Within the first week of the fall semester, students at UC-Berkeley protested this summer University of California Regents’ decision to eliminate affirmative action in all California University admissions policies. Nearly three-hundred students gathered on noon Wednesday and a smaller group went on to blockade the admissions office for the rest of the afternoon. Organizers claim the days’ rally is only one of many events scheduled to culminate in an October 12 state-wide walk out by students in protest in of the decision. The day’s speeches dealt mainly with race-based affirmative action and neglected gender issues also involved in the Regents’ decision.
5/24/2013 All Male House Panel Discusses Anti-Abortion Bill - On Thursday, a panel of eight male members of the House of Representatives met to discuss a nationwide ban of abortion after 20 weeks gestation. . . .
