On March 4, hundreds of protesters marched from Berkeley to Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland to rally with students and educators from across the region. After the rally, a group of some 150 protesters marched onto the I-880 freeway, shut down traffic and were arrested by police. Some reporters got the story — but four of them, including Oakland North correspondent Jake Schoneker, got arrested. Schoneker shares his account of the day, in pictures and words.
Perspectives
Student perspective: On March 4 during the freeway takeover, some reporters got the story. Four of them got arrested.
March 12, 2010 – 9:32 am
He saw a dance party. She saw a riot. What happened at Durant Hall?
March 3, 2010 – 4:38 pm
Oakland North correspondents Shannon Service and Josh Wolf sit down to review footage of last week’s dance party at UC Berkeley and discuss their impressions of what they saw that night.
Student perspective: The rising price of education
March 3, 2010 – 4:35 pm
Is increasing student fees a lasting solution for the University of California’s budget woes? Tess Townsend offers an undergraduate’s perspective on the long-term personal — and institutional — costs of raising the price of education.
Student perspective: Neo-liberalism — how one wonky economic term just won’t leave me alone
March 3, 2010 – 4:34 pm
Journalism graduate student Puck Lo writes about her encounters with neo-liberalism around the world and here on the UC Berkeley campus.
About our March 4 education budget crisis coverage
March 3, 2010 – 4:34 pm
Details from the Oakland North staff about our March 4 reporting plans, our coverage area, and our affiliation with UC Berkeley.
Student perspective: Covering demonstrations from the inside
March 3, 2010 – 4:32 pm
Journalism student Josh Wolf, who has filmed past UC fee hike protests, writes about embedding with protesters and how he’ll cover the March 4 demonstrations.
Student perspective: Change is in our hands
March 3, 2010 – 4:26 pm
Ayako Mie, a journalism graduate student from Japan, reflects on the differences in college activism between her home country and the United States.
Art, live from Death Row
October 25, 2009 – 2:58 pm
At 23rd and Telegraph, inside a storefront/gallery/craft space called Rock Paper Scissors, neatly hung canvas paintings and framed ink drawings lined the walls. Cards below each piece identified the artist: all are prisoners at San Quentin.
Just One Question: Does Obama Deserve the Nobel Peace Prize?
October 11, 2009 – 4:57 pm
The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced Friday it would award President Obama the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. Oakland North took to the streets Friday evening to gauge public response about whether or not he deserved to win.
New schools head Tony Smith: “This is the future of democracy.”
September 28, 2009 – 6:54 pm
Oakland’s new superintendent of schools, who’ll be participating in a public town hall at North Oakland’s International High School this Wednesday, talks to reporter Lillian R. Mongeau about the achievement gap, the challenge of useful teacher evaluations, and “cutting zeros off the budget.”
Oakland’s May Day, from a youth perspective
May 5, 2009 – 10:40 am
Youth Perspective of May Day from Betty Bastidas on Vimeo.
17-year old Lupe from Oakland, whose parents were recently deported, gives us her perspective on the meaning of May Day for young people in this part of the world and shares her reasons for becoming involved.
Oakland youth prepare for May Day march and rally
April 30, 2009 – 1:48 pm
May Day: Youth Prepare from Betty Bastidas on Vimeo.
By Betty Bastidas/Special to Oakland North
Watch as youth from Oakland prepare banners and other artwork for tomorrow’s May Day march and rally in to support workers’ and immigrant rights.
Arts criticism: Anti-Police Brutality Artshow at Mama Buzz
February 27, 2009 – 9:13 am
By Madeleine Bair/Special to Oakland North
Lisa Calderon, the curator of Mama Buzz gallery, spent a recent Friday tacking labels to a wall in last-minute preparation of her latest show: an artistic response to the killing of Oscar Grant, a 22-year old from Hayward who was fatally shot by BART police officer Johannes Mehserle on New [...]
Free to Be or Not to Be
February 6, 2009 – 5:32 pm
Linsay Rousseau Burnett/Special to Oakland North
Regardless of your opinion of President Barack Obama’s inaugural address, there was one seemingly benign statement that made inaugural history: “We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus and … non-believers.” While this line was a much-needed acknowledgement of the religious diversity in this country, it contained [...]
Obama and Me by Sweta Vohra
February 6, 2009 – 4:43 pm
Sweta Vohra/Special to Oakland North
In my predominantly Christian Texas town, among my predominantly Christian high school friends, I did my best to avoid any talk of religion. On Sundays, when my friends went to church, I went to a makeshift Hindu Sunday school that was run out of a senior citizen community center. But, of [...]