The Daily Californian, September 14, 2011 by Aaida Samad
http://www.dailycal.org/2011/09/14/uc-berkeley-dismisses-parts-of-formal-grievance-filed-by-graduate-student/
“While I was hopeful that we were nearing the end of this process … what we’re seeing now strongly indicates that the unwillingness to provide students their basic rights continues, and the problems remain as bad as ever.”
The Daily Californian, September 15, 2011 by Sara Khan
http://www.dailycal.org/2011/09/15/panel-of-experts-offers-views-from-respective-fields/
“What California did this year is pretty amazing,” she said. “It’s the leader in the country. The legislature passed AB 130 which Gov. Brown has signed—this is a major step.”
The Daily Californian, September 15, 2011 by Alex Kopel
http://www.dailycal.org/2011/09/15/asuc-passes-bill-in-support-of-affirmative-action/
Though Proposition 209 bans awarding admissions decisions based on race and ethnicity alone, SB 185 would allow admissions officers to view ethnicity as part of the student’s background as a whole, according to Jesse Choper.
American Public Media, Marketplace, September 14, 2011 by John Moe
http://bit.ly/nRykqJ
“In Europe, there is a comprehensive privacy law in each nation which requires that online privacy be protected. In the U.S., we regulate sector by sector, and there are notable gaps in protection. We have statutory protection for things like health care privacy, video privacy, credit card records. But there is no one law that protects online privacy. The exception for that is there is a Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, but that only protects those who are 13 years or younger.”
The Chronicle of Higher Education, September 14, 2011 by Robin Wilson
http://chronicle.com/article/Scholar-Who-Left-a-Tenured/128969/
Mary Ann Mason, a professor at the University of California at Berkeley’s School of Law who does similar research, said she didn’t believe the charges against Mr. Drago would stop him from doing work in the field. “He has been a very effective scholar and could continue to be so,” she said.
-San Francisco Business Times, September 13, 2011 by Steven E.F. Brown
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2011/09/13/legalize-it-says-uc-berkeley-study.html?page=all
“The available evidence suggests that the prevalence of cannabis use among Dutch citizens rose and fell as the number of coffeeshops increased and later declined, but only modestly,” MacCoun wrote…. “The Dutch system serves as a nuanced alternative to both full prohibition and full legalization.”
-The Fix, September 15, 2011 by Jennifer Matesa
http://www.thefix.com/content/coffee-house-study-crashes-gateway-theory9147
He added, “The theory in the Netherlands is that the gateway is more sociological—if I start hanging out with marijuana users, and we buy from street dealers, we’re going to start coming into contact with harder drugs. The study seems to support the Dutch theory that if you can separate the markets, you can reduce the gateway.”
Contra Costa Times, September 12, 2011 by Rick Radin and Paul Burgarino
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_18879656
“I wouldn’t want to jump to conclusions that the crime rate can be reliably contained by police,” he said. “However, a careful and cautious accounting might well conclude that police-activated changes are responsible for part of the good news.”
Los Angeles Times, September 12, 2011 by Carol J. Williams and Shari Roan
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-postpartum-defense-20110912,0,6042102.story
Murray said the women thought to be most susceptible to postpartum psychosis, those with financial difficulties or stressful family relations, are the least likely to be noticed by medical professionals because they often lack health insurance for postnatal follow-up with doctors.
Jerusalem Report, September 7, 2011 by Jan Jaben-Eilon
http://mobiletrunk.jpost.com/HomePage/FrontPage/Article.aspx?id=88236524&cat=1
Clearly excited by the flourishing programs on the Berkeley campus, law professor Kenneth A. Bamberger tells The Report, “One thing we know how to do well at Berkeley is to talk about controversial subjects. That’s what academic institutions should be doing best.”
San Francisco Chronicle, September 10, 2011 by Bob Egelko
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/nov05election/detail?entry_id=97168
“The point was that some advisers thought—and I credit their expertise—that some in the intelligence and military communities would react to aggressive investigations and prosecutions with a mixture of demoralizing resentment and anger, with possible consequences for their mission.”