Comments on: U.C. Berkeley building takeover ends peacefully

By: Student perspective: On March 4 during the freeway takeover, some reporters got the story. Four of them went to jail. – Oakland North -- North Oakland News, Food, Art and Events.

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:35:37 +0000

[...] grad students who worked full time for the site during the fall semester, and helped cover the occupation of Wheeler Hall on November 20, 2009. This spring, I’m auditing the Oakland North class and continue to [...]

By: Crisis Presupuestal en Educación Estatal | MissionLocal: Spanish Language Version

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:15:06 +0000

[...] en el mes de septiembre. Dos meses después, el 20 de noviembre un grupo de alrededor de 40 alumnos se apoderaron del segundo piso de Wheeler Hall, mientras que cientos de estudiantes orquestaron una ocupación afuera del [...]

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Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:23:01 +0000

[...] and employees staged a walkout in September. Two months later, on Nov. 20th, a group of about 40 students took over the second floor of Wheeler Hall, while several hundred students staged a sit-in outside of the [...]

By: March 4: The Story So Far – Oakland North -- North Oakland News, Food, Art and Events.

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:39:23 +0000

By: Wheeler Hall standoff ends, students out to cheers – Oakland North -- North Oakland News, Food, Art and Events.

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:05:15 +0000

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By: UC Berkeley students continue protest at UC administration building – Oakland North -- North Oakland News, Food, Art and Events.

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:01:58 +0000

[...] who participated in the occupation of Wheeler Hall on Friday, said the students involved in today’s gathering initially met at the Alameda County [...]

By: Doye O Sivils

Doye O Sivils — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:50:35 +0000

Why does one of the top universities in the world have to spend $3 million of taxpayer money for consultants to do what should be done internally by UCB Chancellor Birgeneau?
Who teaches auditors how to audit? Do UC professors not have the knowledge to perform what they teach?
Having firsthand knowledge of consulting, I know one cardinal rule, “Don’t bite the hand that pays you.”
In a nutshell, we have a high-paid, skilled UCB Chancellor who is unable or unwilling to do the job he is paid to do. Why do we wonder that UC and California are in a financial crisis!
I’m sure taxpayers would not object to the $3 million payout if the money is reimbursed by taking money from the UCB Chancellor’s salary over the next 10 years.
Stop the spending of $3,000,000 on consultants by President Yudof and the UCB Chancellor Birgeneau and do the workinternally
Respectfully

Doye O Sivils

By: Max Allstadt

Max Allstadt — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:41:33 +0000

And while they’re at it, somebody should hang a banner that say’s “just remember officers, if you kick us out of here, you’re giving up a ton of overtime pay”

By: Max Allstadt

Max Allstadt — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:38:56 +0000

I see a number of sneaky tactics being used here by UC and the police to stifle further dissent.

The burglary charges will all be dropped eventually. The only reason they exist is that the authorities are using them as a threat against the students. Obviously behind closed doors, the message was “if you brats do this again, we really will prosecute”.

Also, the trial date is being set on December 23rd for two malicious reasons. First, because Cal is not in session on the 23rd, the date makes it easier for UC Police to lock down campus. Second, setting the date on the 23rd forces all students who’s families live outside of the Bay Area to alter their travel plans around the christmas holiday. This will cost them money and keep them away from their families, disrupting their lives away from university. I believe both of these consequences are deliberate.

Cal students should ignore the threats of burglary prosecutions and resume their protests. The UC Regents bet the whole systems retirement funds on the stock market and lost big time. Now they’re telling the students to pay for their mistake.

The hell with that. Protest some more! Protest until all the police overtime for Berkeley’s City police force gets so expensive that the only cops who stay are UC police.