Mark Schlissel didn’t know what hit him last week. The Dean of Biological Sciences at UC Berkeley says he was “swallowed up” by the media’s reaction to the news that the university planned to ask students to conduct a DNA test over the summer in lieu of the traditional summer reading assigment. “We did not [...]
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The Berkeley Wire: 5.20.10
UC Berkeley’s DNA testing project raises alarm bells for some [Coco Times] City adopts fee resolutions, including parking permit hikes [Daily Cal] Reviewed: Berkeley Rep’s new show, “In the Wake” [Mercury News] City backs off plan to charge daycare providers taxes [Berkeley Voice] Slide show: Berkeley hikers reunite with their mothers in Iran [Coco Times] [...]
Bancroft Library takes in William Saroyan gift
UC Berkeley’s Bancroft Library has received a gift of hundreds of books, drawings, correspondence and other personal communications to and from one of America’s best-known writers, the Armenian-American author and playwright William Saroyan. The collection was assembled by Saroyan’s niece, Jacqueline Kazarian, who is also the founder of William Saroyan Literary Foundation International. “UC Berkeley is [...]
The Berkeley Wire: 5.18.10
UC Berkeley team turns cell phones into microscopes [ABC7] Police warn of robbers who creep up on victims from behind [Berkeley Voice] At UC Berkeley, Quidditch is a game for muggles [SF Chronicle] New Berkeley launch: Fresh baked goods to your door [Bite Club] DNA test replaces summer reading project at Cal [USA Today] Photo [...]
UC cuts childcare services for low-income students
UC Berkeley is reducing the number of subsidized childcare places available for low-income students with young children as part of its campus-wide cost-cutting program. “It’s the last thing we want to do but we have no other option,” says Marty Takimoto, Communications Director at Cal’s Residential and Student Service Programs which oversees childcare for students. [...]
The Berkeley Wire: 5.11.10
Blogs with bite: Berkeley’s Mental Masala makes the cut [Mark Bittman] Comment: Why Berkeley is wrong on Bus Rapid Transit [East Bay Young Dems] Watchdog group sues Dept of Justice over missing John Yoo emails [TPM] Sexaholix’s John Leguizamo joins Berkeley Rep’s Fireworks festival [Rep] From dance pioneer to former Mexican mayor: Cal’s commencement speakers [...]
A mother’s day, the Berkeley way
Jane Stillwater is the quintessential Berkeley mom. After reading our recent coverage of the “Your Mom is So Berkeley” website, she wrote this delightful account of her quintessential Berkeley Mothers’ Day. Stillwater, a grandmother as well as a mom, has four children and lives in Berkeley. Did you know that there’s a website out now that [...]
The Berkeley Wire: 5.10.10
Death of UC Berkeley graduate at SF BART station treated as suspicious [SFGate] Are the hunger strikers being denied water? [Hungry4Justice] You’ll have to go across the Bay to watch the Bears in 2011 [CalBears] New wiener in town: Orange County reviews its new Top Dog [OC Register] Photo of Rose Garden by KAP Cris/Berkeleyside [...]
The Berkeley Wire: 5.7.10
Ode to Acme: Waxing poetic about Berkeley’s own Levain (above) [SFoodie] Cal students’ hunger strike continues, counts 1,139 Facebook fans [Facebook] Rabbi Lerner blames right-wingers for attack on his Berkeley home [J Weekly] Berkeley’s Climate Action Plan wins American Planning Association award [Berkeley] Call ourselves green? Berkeley narrowly rejects bus only lanes [Coco Times] Photo [...]
Behavior on Berkeley’s frat row makes TV news
Coming a little late to the party, CBS’s “Inside Edition” is broadcasting a segment on rowdy goings-on on Berkeley’s frat row, and the decision by neighbor Paul Ghysels to file a class action lawsuit against all 35 fraternities near the campus. This story broke in January. The “Inside Edition” piece, voiced by a reporter who seems [...]
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