Touring the turbulent '60s; BERKELEY: Holding on to its activist roots

Daily Breeze;  February 3, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Touring the turbulent '60s. BERKELEY: Holding on to its activist roots...of theUniversity of California at Berkeley, something big was happening -- I...passions heat up in a quintessential UC-Berkeley student demonstration. When I got...

Some Berkeley, Calif., companies flee to other East Bay cities

University Wire;  August 7, 2001 ;     655 words ......07-2001 (Daily Californian) (U-WIRE) BERKELEY, Calif. -- The owners of Ask Jeeves...search engine, thought they had a home in Berkeley, Calif., when the company was founded in 1996. But Berkeley proved to be inhospitable to expanding...

Counterculture 2001 Berkeley and 'Bob of the Universe'

Chicago Sun-Times;  July 8, 2001 ;     700+ words ...BERKELEY, Calif.--Looking as if he'd been there since 1969, a street...and Haste Street near the University of California at Berkeley campus. Telegraph Avenue is the place where the '60s have hung on the longest in Berkeley. Head shops are sprinkled in with restaurants and boutiques...

Berkeley Struggles As the FACULTY LOOKS Elsewhere.

Black Issues in Higher Education;  December 23, 1999 ;     700+ words ...BERKELEY, Calif.--Issues of race and racism are swirling about the University of California at Berkeley, stirred up by the imminent departures of two professors...the ethnic studies department. At issue: Is prestigious Berkeley's ivory tower a bastion for only White professors? Some...

Lennox Berkeley: A Source Book. (Twentieth-Century British Composers).

Notes;  March 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Lennox Berkeley: A Source Book. By Stewart R. Craggs...known in America, the name of Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989) deserves a place on the list...Despite a self-effacing temperament, Berkeley was nevertheless an ambitious composer...

Conference 2008: Berkeley or Bust!

The Hymn;  January 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...There are many places named Berkeley. But Berkeley, California, is the one assumed when no other is specified...cities are known as home to a great university, but when Berkeley is named, the universal recognition is of The University...

COMMENTARY: BERKELEY GETS IT RIGHT

United Press International;  May 9, 2002 ;     700+ words ...00-00-0000 Commentary: Berkeley gets it right May 09, 2002 (United...International via COMTEX) -- Let's hear it for Berkeley, Calif., a town so left wing that...stop signs. The People's Republic of Berkeley, as the rest of the Bay Area often...

The Papers of Sir William Berkeley, 1605-1677

The Journal of Southern History;  November 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...The Papers of Sir William Berkeley, 1605-1677. Edited by Warren M. Billings...ISBN 978-0-88490-207-2.) Sir William Berkeley is among the most oft-quoted of early...as a Citty upon a Hill" surpasses Berkeley's as emblematic of seventeenth-century...

Demonstrators face off on Iraq in Berkeley

Oakland Tribune;  October 18, 2007 ;     554 words ...BERKELEY -- Flag-waving demonstrators far outnumbered a group of...protesting a U.S. Marine Corps recruiting center in downtown Berkeley on Wednesday. But groups on both sides of Shattuck Avenue...said police spokeswoman Sgt. Mary Kusmiss. Protests in Berkeley are nothing new, but a protest against a ...

Berkeley sees fewer blacks

Daily Breeze;  May 30, 2004 ;     474 words ...BERKELEY -- Sometimes, Adia Harrison looks around her classes at the University of California, Berkeley and is slightly surprised at the reminder: Just about...in the room looks like her. This fall, being black at Berkeley is likely to become even more of an anomaly. As of late...

Democracy still driving force behind Berkeley.

Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA);  June 22, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Martin Snapp Jun. 22--Berkeley has been called a small town that thinks...special. A lot of trends that started in Berkeley -- and were roundly mocked at the time...being adopted by the rest of the country. Berkeley was the first city to divest from South...

Berkeley connects with sister cities across the globe

University Wire;  October 8, 2002 ;     700+ words ...00-00-0000 (Daily Californian) (U-WIRE) BERKELEY, Calif. -- From Cuba to Japan, Berkeley diplomats can travel the world without leaving...ordinary citizens traveling the world and visiting Berkeley's sister cities. Berkeley, likewise, has hosted...

Taking an alternate route: as competition increases to gain admission into...

Black Issues in Higher Education;  August 28, 2003 ;     700+ words ...BERKELEY, CALIF. Maria Pecot grew up in Berkeley, Calif., attended Berkeley High School, and always hoped to attend the University of California at Berkeley. But four years ago, she found herself at a very different college--Vista Community College...

No joke: Berkeley turns 125.

Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, Calif.) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service);  March 30, 2003 ;     617 words ...Byline: Michal Lando BERKELEY, Calif. _ To twist a slogan once used...Companies Inc., You've come a long way, Berkeley. Long before the free-speech and antiwar...mascot flower children, there was Berkeley. And come April Fools' Day, Liberal...

Motorcycle group deliberately spends $25,000 outside Berkeley

Oakland Tribune;  March 24, 2008 ;     700+ words ...BERKELEY _ More than 400 motorcyclists didn't want to spend a dime in Berkeley on Saturday, and they would have succeeded if not for...spent $25,000 to $30,000 in neighboring cities to penalize Berkeley financially for its recent anti- military stance. ``If...