Daily Californian, Dec. 5, 2008 by Alexandra Wilcox
http://www.dailycal.org/article/103823/economy_influences_graduate_school_applications
Edward Tom, dean of admissions at Boalt Hall School of Law, said he predicts the number of applicants will go up 6 to 7 percent.
San Francisco Chronicle, Dec. 5, 2008 by Carolyn Jones
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“We respect the politics of Berkeley, home of the free speech movement, and their right to debate this issue,” Gluss said. “They can pass this measure, but it won’t have any bearing on the university’s policy.”
Daily Californian, Dec. 5, 2008 by Amy Brooks
http://www.dailycal.org/article/103825
“I have no evidence from students or others that the actual content of any course is academically inappropriate under any principled standard one might adopt,” he said in a statement
San Francisco Daily Journal, Dec. 3, 2008 by Fiona Smith
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This suit is markedly different because it invokes potentially powerful but rarely used legal doctrines such as the public trust doctrine and reasonable use, said Richard Frank…. “Various people have been advancing the notion that these legal doctrines have direct relevance to the environmental problems currently facing the delta. This lawsuit brings that theory front and center,” Frank said.
Daily Californian, Dec. 3, 2008 by Stephanie Lee
http://www.dailycal.org/article/103778/top_uc_campus_officials_gather_to_discuss_budget_w
Looking beyond the UC system, Edley said he perceives public education throughout the state as “broken” overall. “The vast majority of students leave without having achieved a certificate, much less a degree,” he said.
Dan Farber, a professor at Boalt Hall School of Law, said that he left last night’s panel discussion impressed—but worried for the future of higher education in California. “It’s remarkable that the campus and UC have managed to maintain their quality while being starved to death,” he said
San Francisco Chronicle, Dec. 3, 2008 by Wyatt Buchanan
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“This is the court’s decision, not the Legislature’s, just as whether you balance the budget is the Legislature’s decision and not the court’s,” said Jesse Choper.
The Washington Times, Dec. 3, 2008 by Christina Bellantoni
http://washingtontimes.com/news/2008/dec/03/clinton-challenged-in-key-cabinet-role/print/
“The courts would decline to hear that lawsuit on the grounds that this is a matter to be resolved in a political process,” Mr. Choper said.
Dan Farber, another Berkeley constitutional law professor, said there was no conflict when Mr. Bush signed the order earlier this year. “The last thing he had in mind was that he could sway Clinton’s vote by promising her the position with higher pay, and any possible conflict is eliminated if she doesn’t actually get the higher salary,” he said.
San Francisco Chronicle, Dec. 1, 2008 by Valerie Blair and Sarah Ruby
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Politics can’t change the way we feel about our partners, but it has changed the way we feel about marriage in California. For us, state-run marriage is tainted. To marry the people we love, we must enroll in an institution that is discriminatory and unfair. Prop 8 made that clear. Marriage now feels like the wrong way to begin our lives with people we love so much.
Los Angeles Times, Dec. 1, 2008 by Noam N. Levey
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-na-healthcare1-2008dec01,0,2564031.story
“Possibly more important than policy agreements,” Hacker said, “is the fact that the political forces now are in alignment.”
San Francisco Daily Journal, Dec. 1, 2008 by Lawrence Hurley
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“It’s important as a matter of deciding the role dollars and cost consideration should play in charting environmental policy,” said Richard Frank, executive director of the California Center for Environmental Law and Policy at UC Berkeley School of Law.