Protesters who stormed UC Berkeley's main
administration building late Friday afternoon have been removed from the
offices by campus police. Ten people, including two UC Berkeley students, were
cited for trespassing and released at about 7:30 p.m., said UC police Capt.
Margo Bennett. A group of about 25 protesters called By Any Means Necessary
marched into Sproul Hall at 3:30 p.m. after a rally outside. The group, which
is arguing for a greater representation of minority students in the
university's undergraduate population, included several Bay Area high school
students who say they were denied admission to the school…
And off campus:
UC Berkeley administrators set a Saturday
deadline for protesters occupying UC-owned land in Albany to disband the camp
and enter into discussions with the campus about continuing urban farming
there. In a statement issued Friday, Executive Vice President and Provost
George Breslauer and Vice Chancellor of Administration and Finance John Wilton
announced that Keith Gilless, dean of the College of Natural Resources, will
lead a planning meeting Saturday morning to work out how the Gill Tract will be
shared by researchers and “urban agriculture.” …
Full story at http://www.dailycal.org/2012/05/11/campus-gives-protesters-final-deadline-to-dismantle-encampment/
And by the way:
It might be noted
also that there will be a hearing at the state legislature this coming Tuesday related
to UC campus protests, really a follow-up, to the pepper-spray report from
UC-Davis:
UC
Davis Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi and Cruz Reynoso, who headed a task force
that investigated last year's pepper-spray incident and was highly critical of
Katehi's leadership, are among the officials scheduled to appear before a
legislative panel on Tuesday...
Full story at:
Can’t we all just get
along?
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