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Students Will Find Spruced-up Schools

By MATTHEW ARTZ
Tuesday August 26, 2003
Berkeley students heading back to class Wednesday can expect cleaner, greener campuses, but when they step inside some school buildings rust and dirt will still prevail. -more-

Berkeley This Week

Tuesday August 26, 2003
TUESDAY, AUGUST 26 -more-

A Charismatic Moment

Tuesday August 26, 2003
Charisma. That’s a word you don’t hear much lately, especially in connection with political candidates. Merriam-Webster offers two definitions: -more-

Superstar’s Jesus Christ Touches Sore Nerves

By CATHY YOUNG Boston Globe
Tuesday August 26, 2003
Mel Gibson’s upcoming movie “The Passion” is already stirring up passions more than half a year before its scheduled release—which is not surprising, since it deals with the emotionally charged subject of the crucifixion of Jesus. The intensity of the debate recalls the firestorm sparked by Martin Scorcese’s 1988 movie “The Last Temptation of Christ.” -more-

Arts Calendar

Tuesday August 26, 2003
TUESDAY, AUGUST 26 -more-

AC Drivers Plan Walkout, Protest of Job, Route Cuts

By MATTHEW ARTZ
Tuesday August 26, 2003
AC Transit Bus drivers facing certain job cuts over the pending December elimination of 34 bus lines—nearly one in four—voted Saturday to stage a one-day weekday walkout, the date yet to be determined. -more-

Letters to the Editor

Tuesday August 26, 2003
RUINOUS FIDDLING -more-

Have Video Games Become the Newest Art Form?

By JESSE WALKER Reason Magazine Reason Magazine
Tuesday August 26, 2003
For Henry Jenkins, a professor of media studies at MIT, the video game Grand Theft Auto III is a bit like “Birth of a Nation,” the 1915 film that cineastes praise for helping create the basic grammar of the movies and simultaneously damn for celebrating the Ku Klux Klan. -more-

A Dream Brought to New Life

By MATTHEW ARTZ
Tuesday August 26, 2003
For two young Berkeley documentarians, one of modern history’s most dramatic moments took on a new and unexpected reality when they set about collecting first-hand accounts of that day, four decades past, when Martin Luther King Jr. told the world he had a dream. -more-

What Report Card For Berkeley’s Public Schools?

By TERRY DORAN
Tuesday August 26, 2003
The Berkeley Public Schools NEVER received a “Report Card” from a State Agency but a report on how we can continue to improve our schools. Either the reporter or headline writer for the Berkeley Daily Planet did not attend the meeting where this report was presented to the School Board, or they purposely are trying to inflame our community against our public schools. -more-

Union To Rally For Card Check Agreement

By JAKOB SCHILLER
Tuesday August 26, 2003
After four months of trying to organize a union, Berkeley Bowl employees and community supporters will take their campaign to the streets Sunday with a rally in front of the store to demand that management agree to begin negotiations. -more-

When an Antenna’s a Shaft

By CONNIE and KEVIN SUTTON
Tuesday August 26, 2003
Dear Mayor Bates and Council, -more-

El Norte Digest

By MARCELO BALLVE Pacific News Service
Tuesday August 26, 2003
1990s Immigration Battles Resurface in California Recall -more-

Bustamante, Blacks and the ‘N’ Word

By EARL OFARI HUTCHINSON Pacific News Service
Tuesday August 26, 2003
The moment California Lieutenant Governor Cruz Bustamante said he was tossing his hat in as a replacement candidate in the recall race, the buzz among blacks was that he was the guy who used the “N” word. -more-

Hunt for Hit and Run Driver Narrows

By MATTHEW ARTZ
Tuesday August 26, 2003

Chaos Reigns At San Francisco State

From Susan Parker
Tuesday August 26, 2003

Gay Rights Gain Acceptance In Statutes Around the Globe, But Social Acceptance Lags

By PUENG VONGS Pacific News Service
Tuesday August 26, 2003

Death Rocks Brazil

By MARCELO BALLVE Pacific News Service
Tuesday August 26, 2003

Arab Press Casts Dubious Eye on U.S. Iraqi Role

By BRIAN SHOTT Pacific News Service
Tuesday August 26, 2003

It’s Berkeley, Not Berserkeley, Says Tourism Boss

By ZELDA BRONSTEIN Special to the Planet
Tuesday August 26, 2003

These Folks Favor Greenery That Likes to Feast on Flesh

By FRED DODSWORTH Special to the Planet
Tuesday August 26, 2003

QUARTERBACK JEFF SPELLMAN, a senior, returns as the sole offensive leader of the gridiron crew at the newly refurbished Berkeley High School.
QUARTERBACK JEFF SPELLMAN, a senior, returns as the sole offensive leader of the gridiron crew at the newly refurbished Berkeley High School.

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Berkeley Rehires Teachers Laid Off in Spring

By MATTHEW ARTZ
Tuesday August 26, 2003
Most of the 220 Berkeley teachers—about a third of the total faculty—handed pink slips in March will be back in their classrooms when school opens Wednesday, administration officials said. -more-

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