Protest Links-Delayed by Our Day Jobs Edition (Updated Below)

Protest Links-Delayed by Our Day Jobs Edition (Updated Below)

At Monday's Regents meeting, Mark Yudof holds a giant copy of the ReFund California Pledge. It is apparently too big for the UC Regents to sign. But...

Democracy in 60 Seconds

Democracy in 60 Seconds

Students Protesting at UCLA Despite the Regents' absurd attempt to limit speakers to 60 seconds each (and the even more absurd rule penalizing people...

Live blogging regents as best we can

Live blogging regents as best we can

9:18 president yudof speaking. Claims that due to ucop cuts and efficiencies if the state gives back some funding there will not be tuition. Not sure how he figures that. Then assures us all that we are all on the same side and he wants to protect dissent. 9:20 student regent speaking. Wanted part of meetng at davis so students could be heard. But there were few regents...

Links: National Security Edition (Updated Below)

Links: National Security Edition (Updated Below)

Uncivil Procedure has posted Behind the Curtain:  their analysis of the history of police violence at Berkeley over the last several years. Here is the final version of the proposed Berkeley Senate Resolution condemning the recent police violence on campus. When Altegrity hired Bill Bratton.  A little context. A Petition has been started demanding that President Yudof...

Breaking the Cycle of Violence

Breaking the Cycle of Violence

by Catherine M. Cole, Professor of Theater, Dance and Performance Studies, UC Berkeley Violence breeds violence. And that's why we must never tolerate violence at the university. UC Berkeley’s recent pattern of violence started on November 20, 2009. The perpetrators were heavily armed police who assaulted unarmed bystanders located in a zone of free speech. These bystanders--unlike...

UC Trunchon and Pepper Spray Response Roundup (Expanded 1)

UC Trunchon and Pepper Spray Response Roundup (Expanded 1)

SOME DAVIS FACULTY GROUPS CALL FOR CHANCELLOR'S RESIGNATION English Department  (Wa Po coverage) Physics Department (partial) Davis Faculty Association Board The overall petition for Chancellor Katehi's resignation is  nearing 100,000 signatures. The Davis Enterprise has an Occupy Davis timeline UC FACULTY STATEMENTS UC Academic Council (Robert Anderson to Mark...

Links--November 25

Links--November 25

Chancellor Katehi insists that the police were told not to use violence.  Many remain unconvinced.  Occupy UC Davis remaining over Thanksgiving Break. The Agenda is up for Monday's now you see us now you don't Regents meeting.  The Committee on Finance will be shaping the future in under 2 hours...

Links--Thanksgiving Edition

Links--Thanksgiving Edition

Dave Zirin in the Nation lays out further intersections between the scandals at Penn State and at Davis.  It turns out that President Spanier and Chancellor Katehi were both involved in the "National Security Higher Education Advisory Board, which 'promotes discussion and outreach between research universities and the FBI.'” David Simpson writes on the recent events at...

Davis Drama Continues (Updated Below)

Davis Drama Continues (Updated Below)

Crank up the damage control: UC President Mark Yudof appoints William J. Bratton, former chief of NYPD and LAPD to review UC police procedures and to report in a month. Yudof also appointed a systemwide policy review panel, to be headed by UC General Counsel Charles Robinson and UC Berkeley School of Law Dean Christopher Edley Jr. UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi now says police...

Links for November 22

Links for November 22

DAVIS: THE CRISIS CONTINUED Pepper Spray Off Campus: Letter Calling for Chancellor Katehi to resign. And Facebook page.  Katehi addresses campus as outrage grows.  Audience unconvinced. UC Davis Student Leaders condemn use of pepper spray. UC Davis Strike Call....

UC Davis Continued: the Links

UC Davis Continued: the Links

UCLA Faculty Open Letter on Police Violence.  The Daily Bruin has more. "The Turning Point": On the example of UC Davis Students. Cynthia Carter Ching: An Open Letter to Students and Faculty. Civil Libertarians and experts on Campus Policing appalled by recent UC Behavior. "An Internet Meme": UC Davis's Lt. Pike plays various  Masters of the Universe. Is the First...

Links--Special Sunday Edition (Updated Below)

Links--Special Sunday Edition (Updated Below)

UPDATE: Yudof to convene Chancellors. Academic Council Letter to President Yudof STRUGGLES OVER FREEDOM OF SPEECH AT UC CAMPUSES CONTINUE After expressions of outrage, Chancellor Katehi begins to walk back her statements on Police Pepper Spray.  The SacBee has more details. Students impose silent criticism.  More here. Robert Haas points out that UCPD has given...

Links--Special Weekend Edition (updated below)

Links--Special Weekend Edition (updated below)

DAVIS DECIDES TO COMPETE WITH BERKELEY NOT ONLY FOR STUDENTS BUT IN POLICE VIOLENCE Uc Davis Police Pepper Spray Peaceful Students.   The Sac Bee has the story.  So does the SF Chronicle.  So does the Huffington Post.  Not to mention Salon. Chancellor Katehi tries to Justify Police Actions.  Nathan Brown points out that her response doesn't make...

Downed Tents and Eyewittnesses

Downed Tents and Eyewittnesses

Nicole LIndahl, Berkeley Law, describes her first direct experience with police brutality at Occupy Cal. The petition calling on senior officials at UC Berkeley to resign has over a thousand signatures.  UC police attack more tents, the revolutionary symbol of our time, in a pre-dawn raid at UCLA. President Mark Yudof "unequivocally support[s] students' right to protest...

Links for November 17

Links for November 17

Cal State Trustees flee meeting room: still vote to increase Fees by 9%. Student Regent speaks out against the postponement of this week's Regents meeting. LAO predicts low revenue:  Huge budget cuts are on the way.  LAO estimates up to 2 Billion in cuts.  Dan Mitchell looks down the road at the likely effects...

Links for November 16

Links for November 16

Huge Protests at UC Berkeley.  Here is a slideshow.  General Assembly votes to rebuild encampment.  Here was a live blog.  Protests across the CSU and UC systems: UC Davis with a slideshow.  Occupy Northridge. Robert Reich: "The Days of Apathy are Over." With Video.  Even NPR realized it was important...

Links for Tuesday November 15th (Updated Throughout the Day)

Links for Tuesday November 15th (Updated Throughout the Day)

Day of Action Live Blog November 15th (Daily Cal) Regents' cancellation coverage: LA Times; San Jose Mercury News (with UCPD chief quote that the protesters "chose physical confrontation") Regents Cancellation doesn't slow protests at UC and CSU. NBC LA says "leave the powerless Regents alone" Occupy Student Debt Decade-old decline in Illinois college attainment, which once...

Resolution to Be Presented to the Berkeley Academic Senate in Response to Recent Acts of Police Violence

Resolution to Be Presented to the Berkeley Academic Senate in Response to Recent Acts of Police Violence

The following is a resolution--drafted by members of the Berkeley faculty--to be presented for a vote at the Berkeley Academic Senate Meeting November 28t...

Links for November 14th

Links for November 14th

REGENTS POSTPONE THIS WEEK'S MEETING    Skepticism is expressed about the official explanation of cancellation Occupy Cal call for Tuesday's strike and other actions.  Further Information can be found here.  CFA on the CSU November 17th Strikes. UC Berkeley Chancellor Birgeneau describes November 9 video of police attack on protesters "very disturbin...

Why I Got Arrested with Occupy Cal--and How

Why I Got Arrested with Occupy Cal--and How

By Celeste Langan I participated in the Occupy Cal rally on Sproul Plaza on November 9 (my sign, "We're Afraid for Virginia Woolf," made it to the Daily Cal’s top 10) and stayed for the general assembly. The organizers of Occupy Cal asked those who were willing to stay and link arms to protect those who were attempting to set up the encampment; I chose to do so. I knew, both...

Account of UCLA Protests; ACLU Complaint to UC Berkeley; Call for General Strike

Account of UCLA Protests; ACLU Complaint to UC Berkeley; Call for General Strike

Toby Higbie's account of UCLA's November 9th protest is below.   With additional links 1. Video on Occupy Cal and the General Assembly.  Good discussion, very large crowds. The Occupy Cal General Assembly called for a general strike (education sector) for this Tuesday, November 15th.  The strike is " in opposition to the cuts to public education, university...

Another Reality (Remarks at UC Irvine Protest, 11/9/11)

Another Reality (Remarks at UC Irvine Protest, 11/9/11)

By Rei Terada In March 2010, about a thousand people at UC Irvine marched here and on the street, on University Avenue. I was amused that a couple of commentators wrote afterward that UCI students were “protesting reality.” Someone headlined a blog for The Atlantic, “Students Protest University Cutbacks, Reality”. This remark assumes that once reality has been determined, you...

Officer 14 Tweaks on the Line- Occupy Cal 11/9 (UPDATED ACROSS THE DAY)

Officer 14 Tweaks on the Line- Occupy Cal 11/9 (UPDATED ACROSS THE DAY)

Penn State students riot for football coach fired in coaching staff molestation scandal (grand jury report).  The Nation follows up with a comparison of Berkeley and Penn State. Crowds at Occupy Cal - Daily Cal Coverage.  Mercury News coverage with photos. SF Chronicle story and slideshow.  The AtlanticWire has a digest of news coverage. . Occupy Santa Cruz. ...

Links for November 9

Links for November 9

Students, staff, and faculty engaged in protest across the UC and CSU systems today.  So far I've tracked reports from Berkeley, Channel Islands, Davis, Fresno,  Irvine, Long Beach Los Angeles, Riverside, San Diego, Santa Cruz, and Sonoma State.  I'm sure there will be more news as time goes forward. Protests in London.  Surprise, Surprise, the Police were...

Links for November 8

Links for November 8

Yudof announced no mid-year tuition hikes.  I wonder if he is nervous about protests at the Regents' party next week? UC Davis plows ahead with plan to increase out-of-state and international students. Bob Samuels discusses the rising inequality at UC here and here...

The Story that Needs Changing

The Story that Needs Changing

In the last few weeks I've given a number of talks on college campuses about the self-feeding devolutionary spiral in puliic university funding.  I've tried to describe the mechanisms that are continuing to accelerate decline, and identify points of resistance that could help with rebuilding.   The goal must remain mass quality rather than limited access to premium content. ...

Links for November 4

Links for November 4

In Oakland, Occupy supporters and city officials debated at a public meeting.  And you can get more information here. Assembly Budget Committee expects 5-8 Billion dollar deficit next year....

Links for November 3rd

Links for November 3rd

#OccupyOakland closes down nation's 5th biggest port.  UCOP appears to have asked its employees to stay away from the office, located near the occupation, and to work from home. Colorado votes down a tax-increase measure for education.  The state governor wants to balance the budget by cutting higher education but much of the legislature is resisting.  The governor...

Links for Wednesday, November 2

Links for Wednesday, November 2

Occupy Oakland Schedule for General Strike.  Live updates.  Other information.   Video.  Colorado Voters say no to increasing taxes to pay for education. Texas Board of Regents invests in company that trolls for course grading data; mandates that campuses sign on to it. Regional Public Universities are lessening research commitments. Universities...

We Can Restore California's Higher Education...If the Leaders Lead

We Can Restore California's Higher Education...If the Leaders Lead

By Stanton Glantz cross-listed from KQED Conventional wisdom says the UC and CSU funding crises are the inevitable result of recession-driven budget shortfalls, and the only solution is to soak students and their families. But it's bunk. Shifting costs from the public to students is a deliberate act of public policy...