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Study: UC Leftism Not Right

Mary Papenfuss — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 01:30:00 CDT

Leftist faculty and "politically correct" thinking at University of California campuses are giving students a dangerously unbalanced education, according to a study by an organization of conservative educators. Humanities departments in particular have been hijacked by a leftist agenda that merely teaches about minorities grievances, according to the report, "Crisis...

Cop Shoots Gunman Near Berkeley Protests

Rob Quinn — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 02:00:00 CST

As students and demonstrators began to gather at the University of California at Berkeley yesterday, a police officer shot an armed man inside a business computer lab on the other side of campus. Police say the suspect, who was taken to a local hospital for surgery, was shot after he...

Occupiers Battle for New Ground: College Campuses

Neal Colgrass — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 16:27:06 CST

With city police cracking down on Occupiers nationwide, many protesters are looking for a new place to set up camp: university lawns. Occupiers have pitches their tents at only a few schools so far, but several did so at Berkeley this week after some 3,000 people demonstrated against tuition...

Berkeley Cops Clash With Student Occupiers

Kevin Spak — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 11:21:07 CST

Things got ugly at UC Berkeley yesterday, when students tried to set up an Occupy encampment on campus against university orders. No sooner had students set up their tents than dozens of cops in riot gear descended on them, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. When students linked arms around the...

Racially Charged Bake Sale Sparks Student Outrage

Neal Colgrass — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 13:51:53 CDT

"White/Caucasian" pastries: $2. "Black/African American" pastries: 75 cents. "Native American" pastries: only a quarter. Such is the pricing scheme for a sarcastic "Increase Diversity Bake Sale" posted on Facebook by a Republican group at UC Berkeley, reports the San Francisco Chronicle . Planned for Tuesday, the sale has sparked anger on...

Protesters Face Down Berkeley Riot Cops

Rob Quinn — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 01:39:23 CST

A tense day of protests against massive budget cuts at UC Berkeley ended with protesters claiming victory. Eight activists who spent seven hours chained together on a fourth-floor ledge as riot police faced off with protesters below came down after reaching an agreement with campus officials, the San Francisco Chronicle...

US Hikers in Iran Plead Not Guilty

Mary Papenfuss — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 02:00:05 CST

Two American hikers imprisoned in Iran pleaded not guilty yesterday to charges that included trespassing and spying. UC Berkeley grads Josh Fattal and Shane Bauer have been held in an Iranian prison for 18 months after they were busted for allegedly straying across the border during a 2009 hiking trip....

UC Berkeley Dumps Rugby, Baseball, Lacrosse Teams

Mary Papenfuss — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 05:11:47 CDT

In a shocking cost-cutting move, UC-Berkeley has dumped its baseball, gymnastics, lacrosse, and rugby teams. Rugby, the most successful team in the history of the university, will be turned into a club team, while the others will be completely eliminated. The rugby and baseball teams have existed at Berkeley for...

Prof Attacks Chemical Firm Using ... Hip-Hop Lyrics

Rob Quinn — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 03:55:31 CDT

Chemical company Syngenta has filed an ethics complaint over a Berkeley professor's trash-talking. The company, the world's largest producer of the controversial herbicide artrazine, complains that Tyrone Hayes has sent offensive emails quoting rap lyrics to company execs, Gawker reports. Hayes' research has linked artrazine to cancer in humans and...