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BERKELEY: UC vandalism complicates protests
Contra Costa Times ^ | 12/14/9 | Matt Krupnick

Posted on 12/14/2009 6:19:08 PM PST by SmithL

Weekend vandalism at the UC Berkeley chancellor's home has complicated a philosophical battle over the best way to protest student-fee hikes and budget cuts.

UC police arrested eight people Friday night after demonstrators broke windows and other property at the campus home of Chancellor Robert Birgeneau while he and his wife were inside. At least six of those people are expected to be charged with multiple felonies for what Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger called "terrorism."

The incident has further roiled an already uneasy campus that has been hit by budget cuts and tuition hikes this year. The arrests were the latest among dozens over the past month and led to vastly different reactions Monday from students, faculty and administrators.

Some said the vandalism, which capped a week of sit-ins and other protests on campus, was an understandable reaction to Friday's early morning arrests of 65 people who had occupied Wheeler Hall all week.

"People were rightfully angry," said Laura Zelko, a sophomore who was among those arrested at Wheeler. But "in the end, there was only slight property damage (at the chancellor's home)."

(Excerpt) Read more at contracostatimes.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; US: California
KEYWORDS: berkeley; beserkeley; terrorism; uc
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To: SmithL

No more free pie - and the natives are restless.....


21 posted on 12/14/2009 7:46:12 PM PST by Intolerant in NJ
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To: Right Wing Assault

Let me know when and I’ll join you.


22 posted on 12/14/2009 7:55:13 PM PST by pfflier
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To: zipper
If they’re anarchists how did they organize a protest?

They all got together and elected a leader

23 posted on 12/14/2009 8:41:28 PM PST by gracie1 (visualize whirled peas)
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To: Tzimisce

Like most left wing protestors these people will be arrested and released. They can tell their friends that they now have “creds.” Robert Birgeneau and his fellow lumpenaristokrats helped creat this environment. He would have been among the vandals if he was still a freshman. Thank Richard A. Cloward and Frances Fox Piven for this situation. This is just the beginning. The money is no longer there. The gravy train is coming to a stop. Property damage was “slight.” When the money runs completely out there will be blood. Robert Birgeneau and his like will not understand.


24 posted on 12/14/2009 8:53:00 PM PST by Vehmgericht
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To: Vehmgericht

What exactly did Clowen and Piven do to make things at Berkley worse?

I’ve been reading some of the stories coming out, but they’re incomplete. These are MSM stories after all.


25 posted on 12/14/2009 11:58:38 PM PST by Tzimisce (No thanks. We have enough government already. - The Tick)
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To: Tzimisce

The stated purpose of the Cloward-Pevin Strategy is to bankrupt the system. The Berkeley situation in California is a foretaste of what we have in store. It will not be long before the money will not there for the Humanities, Education, and an endless number of government agencies. Unemployed bureaucrats - no problem. How about our inner cities, inhabited by resentful, violent people who are dependent upon government handouts.


26 posted on 12/15/2009 7:03:52 AM PST by Vehmgericht
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To: Moravecglobal; 50mm; darkwing104; Old Sarge
Together, we will make a difference.
What is that smell?
27 posted on 12/16/2009 7:54:12 AM PST by SmithL (SARCHASM: The gulf between the maker of sarcastic wit and the person who just doesn't get it.)
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