Proposed budget cuts are threatening UC Berkeley’s award-winning medical program, which partners with UCSF to create life-changing physicians. In a fight to keep the program alive, students, staff and alumni are taking action. Since 1971, the UC Berkeley-UCSF Joint Medical Program (JMP) has been producing innovative physician leaders. Students spend the first part of the […]
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Hundreds expected to attend ‘Million Student March’ on UC Berkeley campus
A ‘Million Student March’ is scheduled to take place on the UC Berkeley campus at 2 p.m. Nov. 12. Photo: D.H. Parks A ‘Million Student March’ is scheduled to take place on the UC Berkeley campus at 2 p.m. Nov. 12. Photo: D.H. Parks Hundreds of protesters are expected to take part in a “Million Student March” […]
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Op-ed: UC should re-invest its fossil-fuel portfolio in renewable energy
As a Cal alumna, I’ve been rooting for my alma mater to be among the first universities to divest from fossil fuels. Alas, Stanford, SF State and Peralta, along with dozens of other universities, religious institutions and cities, including Berkeley, San Francisco, Richmond and Oakland, have already shown us up, divesting billions from the oil, […]
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Students march through Berkeley to protest tuition hikes
A group around 200-strong took the protest over UC tuition increases to the streets Monday. Photo: Siciliana Trevino Several hundred UC Berkeley students staged a walkout Monday, Nov. 24, to protest proposed tuition increases across the UC system. As part of the walkout, a group around 200-strong took the protest to the streets of downtown Berkeley, starting at […]
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Berkeley’s own return to town to perform jazz the LA way
The UCLA Charles Mingus Ensemble: playing Berkeley’s Freight & Salvage on Sunday Sept. 21. Photo: UCLA CME The UCLA Charles Mingus Ensemble: playing Berkeley’s Freight & Salvage on Sunday Sept. 21. Photo: UCLA CME You’ll rarely get an argument on the streets of Berkeley by disparaging Los Angeles. While oft-maligned as a cultural wasteland, LA […]
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John Jauregui, 79, beloved Berkeley family doctor
Dr. John Jauregui by Robert Kehlmann John Jauregui, a family practitioner who emerged as one of Berkeley’s most respected and beloved family practitioners during the tumultuous ‘60s and 70s, died in his home on May 3 after a long illness, according to his wife Ann. He was 79. While Berkeley residents debated politics and experimented […]
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Interview: Sadia Saifuddin, first Muslim student on UC Board of Regents
Sadia Saifuddin, the first Muslim student to serve on the UC Board. Photo: Sana Saifuddin By Mckenna Toston Sadia Saifuddin, who is in her fourth year at UC Berkeley majoring in social welfare, was appointed in July as the first Muslim student to serve on the UC Board of Regents. She will spend the 2013-2014 school […]
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Cal Chancellor calls on Silicon Valley to help with funding
Cal Chancellor Robert Birgeneau (center) flanked by Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Harry Le Grande (right), and Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost George Breslauer (left), as well as Associate Vice Chancellor of Public Affairs Claire Holmes, at a press conference today on campus UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau said it’s time for corporate California to step […]
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UC student holds bake sale to raise tuition funds
Amalia Mourad sells baked goods on Solano Avenue to raise money for tuition. Photos: Diana Arbas By Diana Arbas A new shop of sorts opened up on Solano Avenue yesterday. Amalia Mourad, 18, brightly greeted passersby from behind a table displaying her own homemade chocolate chip and oatmeal cookies, Rice Krispies squares, extra-large cupcakes and brownies […]
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‘Guerrilla’ Shakespeare in John Hinkel Park
Puck in the “guerrilla” A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Puck in the “guerrilla” A Midsummer Night’s Dream. A group of UCLA acting students, who have been living communally in Berkeley for the summer, will stage a “guerrilla” performance of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream this weekend at the amphitheater in John Hinkel Park. The group of […]
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Parts of UC Berkeley virtually shut down
Students angry over the UC Regents’ recent vote to raise tuition to more than $10,000 have been running throughout the Berkeley campus today, occupying Wheeler Hall, blocking the entrance to other buildings, and setting off numerous fire alarms. Four students were arrested early this morning as they rushed into Wheeler Hall, one of the campus’ […]
