Reverend urges people to reach just as far as they can
Staff
Saturday February 17, 2001
By Mary Barrett -more-
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Concert will raise funds for students’ trip
Daily Planet wire services
Saturday February 17, 2001
Mingus Amungus, one of the Bay Area’s premier jazz bands, will headline a benefit concert March 4 in support of an educational trip to Cuba for 65 Berkeley High students. -more-
A victory over Cardinal could be Cal’s ticket to the tourney
By Jared Green
Daily Planet Staff
Saturday February 17, 2001
As always, the joint will be rockin’. As always, both teams will be fired up. But Saturday’s showdown between the Cal and Stanford men’s basketball teams at Haas Pavilion marks the return of national significance to a rivalry that has been all too one-sided for quite a while. -more-
Council pulls in the budget reins
By John Geluardi
Daily Planet Staff
Saturday February 17, 2001
As an anticipated downturn in the economy looms, the City Council has put on the budget brakes until it can determine what city programs should have funding priority. -more-
Cal women get a big win against Stanford
The Associated Press
Saturday February 17, 2001
Johnson scores 34, Corley 22 as Bears break 15-game skid -more-
Freedom of information awards announced
Daily Planet staff and wire reports
Saturday February 17, 2001
The Society of Professional Journalists, Northern California Chapter announced this week that the Berkeley Daily Planet is among 12 organizations and individuals to be honored next month with the James Madison Freedom of Information Awards. -more-
Bears batter Loyola into submission with 14 runs
Daily Planet Wire Services
Saturday February 17, 2001
Cal piles up 18 hits before game called due to darkness -more-
Theological union discusses roles of economy, religion
Bay City News
Saturday February 17, 2001
To celebrate the inauguration of its new president, a panel came together at the Graduate Theological Union Thursday to discuss the interplay of modern economic forces and religion. -more-
Professor uses math, bubbles in program
Bay City News
Saturday February 17, 2001
A computer science professor of the University of California at Berkeley has created a computer program that takes the geometric wood sculptures of Missouri artist Brent Collins a step further. -more-
Features
Researchers alarmed at HIV, behavior trends
The Associated Press
Saturday February 17, 2001
LOS ANGELES — Studies of HIV-infected people in Los Angeles show disturbing trends in behavior that could lead to the rapid spread of the virus that causes AIDS, researchers said. -more-
S.F. expected to approve sex-change benefits
The Associated Press
Saturday February 17, 2001
SAN FRANCISCO — The city that symbolizes liberalism and sexual openness is about to extend its health insurance to cover sex-change operations for municipal employees. -more-
State’s wildlands could get extra protection
The Associated Press
Saturday February 17, 2001
Conservation groups say Gov. Gray Davis has taken the first step toward protecting thousands of acres of utility-owned wildlands from possible sale to developers or timber companies. -more-
Lawyers’ group may back changes in immigration law
The Associated Press
Saturday February 17, 2001
SAN DIEGO — The 400,000-member American Bar Association is likely to back several changes in immigration law that advocates say would treat women, children and even accused terrorists more fairly. -more-
Students want to probe beaver deaths
The Associated Press
Saturday February 17, 2001
FOLSOM — An angry horde is demanding answers from state authorities about why eight beavers in Sacramento County have died. -more-
Prosecutors offer new theory of SLA origins
The Associated Press
Saturday February 17, 2001
LOS ANGELES — Prosecutors of a former Symbionese Liberation Army fugitive offered a new theory Friday about the origins of the 1970s revolutionary group, claiming it was formed to bomb police cars. -more-
Environmental groups ask judge to stop new forest rules
The Associated Press
Saturday February 17, 2001
New regulations give the U.S. Forest Service too much freedom to decide how to manage the nation’s forests, environmental groups say. -more-
Colleges struggle to keep a male-female balance
The Associated Press
Saturday February 17, 2001
OBERLIN, Ohio — The Oberlin College student walked into her first art history class of the spring semester and did a quick head count: two men and 20 women. -more-
Napster, others want to sell music online
The Associated Press
Saturday February 17, 2001
SAN FRANCISCO — Napster proved that giving away music over the Internet is a breeze. But major record labels still aren’t willing to sell their top hits online, and dot-coms hoping to cash in on music downloads have business models fraught with uncertainty. -more-
Market Watch
The Associated Press
Saturday February 17, 2001
NEW YORK — Wall Street plunged back into pessimism Friday, sending stocks sharply lower after Nortel Networks, Dell Computer and Hewlett-Packard warned that business will slow further this year. A spike in inflation and military action in the Middle East increased the market’s woes. -more-
Editorial
UC president: Time to drop SAT I requirement
The Associated Press
Saturday February 17, 2001
BERKELEY — In a development that could affect the way high school students in California and across the nation prepare for college, University of California President Richard C. Atkinson is recommending dropping the SAT I as an admission requirement. -more-
