As the nationwide March 4th protests against cuts to public education grow near, groups around the state are trying to get the word out. In Berkeley, UC students plan to hold a rally at noon and teachers in the Berkeley Unified School district plan to march on Martin Luther King Street after school lets out. […]
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Comment: Why the Black Out was black
Commenting on our post about the silent protest held by black students on campus yesterday, reader s z underwood wrote “It’s a pity and perhaps a sign of increasing Balkanization on our college campuses that this was apparently not a multi-racial or integrated group expressing their common outrage. All people of good conscience deplore racist […]
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Local business cleans up after vandalism
Rigoberto Alonso, manager of the Subway at Telegraph and Bancroft, surveys a window broken during protests by students last night. Photo: Frances Dinkelspiel.
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Trouble on Telegraph after UC Berkeley protest
More than 200 people swarmed onto Telegraph Avenue early this morning, turning a protest against fee hikes into a rampage against local merchants. Students and other angry protesters gathered at Sproul Plaza around 11 pm to rally against the hikes, but soon departed for Telegrpah Avenue, where they lit dumpsters on fire, broke shop windows […]
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Protesters attack home of UC Chancellor as he sleeps
A broken light in front of chancellor’s home (Courtesy Noah Berger, AP) A broken light in front of chancellor’s home (Courtesy Noah Berger, AP) State and university officials are condemning a Friday night attack on the home of the UC Berkeley Chancellor. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger called the 11:15 pm incident, in which eight people were arrested, […]
