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Impact Statement from Chancellor Robert J. Birgeneau and Mrs. Birgeneau
On the evening of December 11, 2009, just after 11:00 p.m. a mob of some 40 to 100 rioters, masked and carrying torches, carried out a violent assault on University House, which is the official residence of the Chancellor and his wife. The mob...
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See the Chancellor’s statement here. This document is an Uncivil Procedure exclusive!
The Berkeley Law Campus Rights Project just released a statement detailing the final resolution of Angela Miller’s student conduct case. The charges are resolved, Angela will not be suspended. This outcome is remarkable as the University originally sought a full 1 year suspension....
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We, the undersigned faculty, call for the immediate cessation of all proceedings against the students involved in protest actions that are currently underway by the OSC. Such proceedings should be suspended until and unless the serious procedural issues that currently mar these proceedings can be fully addressed and rectified. Because it is clear that...
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…a working paper* to spark discussion…
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AbolitionCSC.pdf
Introduction
In Fall 2009, direct-action resistance to the UC Regents’ project of privatizing the University of California (“UC”) erupted systemwide. In response, the UC Administration is now punishing students on a mass scale for violating various provisions of the Code of Student Conduct.
Almost invariably, an alleged...
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2010.04.06 UC Berkeley Disciplinary Due Process
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Was it an inside job? Some people may think so.
12/11 Was an Inside Job
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On the night I chose not to die…
I was a woman of color. On the night I chose not to die, I fought with anger and determination, and finally fell asleep with a satisfied smile born not from my own sheltered existence, but from the momentary dissolving of the reality of privilege. That night...
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For many students across California, the start of this semester looked unusual. Instead of checking in with their advisers, they were checking in with their lawyers. These students are currently experiencing the backlash of protesting against the University of California’s decision to implement a 32 percent fee increase last November. Several protests included the...
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An anonymous submission — Ed.
The student-worker Movement should heed the lesson of November 20th: disruption of ‘business as usual’ at the University through direct action is instrumental to the Movement’s successful resistance to the Regents’ project of privatization of the University of California. For the experiences of Fall semester 2009 demonstrate that it...
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Berkeley, CA – In Sproul Plaza of UC Berkeley, hundreds gathered for a dance party that began around 10pm on Thursday, February 25. At the peak of the party (around 12am) the 250 people dancing surrounded the loudspeakers as together they moved farther into campus. As we approached Durant Hall, a building currently being...
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