http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/berkeley/ en-us Mon, 4 Jan 2010 06:27:06 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2420405/posts The racial madness that has left-wing America in its thrall finds its apogee in the Berkeley, California public schools. Berkeley High School is now poised to eliminate science laboratory classes because "science labs were largely classes for white students." Eric Klein writes in The Easy Bay Express: The proposal to put the science-lab cuts on the table was approved recently by Berkeley High's School Governance Council, a body of teachers, parents, and students who oversee a plan to change the structure of the high school to address Berkeley's dismal racial achievement gap, where white students are doing far better than... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2420405/posts#comment Mon, 4 Jan 2010 06:27:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415836/posts The proposal to put the science-lab cuts on the table was approved recently by Berkeley High's School Governance Council, a body of teachers, parents, and students who oversee a plan to change the structure of the high school to address Berkeley's dismal racial achievement gap, where white students are doing far better than the state average while black and Latino students are doing worse.The full plan to close the racial achievement gap by altering the structure of the high school is known as the High School Redesign. It will come before the Berkeley School Board as an information item at... East Bay Express http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415836/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 18:55:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409752/posts An attack on UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau’s house and conflicting reports as to why students were arrested at Wheeler Hall Friday, Dec. 11, have added a new twist to ongoing protests against university budget cuts. Student organizers of Live Week—a week-long “open occupation” of Wheeler Hall where students tried to create an open university by holding talks, forums and music shows all day—condemned the 4:30 a.m. arrests during which UC police locked in 66 protesters, cited them for trespassing and later took them to Santa Rita jail. Almost all were reportedly released later. Although campus spokesperson Dan Mogulof said... Berkeley Daily Planet http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409752/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:31:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409748/posts The Berkeley City Council postponed discussion of the most controversial item on its Dec. 15 agenda. Councilmember Jesse Arre-guin’s request that City Manager Phil Kamlarz report on the city’s involvement in approving an amendment to state Senate Bill 113, the Local Government Omnibus Act, signed by Gov. Schwarzenegger Oct. 11, was tabled on a 5–2 vote. The council will not get a chance to vote on it until January. The state omnibus bill traditionally includes only non-controversial provisions. This year, however, the bill included an amendment, requested by the University of California, that would exempt UC Berkeley’s Memorial Stadium and... Berkeley Daily Planet http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409748/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:27:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407621/posts 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... Contra Costa Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407621/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 02:19:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406697/posts Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger described Friday's attack on the home of the University of California at Berkeley's chancellor as a "type of terrorism" that will not be tolerated. Protesters angry about budget cuts and fee hikes vandalized Chancellor Robert Birgeneau's home on campus at about 11 p.m. Friday night, according to the university. "California will not tolerate any type of terrorism against any leaders, including educators," Schwarzenegger said in a statement released Saturday. He added that the incident was a criminal act, and participants will be prosecuted under the fullest extent of the law. . . . At about 11 p.m.... Contra Costa Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406697/posts#comment Sun, 13 Dec 2009 19:04:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406374/posts UC Berkeley – A group of protesters stormed Chancellor Birgeneau’s home last night, smashing windows and throwing torches in a violent demonstration against fee hikes and budget cuts. The attack ended with eight arrested. According to a press release, about 40-75 people surrounded the chancellor’s house at 11:15 p.m. The crowd shouted “No justice, no peace,” hurled incendiary objects, scattered garbage and broke windows, planters and lights. No fires or injuries occurred. The eight individuals – including two students from Cal and one from UC Davis – were arrested and charged with rioting, threatening an education official, attempted burglary, attempted... Daily Nexus http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406374/posts#comment Sun, 13 Dec 2009 01:25:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406357/posts Some foul language by this student as she speaks of her arrest, jail, and how the police are pigs. Might be good to post her a comment on the youtube video, don't ya think. You Tube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406357/posts#comment Sun, 13 Dec 2009 00:58:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406305/posts Torch-Carrying Protesters Storm UC Berkeley Chancellor's Home; 8 Arrested By Kelly Rayburn Oakland Tribune BERKELEY — A group of 40 to 70 protesters stormed UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau's home late Friday, smashing windows and tossing incendiary objects at the house, UC Berkeley said in a statement. Eight were arrested and charged with rioting, threatening an educational official, attempted burglary and attempted arson, the school said. At least two of those arrested are believed to be UC Berkeley students. The group was apparently protesting student fee hikes and budget cuts. They carried torches as they surrounded the chancellor's residence Friday... MercuryNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406305/posts#comment Sat, 12 Dec 2009 22:45:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406252/posts Eight people were in custody early today after they converged on UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau's on-campus residence, breaking windows and throwing incendiary devices in protest of fee hikes and budget cuts, authorities said. San Francisco Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406252/posts#comment Sat, 12 Dec 2009 20:42:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2406353/posts These idiots just rioted at the Chancellor's home and broke windows, etc, and carried torches like fools. Socialism at work my friends. These are Obama's supporters. They were charged with "riot vandalism." OccupyCalifornia http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2406353/posts#comment Sun, 13 Dec 2009 00:53:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406281/posts BERKELEY, Calif. – Eight people were under arrest Saturday after protesters broke windows, lights and planters outside the home of the chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley. University spokesman Dan Mogulof said 40 to 70 protesters also threw incendiary devices at police cars and the home of Chancellor Robert Birgeneau about 11 p.m. Friday. There were no fires or injuries. The protest at the chancellor's home came late the same day that police arrested 66 protesters at a campus classroom building that was partially taken over for four days. The protesters are demonstrating against state funding cuts that have... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406281/posts#comment Sat, 12 Dec 2009 21:39:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405421/posts Zaytuna College, which plans to be the first accredited Muslim college in the United States, is set to open next fall in Berkeley, California. The college has been hailed as a victory for moderate Islam, a place to promote religious understanding by "blending traditional Islam and American culture and establishing a permanent place for the religion in American society," according to the Chronicle of Higher Education. But Zaytuna College may not be as moderate as it seems--or moderate at all. The college's founders, Hamza Yusuf Hanson and Zaid Shakir, are similarly lauded as even-keeled Muslims who, according to the Chronicle,... THE WEEKLY STANDARD http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405421/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:50:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405427/posts BERKELEY -- UC police arrested 65 protesters from a campus building early today, ending a weeklong occupation designed to draw attention to fee hikes and budget cuts throughout the University of California system. UC Berkeley police, joined by officers from other UC campuses, began arresting the protesters at Wheeler Hall at 4:40 a.m., said campus spokesman Dan Mogulof. "There was no force, no confrontation, nobody resisted," Mogulof said. "At most, it was a wake-up call: They were sleeping." The demonstrators had intended to stay through at least tonight, but police decided to move in early today because of a widely-publicized... San Francisco Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405427/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:57:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404652/posts The city of Berkeley made an official statement on abortion Wednesday by sending coat hangers — a symbol of illegal abortions — to 20 Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives who voted to restrict federal funding for abortions in the health care bill. Councilmember Kriss Worthington, who co-sponsored the item before the City Council on Tuesday night with Susan Wengraf and Linda Maio, put the coat hangers and an official city letter in the mail Wednesday. "The coat hanger represents the time when women had to have abortions in back alleys and tried to self-abort," Wengraf said. "My initial... Oakland Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404652/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:45:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404279/posts BERKELEY -- The city of Berkeley mailed coat hangers to 20 members of Congress today in protest of the anti-abortion amendment in version of the federal health care bill. San Francisco Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404279/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:30:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399069/posts The Free Speech Movement lives on at UC Berkeley - 45 years to the day after a barefoot, 21-year-old student named Mario Savio energized thousands from atop a police car by exhorting them to do all they could to stop the administration's restrictive policies. Today the issue is less about freedom of speech than about freedom of access to a quality education, as thousands of students have protested rising tuition, employee layoffs and course cutbacks in recent weeks. "We're the ones fighting for this to be a public university that everyone can afford!" Ronald Cruz, a Berkeley activist, told a... San Francisco Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399069/posts#comment Thu, 3 Dec 2009 05:26:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399075/posts BERKELEY — Calling UC Berkeley's 1960s turmoil "a dead movement," protesters on Wednesday knocked a tribute to the Free Speech Movement off the steps of Sproul Hall and voiced their own concerns about student-fee hikes and other issues. Exactly 45 years after the face of the movement, Mario Savio, spoke to thousands on the same steps, a few dozen demonstrators forced student-government leaders to cancel their commemoration. The same protesters later read a line from Savio's Dec. 2, 1964, speech in unison. Organizers of the invading demonstration said it was time to focus on "a living, breathing movement" rather than... Contra Costa Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399075/posts#comment Thu, 3 Dec 2009 05:39:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397874/posts The Nov. 28 New York Times article about the efforts of a few pro-Israel activists to shut down the Daily Planet for its publication of reader contributions critical of that nation's policies provided a fair introduction to the story but failed to fully elucidate the nature of the campaign. Though the first stirrings of this censorship campaign began several years ago, it did not begin in earnest until this year, when PR professional Jim Sinkinson began a more organized and deliberate campaign to intimidate advertisers. The Planet first alerted its readership to Sinkinson's efforts in a March 19 editorial. The... Berkeley Daily Planet http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397874/posts#comment Tue, 1 Dec 2009 21:06:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397415/posts BERKELEY -- Berkeley activists can sue federal agents for their role in a 2008 raid in which officers seized their computers and records in search of alleged threats by animal-rights advocates, a federal judge ruled Monday. The activist group Long Haul Inc. can try to prove that the search of its Berkeley offices exceeded legal boundaries, that agents misled the judge who issued a search warrant, and that it was targeted because of its left-wing views, said U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White. An unaffiliated group with offices in the same Berkeley building, East Bay Prisoner Support, also won the right... San Francisco Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397415/posts#comment Tue, 1 Dec 2009 05:39:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2394485/posts A student group at UC Berkeley’s school of law Tuesday called on the U.S. Justice Department, the Pennsylvania Bar and the University of California to “conduct full and thorough investigations” of former government lawyers who crafted the Bush torture memos, including John Yoo, a tenured faculty member at their school. Comprised of a coalition of student groups and individuals, the Boalt Alliance to Abolish Torture (B.A.A.T.) has gathered over 275 signatures which call for investigations into “potential violations of professional and ethical duties, as well as possible criminal conduct.” Both the Pennsylvania Bar Association where John Yoo is registered and... Berkeley Daily Planet http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2394485/posts#comment Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:49:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2394482/posts The UC strike reached its peak at 3 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19, when students and custodians dumped days-old trash from the different campus buildings outside California Hall, where UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau works, to protest recent custodian layoffs. Although California Hall was locked and looked deserted, a couple of people could be seen peaking out from behind the blinds. “Tell me what democracy looks like, this is what democracy looks like!” shouted Kathryn Lybarger, an organizer for the workers union, as students threw used paper cups, apple cores and banana peels at the front door. “What does a regents’... Berkeley Daily Planet http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2394482/posts#comment Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:45:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393181/posts As part of the ongoing protest over the University of California's 32 percent fee increase, UC Berkeley students marched to UC President Mark Yudof’s office in Oakland Monday afternoon and staged a sit-in, demanding to meet with him. The students went to Yudof’s office after finding out at the Alameda County Superior court that burglary charges against three Wheeler Hall occupiers had been reduced to a misdemeanor. UC Berkeley spokesperson Dan Mogulof confirmed that there were students in Yudof’s office “who were engaged in peaceful conversation with officials there.” Mogulof said Yudof was not present. An employee at the UC... Berkeley Daily Planet http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393181/posts#comment Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:26:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390752/posts BERKELEY -- UC Berkeley students took over a campus building in protest this morning, a day after the University of California regents voted to raise tuition by 32 percent.An undetermined number of protesters have barricaded themselves inside Wheeler Hall, which houses the English department. Several demonstrators wearing bandannas opened a window and used a bullhorn to denounce the regents' decision. San Francisco Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390752/posts#comment Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:52:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2385148/posts West Berkeley activists are dead set against the mayor's "green corridor" vision, saying it will cause gentrification, too much density, and high rents. The vision of a denser San Pablo Avenue won't come to pass if area residents have their way. Fifty years from now, after the polar ice caps melt and West Berkeley is under water, people might look back on 2009 and say, "What the hell were they thinking?" Why were old hippies in what could be the most liberal city in America working overtime to block the widespread proliferation of green-tech businesses and dense urban development in... East Bay Express http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2385148/posts#comment Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:24:26 GMT