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Ward Churchill Please Call Your Office
Founding Bloggers —
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Now THIS is “chickens coming home to roost. “1 day ago -
Don’t give Birgeneau a free pass to shut down student organizing
yaman's amateur ramblings —
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One need not agree with whatever happened at the Chancellor’s mansion to resist the administration’s attempt to co-opt independent student forces by soliciting their blanket condemnation of the incident.Governor Schwarzenegger finally took notice of public education after the incident, calling individuals who were ...2 days ago -
UC Berkeley needs you
The Do It Yourself Scholar —
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And now we pause for a public service announcement.The University of California, Berkeley (a.k.a. “Cal” to alumni, students and sports fans) is in dire financial straits because of the global financial crisis and California’s own home-grown budget crisis.So, while you’re pondering your year-end charitable ...5 days ago -
Budget crisis prompts LAEP students to take a lesson from the Great Depression
World Landscape Architect —
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There are many ways to skin a state-budget crisis, and in the face of California’s, Berkeley landscape architecture and environmental planning students came up with one of their own: a mini-version of the Great Depression’s most enduring public-works program. Putting their landscaping expertise to work at ...5 days ago -
New Execution Method Unlikely to Gain Traction in California
The StandDown Texas Project —
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Thats the title of Carol Williams report in todays Los Angeles Times. LINK An Ohio murderer put to death with the nations first single-druglethal injection died swiftly Tuesday, inaugurating an execution methodsome analysts consider more humane than the three-drug procedure usedin California and 33 other states. ...6 days ago -
UC Berkeley social scientists build case for survival of the kindest
Science Blog - Science news straight from the source —
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Researchers at UC Berkeley are challenging long-held beliefs that human beings are wired to be selfish. In a wide range of studies, social scientists are amassing a growing body of evidence to show we are evolving to become more compassionate and collaborative in our quest to survive and thrive. ...6 days ago -
H1N1 influenza adopted novel strategy to move from birds to humans
West Africa Doctors Network West Africa Doctors Network —
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Bird influenza viruses have a variety of strategies to cross the species barrier and spreadThe 2009 H1N1 influenza virus used a new strategy to cross from birds into humans, a warning that it has more than one trick up its sleeve to jump the species barrier and become virulent.In a report in this week’s early [...]6 days ago -
H1N1 influenza adopted novel strategy to move from birds to humans
Science Blog - Science news straight from the source —
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The 2009 H1N1 influenza virus used a new strategy to cross from birds into humans, a warning that it has more than one trick up its sleeve to jump the species barrier and become virulent. Link: http://www.berkeley.edu6 days ago -
Acapella Gaga
Joe. My. God. —
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UC Berkeleys Noteworthy competed at the 9th Annual West Coast Acappella Showcase with this really cute take on Lady Gaga. Loves it. (Via - The Daily What ) Subscribe to Joe.My.God.1 week ago -
Electronic Frontier Foundation Files Suit Against the Government
Revelations From An Unwashed Brain —
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Normally I would applaud the effort, but, in this case the reasoning is a bit flawed. The EFF seems to believe that it is somehow wrong to use information freely put up by persons on social networking sites in ongoing investigations. Excuse me, but does this not fall within the realm of freely available ...1 week ago -
Is cannabis the replacement for Brits’ booze addiction?
Eideard —
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Should Brits drop booze for grass?1 week ago -
UC must abandon policy of suppressing students with police
yaman's amateur ramblings —
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UC Berkeley administrators are still dodging responsibility for police brutality on Berkeley’s campus during the occupation of Wheeler Hall on November 20. Measures that have been announced are meant to distract the campus community from the crucial fact that the problem is not necessarily with policing policy, but ...1 week ago -
SF’s First Lady Dons Local Independent Designers
sfindiefashion.com —
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We were pleased as punch to get a sneak peek at the Bare Magazine December photo shoot with San Francisco First Lady Jennifer Siebel Newsom and even more so when we glimpsed the work of local designers featured prominently not only within the shoot, but on the magazine’s cover. That delicious poppy-hued dress ...1 week ago -
MBA Applicants: What Should You Do Now?
Accepted Admissions Almanac —
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A few bits of communications this week reveal the uncertainly among 2010 MBA applicants now and the new opportunities provided by the earlier Round 1 deadlines/notification dates set by certain schools. Heres what Im referring to: On the BusinessWeek Forum , Todoubled started a fairly active thread with the title ...1 week ago -
EFF sues feds: tell us how you use Facebook for cyberstalking
Computer & Internet - computer-internet.marc8.com —
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The EFF, with the help of a group at the UC Berkeley Law School, has issued a series of Freedom of Information Act requests to federal agencies, asking for their policy on the use of social media content during investigations. Having received no response, theyre now taking six government agencies to court.1 week ago -
Higher Education [Snap Judgment]
Jezebel —
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[Berkeley, December 2. Image via Getty ] BERKELEY, CA - DECEMBER 02: Muslim American teenager Shaymaa Mahmoud (R) looks on during her Gender and Womens Studies class at U.C. Berkeley December 2, 2009 in Berkeley, California. Eight years after the September 11th terrorist attacks, Muslims in America are once again ...1 week ago -
Science Event Pick – H1N1 Update
QUEST Community Science Blog - KQED —
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H1N1 flu Back in May, QUEST first reported on the urgency and rush to develop the H1N1 vaccine featuring Art Reingold, head of epidemiology at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health. The concerns largely centered on our vulnerability to the virus, especially for healthy individuals. In September, QUEST updated ...1 week ago -
12/5/09: In Conversation with Jimmy Wales, Founder of Wikipedia | Berkeley
funcheapSF.com —
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In this edition of the free UC Regents Lecture series entitled “Welcome to the New World,” Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, discusses the history and impact of Wikipedia globally, as well as current trends on the Internet and his work at Wikia. In January of 2001, Jimmy Wales started Wikipedia.org, the online ...1 week ago -
There’s More Jobs In a Clean MW Than a Dirty MW
Earth2Tech —
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While there are a lot of varying reports on how many green jobs will or will not be created in the coming years, here’s an interesting statistic on the characteristics of a clean power job versus its fossil fuel equivalent: According to research from the Copenhagen Climate Council, “the renewable energy sector ...1 week ago -
There’s More Jobs In a Clean MW Than a Dirty MW
Renewable Energy News Syndicator —
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While there are a lot of varying reports on how many green jobs will or will not be created in the coming years, here’s an interesting statistic on the characteristics of a clean power job versus its fossil fuel equivalent: According to research from the Copenhagen Climate Council, “the renewable energy sector ...1 week ago

