For almost three weeks, students, young professionals and even a grandmother put their lives on hold to remember the lives of others. These Armenian-Americans walked the 215 miles from Fresno to Sacramento to honor those killed and displaced by Ottoman Turkey between 1915 and 1923 during the Armenian Genocide. Read more...
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April 21, 9:00 pm
People march in memory of Armenian Genocide
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April 21, 9:00 pm
Berkeley law dean discusses education rights
Affirmative action and privatization were the buzzwords at Thursday’s discussion panel at UCLA with Christopher Edley, the dean of the UC Berkeley’s Boalt Hall School of Law. Read more...
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April 21, 9:00 pm
Letter-writing campaign for divestment begins
Students will mail letters today to the University of California president and treasurer asking them to investigate the university’s financial holdings and relinquish stocks held in companies that do business in Sudan, if such investment is revealed in their investigation. Read more...
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April 21, 9:00 pm
4 slates running in USAC elections
Election candidates for undergraduate student government say their major goals include issues such as equal representation, student empowerment and sustainability. And in the case of the Bruin Liberation Movement, the development of a caste system for faculty members denoted by colored polo shirts. Read more...
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April 20, 9:00 pm
Editorial: Cal States are not yet ready to offer Ph.D.s
Should Cal State campuses be allowed to award doctoral degrees, or should that right remain reserved for the University of California? Ultimately it’s a cost and access question, and California must weigh its ability to pay for new programs against the state’s needs for an educated and competitive work force. Read more...
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April 20, 9:00 pm
USAC resolution calls for end to university’s minimum-unit plan
In a ongoing campaign to repeal the Expected Cumulative Progress requirement, councilmembers of the undergraduate student government attempted to tie together the loose ends of a 4-year-old matter this week, holding a press conference passing a resolution and formalizing the demand to end what they believe is an ineffective policy. Read more...
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April 20, 9:00 pm
PULSE fee approved for spring ballot
About 100 students marched up the stairs of Kerckhoff Hall to Room 417 on Tuesday night, the room where the undergraduate student government meeting was taking place ““ and ultimately, where the fate of a new fee proposal, and the thousands of dollars it could potentially generate, lay. Read more...