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On Day of Action, protesters on campus, Bank of America
Groups of students have been gathering on the UC Berkeley campus today to voice their opposition to education budget cuts, in what is being billed a Day of Action for Public Education.
The Daily Californian reported that at 1pm a rally of about 100 people at Sproul Hall turned into a march through Sather Gate, heading to California Hall with protesters chanting: “We will march, we will fight, education is our right.” Follow the progress of the protests on … Continue reading »
The Berkeley Wire: 06.21.10
Judge says UC wrongfully searched journalist’s camera at protests [Coco Times]
Meet the Dean: Richard Lyons at UCB’s Haas School of Business [Financial Times]
Filmmaker Tiffany Shlain extols UCB in commencement speech [HuffPo]
UC Berkeley engineer a key adviser in Gulf spill aftermath [Coco Times]
Emilia’s gives Berkeley serious bragging rights as a pizza powerhouse [Epicurian Zealot]
City to vote on Labor agreement that would save 77 jobs [Daily Californian]
Aurora Theatre does “Glee” with “Speech & Debate” [Star Silver Creek]
Photo: From elk tracks to BART tracks by kmurf/Berkeleyside Flickr pool.
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 UC Berkeley is underpaying its custodial workers;
3) Author Karen Joy Fowler pulled out of the English department ceremonies for the same reason;
4) Ditto for former Assembly Speaker Robert Hertzberg. He won’t speak at the Political Science department graduation ceremonies on May 17;
5) The students protesting the draconian immigration law in Arizona agreed to end their hunger strike, but then blamed Chancellor Robert Birgenau for making them fast for so long, I thought just one thing:
I have protest fatigue.
This may have been a record year for protests at UC Berkeley, at least since the Vietnam War era. The crippling budget reductions and fee hikes infuriated practically the entire campus. And it seems each week brought a new picket and a new demonstration. Along the way there were a remarkable number of sit-ins, blockades, and street rampages.
While each group of protesters is admirable in its own way, it has become increasingly hard to differentiate between them, or, frankly, to summon up the energy to fully understand their concerns. I am tired, I will admit. … Continue reading »
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 the Graduate School of Journalism, has told UC officials that he was in Wheeler Hall in a journalistic capacity, but officials have refused to treat him like a reporter. Instead, UC officials say his student status is paramount, and that his journalistic mission does not prevent him from being suspended.
“You participated in a disturbance of the peace in which a campus building was locked preventing access and egress.” Laura A.E. Bennett, the Assistant Director of the Center for Student Conduct and Community Standards wrote Wolf on April 9. “Through the course of this incident you failed to comply with the directions of University Officials. This incident created a significant disruption to and obstruction of the academic environment, including but not limited to preventing students from attending class.” … Continue reading »
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 acts. It seems to me this protest would have been a more powerful statement if a broad spectrum of students had together as a … Continue reading »
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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