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New Berkeley High Principal: A Big Man For a Bigger Job

By KEVIN JONES Special to the Planet
Tuesday August 19, 2003
Asked what he thought would be Jim Slemp’s biggest challenge as Berkeley High School’s new principal, BUSD spokesperson Mark Coplan responded, “managing a small city.” -more-

Berkeley This Week

Tuesday August 19, 2003
TUESDAY, AUGUST 19 -more-

Cowbirds Dump Offspring on Avian Dupes

By JOE EATON Special to the Planet
Tuesday August 19, 2003
On my way to the BART station earlier this summer, I noticed an unfamiliar bird skulking in the shrubbery near the tennis courts at the corner of Martin Luther King and Russell. It was pretty nondescript: bigger than a sparrow, smaller than a robin, pale grayish-brown with vague streaking. But it had this furtive look about it. -more-

Letters to the Editor

Tuesday August 19, 2003
PROVOCATEUR -more-

Berkeley Red Diaper Baby Finds Humor in Taxes

By FRED DODSWORTH Special to the Planet
Tuesday August 19, 2003
In 1994 Josh Kornbluth got hit with what was, for him, an enormous tax bill. He suddenly owed Uncle Sam and the state of California a combined total of $27,000. -more-

Arts Calendar

Tuesday August 19, 2003
TUESDAY, AUGUST 19 -more-

Rosa Parks Fails State School Test

By DAVID SCHARFENBERG
Tuesday August 19, 2003
Rosa Parks Elementary School received failing marks and Washington Elementary School got an incomplete on the latest round of state testing, overshadowing an otherwise solid performance by Berkeley students on the California Standards Test. -more-

Questions Remain as Adult School Decision Looms

By JOHN ENGLISH
Tuesday August 19, 2003
The Board of Education is poised to formally decide on Aug. 20 whether to move the Berkeley Adult School from its present West Campus location on University Avenue to the School District’s Franklin site on Virginia Street. -more-

UC Web Site Offers Mark Twain Letters In Digital Age Form

By DAVID SCHARFENBERG
Tuesday August 19, 2003
Mark Twain, who chronicled America’s Gilded Age in the 19th century, joined the digital age this month when UC Berkeley researchers put 700 of his letters online. -more-

In Support of the Move

George Coates
Tuesday August 19, 2003
Editors, Daily Planet: -more-

Alameda County Vacationer Brings Back West Nile Virus

By DAVID SCHARFENBERG
Tuesday August 19, 2003
Alameda County’s first West Nile Virus victim has survived her encounter with the deadly disease—contracted not here but in Colorado—say local public officials who remain deeply concerned about the virus’s spread into California. -more-

Germany Leads the World in Alternative Energy

By JANET L. SAWIN New Internationalist
Tuesday August 19, 2003
Clusters of tall white wind turbines spin gracefully atop green hillsides. Solar photovoltaics (PVs) are integrated into windows and rooftops of modern homes, factories and office blocks. Even the old renovated seat of government is fitted with solar panels. -more-

UC Berkeley Web Site Explores Recall Issues

David Scharfenberg
Tuesday August 19, 2003

When the Media Worm Turns: Putting Team Bush on the Grill

By SUSAN J. DOUGLAS In These Times
Tuesday August 19, 2003

Going Back to School at Age 51

From Susan Parker
Tuesday August 19, 2003

Farewell My H1-Bs: Indian Tech Workers Depart, Change U.S.

By SANDIP ROY Pacific News Service
Tuesday August 19, 2003

British Urban Scene Has Lessons for Bay

By JOHN KENYON Special to the Planet
Tuesday August 19, 2003

Newsman, Synagogue Feud Over High-rise Scheme

By BLAIR GOLSON New York Observer
Tuesday August 19, 2003

Wine Bottles Boast Their Own Histories

By TAYLOR EASON Creative Loafing
Tuesday August 19, 2003

Salinas by Way of Steinbeck

By KATHLEEN HILL Special to the Planet
Tuesday August 19, 2003

JIM SLEMP, Berkeley High’s new principal, faces major challenges, including top staff turnover.
JIM SLEMP, Berkeley High’s new principal, faces major challenges, including top staff turnover.

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Tuesday August 19, 2003
Strong-arm Robbery -more-

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