"For all its often noted - the defects and problems - the American university...is still, I think, one of the few remaining places in the United States where reflection and study can take place in almost utopian fashion". - Edward Said, April 2003
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Saving the "Public" in the Public University
Center for Race and Gender
Link to News & Notes article~~~~~
TEACH-IN SPEAK OUT
October 6th, 5:30 pm
7th Floor Eschleman Hall
Dick Walker, Professor of Geography: "The Late, Great State of California" - Peter Byrne, Journalist: "How the UC Regents Spin Public Funds into Private Profit" - Ricardo Gomez and Claire Keating: "The Privatization of UC, Attacks on Students and Workers, and How We Can Resist" - Ramon Quintero, recent UC Berkelet graduate: "How Fee Increases Drive Students into Poverty" - Kat Bedford, former Bus Driver, AFSCME Member & Leader - Jessica Smith, Graduate student: "Organizing for a Fair Contract and a Democratic Union".
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STATEWIDE EDUCATION STRIKE
Thursday, October 7, 2010
12am to 12am
All UCs
Noon Rally on Sproul Plaza
Oct. 7th Day of Action (UC Berkeley General Assembly Plan):
- 6AM Informational pickets mainly on Bancroft and Telegraph
- Teach outs surrounding California Hall all morning
- 11:30am Walkout
- 12:00 rally- announce and endorse demands
- March around campus, march and then sit-in until 5pm
- 5pm: general assembly to decide how to move forward
http://mobilizeberkeley.com/?page_id=297
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