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Schwarzenegger Depends on Federal Money to Close Budget Gap: Failure May Result in More Cuts to State Services
February 1, 2010 – 12:00 am | No Comment
Schwarzenegger Depends on Federal Money to Close Budget Gap: Failure May Result in More Cuts to State Services

Governor Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders are counting on the federal government to provide the state with funding to help stave off a massive $19.9 billion budget deficit that may result in significant spending cuts should …

Why Professor Lakoff is Wrong: UC Berkeley Linguistics Professor George Lakoff Sees “Two-Thirds Rules” as “Minority Rule”
February 1, 2010 – 12:00 am | No Comment
Why Professor Lakoff is Wrong: UC Berkeley Linguistics Professor George Lakoff Sees “Two-Thirds Rules” as “Minority Rule”

George Lakoff has a way with words. The UC Berkeley linguistics professor has spent a great deal of his career commenting on the ways that conservatives have used rhetoric to frame the political landscape to …

UC Berkeley’s 21st Nobel Laureate: Oliver Williamson’s Nobel Prize in Economics
December 1, 2009 – 12:00 am | No Comment
UC Berkeley’s 21st Nobel Laureate: Oliver Williamson’s Nobel Prize in Economics

On October 12 UC Berkeley added another Nobel Laureate to its roster of twenty previous winners. Haas School of Business emeritus professor Oliver Williamson was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics for his work on …

Obama’s Push for Merit Pay
October 1, 2009 – 12:00 am | No Comment
Obama’s Push for Merit Pay

The Obama administration has proposed new regulations that would require states receiving federal education stimulus dollars, including California, to evaluate teachers based, in part, on the results of standardized tests. The proposals put the president …

Cal Student Slain in Oakland
May 1, 2009 – 12:00 am | No Comment
Cal Student Slain in Oakland

On Saturday, March 28, one of our own fell victim to the rampant violence that plagues Oakland’s streets. UC Berkeley senior Vincent Choi was gunned down outside Dan Sung Sa, a Korean bar on the …