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Smart Profs, Teabagger Administrators -- UC Berkeley Proposes Shutting Invaluable Water Library

Patrick McCully | Posted 10.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Water, Tax Cuts, Teabaggers, UC Berkeley, International Rivers, Water Resources Library Uc Berkeley, California Budget Cuts, Green News
Patrick McCully

This is intellectual vandalism in keeping with the know-nothing, no-tax tendencies of the teabagging conservatives, but surely not of UC Berkeley administrators.

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Ralph Anspach: Economist Spent Decades Fighting Monopoly Game's Corporate Owner

Wall Street Journal | MARY PILON | Posted 10.20.2009 | Home

Read More: Monopoly History, Economics, UC Berkeley, Monopoly, Origins, History of Monopoly, Ralph Anspach, Great Depression, Monopoly Game, Landlord's Game, Monopoly Board Game, Hasbro, Supreme Court, Elizabeth Magie, Economist, Professor Anspach, Parker Brothers, Home News

Ralph Anspach, an 83-year-old economics professor, spent decades locked in a real-life battle with Monopoly and its corporate owners. The campaign den...

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An Open Letter to Mark Lilla: Yes, We Should Take the Right Seriously

Leonard Zeskind | Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Chronicle of Higher Education, White Nationalism, Pat Buchanan, White Supremacy, Mark Lilla, Wall Street Journal, Carl Schmitt, UC Berkeley, Racism, The Public Interest, Politics News
Leonard Zeskind

Palin's anti-elite style embodied a particular form of nationalism that abjured both elites and the "undeserving" poor. It is precisely this nationalism that animates Tea Partiers today.

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America's Greenest Colleges: Did Your School Make the Grade?

Avital Binshtock | Posted 09.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Journalists, College Students, Alma Mater, University of Vermont, Green Jobs, Oberlin, Alumni, Green, College Rankings, Coal, Academics, Colleges, University of Colorado, Rankings, Ratings, Sierra Club, Evergreen State College, Campuses, Energy, U.S. News & World Report, UC Santa Cruz, Administration, Ucla, UC Berkeley, University of Washington, Community Colleges, Students, Athletics, Transportation, Sports, Education, Energy Efficiency, University of California, Middlebury College, College, Waste Management, Sustainability, Food, Schools, Higher Education, College Graduates, College of the Atlantic, Green News
Avital Binshtock

While the good folks at U.S. News and World Report ascribe certain measurements of prestige to their college rankings, we rated schools based on what matters most to us.

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Protesters Want UC Berkeley Law Professor Fired

AP | TERENCE CHEA | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: UC Berkeley, John Yoo, Torture, Anti-War, Politics News

BERKELEY, Calif. — Anti-war activists protested Monday at the University of California, Berkeley to call for the firing of a law professor who c...

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Obama's Call for Cooperation with Islam Begins to Elicit Responses

Annelle Sheline | Posted 07.09.2009 | World

Read More: UC Berkeley, Al-Azhar-University, Obama Speech, Al Azharia, Al Qaeda, World News
Annelle Sheline

I asked what had prevented moderate Muslim leaders from concerted efforts to make themselves heard in order to prevent extremists from dictating global perceptions of Islam.

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Hats off to a Bright Green Future

Cameron Sinclair | Posted 07.06.2009 | Green

Read More: UC Berkeley, Green, Cap and Trade, Graduation, Solar, Green News
Cameron Sinclair

Roland Saekow, a recent UC Berkeley graduate, helped to pass the Green Initiative Fund (TGIF) legislation on campus, which generates $200,000 annually for green projects at Berkeley.

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What Kind Of Hammer Is Twitter?

The Huffington Post | Russell Bishop | Posted 06.27.2009 | Living

Read More: UC Berkeley, Corporate Responsibility and Complicity, Internet, Human Rights Center, Twitter, Social Networking, Living News

In the ongoing debate about social networking tools, sites such as Facebook and Twitter are coming under increasing scrutiny for the potential of harm...

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Global China Connection: From Columbia to Stanford and McGill

Jim Luce | Posted 05.21.2009 | World

Read More: University of Toronto, American Century, McGill University, Derrick Fu, University of Chicago, Keith Miao, University of Michigan, Timothy Liu, Gavin Newton-Tanzer, Emory University, Global China Connection, Rice University, Chinese Century, Columbia University, Harvard University, Joseph Stiglitz, Tyco International, Yale University, Uc-Berkeley, Stanford University, Alice Zhang, China, World News
Jim Luce

Hundreds of Chinese studies majors at top universities in North America have recently formed a network dedicated to forging new economic, cultural, and political links between East and West.

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No Recovery in Sight -- Unless We Pass Health Reform

Linda Bergthold | Posted 05.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Democratic Congress, Public Plan for Health Insurance, National Health Reform, President Obama, Ahip, Massachusetts Health Reform, UC Berkeley, BlueCross BlueShield Association, Individual Mandate, California Health Care Reform, Recession, Politics News
Linda Bergthold

A new study came out today that claims that half a million people in California have lost their health insurance coverage during the recession.

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UC Berkeley To Put Lectures On YouTube

AFP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

Read More: UC Berkeley, Youtube, University of California, YouTube Classes, Media News

A California university renowned for US history changing free speech and anti-war movements is embracing the Internet revolution by putting free video...

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