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1. Head Start – No Start? In a recently released study, the Department of Health and Human Services affirmed that the 45-year-old Head Start preschool program has no lasting effects on its students in...
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1. “Blackout” Avoids Discussion Regarding Campus Racism In the Black Student Union’s March 1st “Blackout”, about 200 black students dressed in black and wore black cloths over their mouths and faces as...
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1. Thursday: Mock Deportation Protest On April 29, Berkeley students, gagged and tied, protested Arizona’s recent immigration law. The law, which requires police to detain and question anyone in...
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1. So Much For Checks And Balances While Elena Kagan’s confirmation this summer didn’t change the balance of political power on the Court, it will shift the Court’s legal philosophy. Kagan, a long-time...
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When touring campus, potential Cal students are inevitably told about the virtues of the ASUC, ostensibly the sole remaining autonomous student government in all the land. This used to be true. Up...
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A screenshot of the Adobe Website which reads that the Adobe Creative Suite will be available for download. The free market economist Milton Friedman once famously said, “There’s no such thing as a...
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UC Berkeley students are brought together to discuss the issue of affirmative action and free speech because of the bake sale. Stepping onto the battlefield that was Upper Sproul Plaza one could not...
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On Thursday October 6, 2011, UC Berkeley’s Undergraduate Political Science Association (UPSA) held a one and a half hour panel discussion on Affirmative Action and SB 185. The panel speakers were:...
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1. Supreme Court Hears Case against Campaign Finance Laws The Supreme Court recently heard Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission, a case that might potentially overturn many government...
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1. Obama Administration Gives Terrorist Organizer Civilian Trial The Obama administration decided to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, one of the men behind the 9/11 attacks, in a civilian – rather than...
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