Wednesday, November 25, 2009

UC-Berkeley

Berkeley Police Cut Supply Lines to Tree-Sitters

School attempts final push to remove protesters from atop treetops. more >>

Bill Clinton Cancels UCLA Commencement Speech

Ex-president shows solidarity with union in contract talks with UC. more >>

Berkeley Students Rally Against Asian Language Cuts

Hundreds of UC-Berkeley students rallied to spare the department of East Asian Languages and Cultures from cuts. more >>

California Schools See Boost in Diversity

Number of total applications also rises, while flagship schools see big increases. more >>

UC-Berkeley Tree Sitters Win Nonstory of the Year

Does anyone else on campus think this story is as important as the student newspaper makes it out to be? The answer, in short: Not really. more >>

Best of College Journalism Results Are In

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is still big news, and the Michigan blog, with its promise of puppies, takes the top prize. more >>

Nonstory of the Year

College students do the darndest things. Vote on 2007's most asinine news. more >>

Columnist of the Year

Which wordsmith best spoke to you? more >>

Best Alternative Media Outlet

Which nontraditional medium do you prefer? more >>

Trail Mix

An organic produce and solar-powered live music festival goes on near UC-Santa Barbara; UC-Berkeley tree-sitters are costing the school $367,000 in security more >>

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After having 13 sorority bids denied this year, a UC-Berkeley senior thinks her wheelchair is the cause; A small chemical explosion forced the evacuation of a school building at the University of North Carolina more >>

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Asian and Pacific Islander applicants to the University of California system now have 23 ethnic sub-categories to choose from. more >>

Tree-Sitter Update: The Broken and Naked Edition

UC-Berkeley's protest takes a turn for the weird this week. more >>

UC-Berkeley Tree-Sitter Update

A county judge amended his original court order and has called for the removal of all protesters atop trees scheduled to be chopped down for an athletic center at UC-Berkeley. more >>

Trail Mix

Natalie Portman teaches microfinance, Notre Dame student writes Harry Potter book, Beauty and the Geek star praises MIT more >>

A History of Controversial Campus Speakers

Controversial campus speakers have been strongly protested with everything from petitions to pies. more >>

A Generation's Defining Moment

In an anniversary year that isn't even a multiple of five, colleges (and their newspapers) across the nation commemorate the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon six years ago. more >>

$1 Crack? Not Exactly

A West Berkeley, Calif., dollar store, which the police labeled a safe haven for drug activity, will be shut down by the city, reports the Daily Californian. more >>

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Lethal Weapon star Danny Glover followed through on his ultimatum to not speak at the UC-Berkeley commencement unless the school resolved its wage dispute with its custodial workers, the Daily Californian reports. University Chancellor Robert Birgeneau spoke instead, while protesters picketed outside the ceremony. more >>

Trail Mix

A Princeton University magazine has actually read the new Princeton University alcohol policy, and discovered that it's pretty stupid, the Daily Princetonian reports. The policy requires students to get university permission before serving alcohol to anyone--underage or not. more >>

To Protest New Stadium, Students Vow to Live in Oak Trees

Today will be the fifth day that activists live in oak trees surrounding the site of a stadium to be built on UC-Berkeley's campus, the Daily Californian reports. The activists, including one recent Berkeley alum, told the Californian that they'll stay in the trees despite a statement yesterday from the California Board of Regents vowing to support the new center. more >>

Trail Mix

At the University of Washington, sorority members are not allowed to cook or clean for themselves--so they pay "houseboys" to do it for them, the Daily Evergreen reports. A U. more >>

University of Michigan Prepares to Fight Ban

Voters passed the affirmative action ban on Election Day, but that won't stop the University of Michigan from battling the new law in court, an option university President Sue Coleman announced yesterday she is strongly considering. Her first priority, the Daily Michigan says: to prevent the initiative from taking effect this year, so that all Michigan applicants can be considered under the same criteria. more >>

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