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Libertarian Student Group Sues UC Berkeley for Refusing to Grant It Official Club Status – Washington Free Beacon

December 5, 2017 by Zennie Abraham

Washington Free Beacon
A libertarian student group has sued the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) for refusing to grant it official club status, alleging political discrimination. Young Americans for Liberty (YAL), which describes itself as “not political, or …
Holiday shopping a cinch with UC Berkeley’s gift guideUC Berkeley
Conservative group sues Berkeley for denying club statusCampus Reform
Pro-Liberty Student Group Sues UC Berkeley Over Denial of Statuslegal Insurrection (blog)

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4 UC Berkeley Students Win $100000 – Patch.com

December 5, 2017 by Zennie Abraham

Patch.com
BERKELEY, CA — Four University of California at Berkeley graduate students took home a $100,000 prize when they won a data science competition staged by a hedge fund, university officials said Thursday. Eric Munsing, Soren Kunzel, Jake Soloff and …

33 Employers Hiring In Berkeley, East Bay This Week – Patch.com

December 5, 2017 by Zennie Abraham

33 Employers Hiring In Berkeley, East Bay This Week
Patch.com
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California Today: The Tax Bill’s ‘Spiraling Consequences’ – New York Times

December 5, 2017 by Zennie Abraham

New York Times
“These things have big consequences,” said Ken Rosen, chairman of the Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics at Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. “It makes the decision of staying in California much more difficult,” Mr. Rosen said. “It’s …

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The Weekender – Daily Californian

December 5, 2017 by Zennie Abraham

Daily Californian
Y ou may have thought marriage had become obsolete among millennials, but Bohemianism has gotten expensive at UC Berkeley. In some cases, students have found that their marital status is a matter of tens of thousands of dollars. Baela Tinsley, an out …

Young Americans for Liberty sues UC-Berkeley for refusing to recognize them – Washington Examiner

December 4, 2017 by Zennie Abraham

Washington Examiner
Young Americans for Liberty (YAL), a pro-liberty student organization, has filed a federal lawsuit against University of California–Berkeley officials for refusing to officially recognize a student chapter on campus. Attorneys representing YAL contend …
UC-Berkeley sued for banning Young Americans for Liberty as registered clubThe College Fix

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MACHOs are dead. WIMPs are a no-show. Say hello to SIMPs. – UC Berkeley

December 4, 2017 by Zennie Abraham

MACHOs are dead. WIMPs are a no-show. Say hello to SIMPs.
UC Berkeley
Called SIMPs – strongly interacting massive particles – they were proposed three years ago by University of California, Berkeley theoretical physicist Hitoshi Murayama, a professor of physics and director of the Kavli Institute for the Physics and …

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A magic carpet ride: Emmett Eiland’s Oriental Rug Company in Berkeley – Berkeleyside

December 4, 2017 by Zennie Abraham

Berkeleyside
What started out as a quirky idea became an unexpected career as the founder and owner of Emmett Eiland’s Oriental Rug Company. Now, after 48 years in business in Berkeley, Eiland reflects back on his career as the day swiftly approaches when he will …

California’s dry regions are hotspots of plant diversity – UC Berkeley

December 4, 2017 by Zennie Abraham

UC Berkeley
A lot of people have the mistaken impression that the desert is a lifeless place,” said Brent Mishler, a professor of integrative biology, senior fellow at the Berkeley Institute for Data Science and the senior author of the study, which was published …

Full Text – Berkeley Daily Planet

December 4, 2017 by Zennie Abraham

Full Text
Berkeley Daily Planet
Why is housing in booming U.S. cities increasingly unaffordable to everyone but the wealthiest? In early September The New York Times published a provocative op-ed that answered this question from a market-oriented perspective. Drawing on their widely …

Saint Mary’s Gaels take down Cal Bears in Berkeley – The Mercury News

December 3, 2017 by Zennie Abraham

The Mercury News
BERKELEY — Looking for defense after giving up more than 80 points in a pair of defeats during Thanksgiving week, Saint Mary’s coach Randy Bennett got what he asked for Saturday night in a 74-63 win over Cal. “The big key was limiting their guards …
Hermanson, Saint Mary’s start fast in victory over CalReuters
Saint Mary’s gets back on track with 74-63 win over CalWTOP

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UC Berkeley Student Attacked By Man With Cane – Patch.com

December 2, 2017 by Zennie Abraham

UC Berkeley Student Attacked By Man With Cane
Patch.com
BERKELEY, CA — Police in Berkeley are investigating an assault with a deadly weapon incident that occurred Thursday. University of California Police Department officers responded Thursday to the University’s Tang Center regarding a student who was …

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IYSSE mounts campaign against university police censorship at University of California, Berkeley – World Socialist Web Site

December 2, 2017 by Zennie Abraham

World Socialist Web Site
The International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE) at the University of California, Berkeley, is mounting a campaign against the university’s efforts to establish police censorship over student groups. UC Berkeley’s new policy, known as …

For California attorney general, suing Trump again and again – Patch.com

December 1, 2017 by Zennie Abraham

For California attorney general, suing Trump again and again
Patch.com
Jerry Brown tapped Becerra to replace U.S. Senate-bound Kamala Harris as California’s attorney general, the 59-year-old congressman came with more than two decades of experience cutting deals and building coalitions as a high-ranking, but (outside …

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California’s emissions dip—but climate policies get less credit – Patch.com

December 1, 2017 by Zennie Abraham

California’s emissions dip—but climate policies get less credit
Patch.com
Record winter precipitation, especially in the northern part of the state, brought hydroelectric dams back into play and allowed utilities to rely less on gas-fired power. And the air board’s report credits electricity generation for the biggest cuts …

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Berkeley Teen Named Hero By PETA – Patch.com

December 1, 2017 by Zennie Abraham

Patch.com
BERKELEY, CA — Berkeley teenager Simone Stevens has received a Hero to Animals Award from peta2, PETA’s youth division, for proposing and helping to pass a citywide ordinance banning the use of live fish as prizes at fairs and carnivals. The dedicated …

Grad students protest GOP’s tax hike and prepare to fight about tuition – The Verge

December 1, 2017 by Zennie Abraham

The Verge
Dozens of sign-wielding protesters — graduate students, librarians, lecturers, and even a city council member — gathered in the shade cast by the University of California Berkeley’s administration offices. They had a message to deliver to the …

The Great American Single-Family Home Problem – New York Times

December 1, 2017 by Zennie Abraham

New York Times
Even though the Haskell Street project required no alterations to Berkeley’s zoning code, it took the developer two years and as many lawsuits to get approval. He plans to start building next year. The odyssey has become a case study in how California …

California Today: Remembering the Victims of the Ghost Ship Fire – New York Times

December 1, 2017 by Zennie Abraham

New York Times
Four weeks ago, Cal Performances, the production organization for performing arts at Berkeley and Griffin’s employer at the time of the fire, dedicated two concerts to him, performed by a Russian orchestra, conductor and soloist. It was “a fitting …
Berkeley must blaze trail for equitable recreational weed regulationsDaily Californian

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The Big Suck: Can Atmospheric Carbon Removal Stop Climate Calamity? – CALIFORNIA

December 1, 2017 by Zennie Abraham

The Big Suck: Can Atmospheric Carbon Removal Stop Climate Calamity?
CALIFORNIA
Kolbert cited the efforts of the Berkeley-based Center for Carbon Removal as a prime mover in the carbon capture quest. Any preliminary evaluation of the current situation may induce clinical depression in the highly sensitive. Over the past century …