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UC Hotel Panel Moves Ahead After Mayor Seeks a Timeout

By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor
Friday January 23, 2004
The Berkeley Planning Commission’s examination of the proposed UC Hotel-Conference Center-Museum Complex project was thrown into temporary confusion early this week when Mayor Tom Bates formally asked the panel to delay creating the project task force Bates himself had sought less than two months ago. -more-

Berkeley This Week

Friday January 23, 2004
FRIDAY, JAN. 23 -more-

A Parable for Councilmembers

John Gertz
Friday January 23, 2004
An open letter to Berkeley City Councilmembers Linda Maio, Kriss Worthington, Margaret Brelund, Maudele Shirek, and Dona Spring: -more-

A Unique Blend of Baroque and Contemporary

C. SUPRYNOWICZ
Friday January 23, 2004
Are we standing at the pinnacle of civilization, or tumbling from the broken guardrail? While there is a lot to endure in these burdensome times (traffic, mad cows, Republicans), it is an easy and available pleasure to graze through the treasure trove of history that has accumulated in the five centuries or so while we’ve been otherwise occupied. -more-

Arts Calendar

Friday January 23, 2004
FRIDAY, JAN. 23 -more-

UC, Union Discuss Stalled Pact Terms

By JAKOB SCHILLER
Friday January 23, 2004
After an initial, incomplete agreement last year between the University of California and the Coalition of University Employee’s Union (CUE) ended a two-year labor battle, both parties are back at the table, sitting down to the negotiate at CUE’s Berkeley offices Wednesday to hash out unresolved issues on the current contract before it expires in September. -more-

ZAB Ruled Wrong Way in Approving Sprint Tower

Leonard Schwartzburd, Ph.D.
Friday January 23, 2004
Open Letter to the Berkeley City Council: -more-

New School Assignment Plan Debuts

By MATTHEW ARTZ
Friday January 23, 2004
Berkeley Unified School District unveiled a new plan Wednesday for assigning students to elementary schools that supporters hailed for expanding diversity beyond race and critics blasted as a sitting duck for a legal challenge already mounted against the district. -more-

Letters to the Editor

Friday January 23, 2004
TUNE-UP MASTERS -more-

After Lively Hearing, Council Sets Sprint Vote

By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR
Friday January 23, 2004
Tuesday’s long-delayed public hearing on Sprint Communications’ North Shattuck cellular antennae application dragged into the early morning hours of this week’s city council meeting, their decision on the controversial installation at least a week away. -more-

Governor’s Plan Poses Problems for Vista College

By MATTHEW ARTZ
Friday January 23, 2004
Local community college officials fear a proposal to push 10 percent of incoming University of California and California State University freshman into community colleges will end up pushing some Berkeley students straight out of higher education. -more-

Immigrants Need Translators For Health; Bush Won’t Fund

By HILARY ABRAMSON Pacific News Service
Friday January 23, 2004

Police Blotter

By MATTHEW ARTZ
Friday January 23, 2004

Under Currents: Oakland in Tatters, Jerry Brown Raises His Aim

J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR
Friday January 23, 2004

Free Speech Movement Activist Finds Tarnish On Clark Kerr’s Legacy

By MICHAEL ROSSMAN Special to the Planet
Friday January 23, 2004

Burrowing Owl Pops Up at Berkeley Marina

By JOE EATONSpecial to the Planet
Friday January 23, 2004

Jakob Schiller: Amatullah Alaji-Sabrie, president of the UC Berkeley CUE local, joins Mr. Peanut for a protest march along Telegraph Avenue Wednesday.
Jakob Schiller: Amatullah Alaji-Sabrie, president of the UC Berkeley CUE local, joins Mr. Peanut for a protest march along Telegraph Avenue Wednesday.

Editorials

Editorial: AnybodyButBushers Unite!

Becky O'Malley
Friday January 23, 2004
People from around here who went off to Iowa to stump for their candidates of choice could be feeling pretty discouraged right about now. I’m on e-mail lists for Dean, Kucinich and the Wellstone Democratic Renewal Club, so I’ve been reading about how bad some are feeling. It’s safe to say that not many Berkeleyans were trying to persuade Iowa Democrats to support caucus winners Kerry or Edwards. -more-

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