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Fetuses versus Feminists: Berkeley Students for Life Shake up Campus with Display on Sproul
December 1, 2009 – 12:00 am | No Comment
Fetuses versus Feminists: Berkeley Students for Life Shake up Campus with Display on Sproul

When students walked around Sproul Plaza in the heart of UC Berkeley on the afternoon of October 26th, they were greeted by a huge display surrounding the main fountain. Berkeley Students for Life (BSL), along …

Semester Update: Hear About Berkeley’s Premier Political Organizations on the Right!
December 1, 2009 – 12:00 am | No Comment
Semester Update: Hear About Berkeley’s Premier Political Organizations on the Right!

As the semester comes to a close, we decided it would be a good idea to shed some more light on the progress that Berkeley College Republicans, Berkeley Students for Life, and the new Students …

Students for Liberty Update
December 1, 2009 – 12:00 am | No Comment
Students for Liberty Update

On a warm September night early this semester, I nervously sat in front of a sparse crowd in 263 Dwinelle Hall. It was the first general meeting of Students for Liberty, a new freedom-oriented political …

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 …

Cal Students Choose Midterms Over Walkout… or so it Seemed.
October 1, 2009 – 12:01 am | No Comment
Cal Students Choose Midterms Over Walkout… or so it Seemed.

On the afternoon of September 24th, UC Berkeley history professor Heath Pearson gave his routine lecture on the history of economic thought to an emptier than usual room. The LeConte auditorium contained roughly 80 students …

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 …

Financial Crisis Hits Home: Berkeley Struggles to Maintain Academic Quality
September 1, 2009 – 12:00 am | 7 Comments
Financial Crisis Hits Home: Berkeley Struggles to Maintain Academic Quality

With attempts to lessen the severity of California’s state budget, all UC campuses are being subjected to horrendous budget cuts that will seriously impact the quality of education and student life. The state government plans …

Troubled Waters
September 1, 2009 – 12:00 am | No Comment
Troubled Waters

A few years ago, the City of Oakland passed Measure DD, which permitted the city to issue about $200 million worth of bonds, the revenues being used to fund “safe parks and clean water”. A …

Iran’s Election: Ample Evidence Puts Legitimacy of Votes Into Question
September 1, 2009 – 12:00 am | No Comment
Iran’s Election: Ample Evidence Puts Legitimacy of Votes Into Question

On June 12, 2009, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won the Iranian presidential election with 24,527,516 votes, or 62.63% of the popular vote.
Or did he?
People all over the globe have doubted the legitimacy of the results. Since the …

“Jesus” Is a Four-Letter Word
September 1, 2009 – 12:00 am | No Comment
“Jesus” Is a Four-Letter Word

Plug your ears. The squeamish may want to stop reading. There’s no telling what might happen if these words are read aloud.
“I want to thank my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.”

According to Dr. Pamela Hurley …