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News

Historian Leon Litwack Retires with Golden Apple

By Riya Bhattacharjee

Friday April 20, 2007

Images of a young Jimi Hendrix setting his guitar ablaze flickered across the screen at the UC Berkeley Wheeler Auditorium on Wednesday. The film Berkeley in the ’60s was not just entertainment for the some hundred students from History 7B (American History since 1865)—it was classwork. -more-

UC Academic Senate Confirms BP Contract

By Richard Brenneman

Friday April 20, 2007

Berkeley’s Academic Senate handed a victory to supporters of the proposed half-billion-dollar contract between the former British Petroleum and the university. -more-

Universal Health Care Bill Passes Committee

By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor

Friday April 20, 2007

A bill that would guarantee single-payer health care coverage to all Californians passed the California State Senate Health Committee Thursday, leaving at least one community advocate optimistic about the bill’s chances of becoming law. -more-

DAPAC Gives OK to Downtown Proposals

By Richard Brenneman

Friday April 20, 2007

DAPAC members finally adopted recommendations for developing UC Berkeley-owned property in downtown Berkeley Wednesday, but it took more than three hours, and one key element remains to be decided. -more-

Mayor Bates Touts Berkeley’s Green-City Initiatives

By Riya Bhattacharjee

Friday April 20, 2007

Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates urged local businesses to help propel Berkeley toward becoming the greenest city in the country at the Sustainable Berkeley Commercial Property Climate Protection Luncheon gathering on Tuesday. -more-

Senate Bills on Police Public Information Meet Mixed Fates

By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor

Friday April 20, 2007

Panoramic Sales Net City $2.1 Million

By Richard Brenneman

Friday April 20, 2007

Longfellow’s Technology Programs Attract National Attention

By Riya Bhattacharjee

Friday April 20, 2007

SF Board Landmarks UC Laguna Extension Campus

By Riya Bhattacharjee

Friday April 20, 2007

Opium, Drug Use Drive Second Wave of AIDS Pandemic

By Khalil Abdullah, New America Media

Friday April 20, 2007

History Professor Leon Litwak with his Golden Apple Award. Photograph by Riya Bhattacharjee.

Editorials

Editorial: Gonzales Explains It All, One More Time

By Becky O’Malley

Friday April 20, 2007

The picture that emerges from the appearance of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales before the Senate Judiciary Committee is not one of “high crimes and misdemeanors”—unfortunately. “We should have done a better job of communicating,” he says. “I accept responsibility,” he says, “mistakes were made.” Next thing you know, he’ll be going into rehab. -more-