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Conflicts of Interest Drive Costs Up and Quality Down in Higher Education
September 1, 2010 – 12:00 am | No Comment
Conflicts of Interest Drive Costs Up and Quality Down in Higher Education

Students across the country are having difficulty paying for the high cost of higher education. At the University of California, students face particular challenges in the wake of major tuition hikes due to the state’s …

What the 32% Fee Increases Really Means
September 1, 2010 – 12:00 am | No Comment
What the 32% Fee Increases Really Means

Berkeley students are painfully aware of the Regents of University of California’s approval of a 32% tuition increase last November, and of the widespread, unnecessary rioting that followed. These protests displayed many students’ complete lack …

Peace-by-Piece?
September 1, 2010 – 12:00 am | No Comment
Peace-by-Piece?

Since 1967, Israel has promoted the “land for peace” strategy to resolve the conflict with the Palestinians. As we have learned in the last 43 years, this strategy is flawed. Peace will not be gained …

Educational Innovation at UC Benefits All
September 1, 2010 – 12:00 am | No Comment
Educational Innovation at UC Benefits All

Revolutionary ideas rarely come unopposed. That’s why it was no surprise that almost immediately after Berkeley Law Dean Christopher Edley suggested establishing an online degree program for the University of California the suggestion came under …

Cal Rendition of the National Anthem Inappropriate
September 1, 2010 – 12:00 am | 2 Comments
Cal Rendition of the National Anthem Inappropriate

It’s a Cal football tradition. After the band concludes playing its traditional pump up pregame show, it leads the stadium, Cal and visiting fans alike, in a rendition of the national anthem: “And the rockets’ …

Manufacturing Tension: Identity Politics at UC Berkeley
September 1, 2010 – 12:00 am | No Comment
Manufacturing Tension: Identity Politics at UC Berkeley

For a university supposedly dedicated to racial harmony, UC Berkeley as a great deal of segregation. A walk through Sproul Plaza on any given school day reveals that identity politics is in full …

What Was DAAP Thinking?
May 1, 2010 – 12:00 am | No Comment
What Was DAAP Thinking?

With the ASUC elections over, students can finally walk through campus without being hassled by persistent campaigners looking to preach their party’s agenda to anyone willing to listen. While every student group has a right …

Leland Yee Continues Attempt to Strip UC Autonomy
May 1, 2010 – 12:00 am | No Comment
Leland Yee Continues Attempt to Strip UC Autonomy

Last May, three California senators authored bill SCA21, a proposed constitutional amendment that would give state legislators more control over the UC system. Currently, the state legislature has no administrative power over the decisions made …

Why Marijuana Freedom Is Good Fiscal Policy
May 1, 2010 – 12:00 am | No Comment
Why Marijuana Freedom Is Good Fiscal Policy

This November, Californians will decide whether or not to become the first state to go against federal drugs laws and legalize recreational use of marijuana for adults over the age of 21. Practical people of …

Obama Picks Convenient Time to Lift Oil Drilling Ban
May 1, 2010 – 12:00 am | No Comment
Obama Picks Convenient Time to Lift Oil Drilling Ban

Two years after supporters of Alaskan and coastal oil drilling responded to peaking gas prices with the mantra, “drill, baby, drill”, Obama finally got the message – that opening up US oil resources would be …