I’m going to post the whole thing because … because … I’m in awe (and not in a good way) … Remember now, this is the nation’s number one ranked public university: We are calling for an occupation of syllabi in the social sciences and humanities. This call to action was instigated by our experience last semester as students in an upper-division course on classical social theory. Grades were based
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January 27, 2015
NOT The Onion: “We must dismantle the tyranny of the white male syllabus.” [Darleen Click]
September 6, 2014
UC Berkeley’s Friday dump of a ‘steaming pile of ideology’ [Darleen Click] UPDATED
Screenshot from Twitter Let’s see now …the boundaries between protected and unprotected speech, between free speech and political advocacy… If the First Amendment means anything at all, it is the securing of the right of political speech, regardless of any stray adjective like “advocacy” or “partisan”. Chancellor Dirks keeps using the phrase “free speech” in the same way Totalitarian Left regimes use the phrase “People’s Democratic Republic”. From Jeff When
July 9, 2014
Just hand it over. For free. Cuz, like, I’m entitled, dude. [Darleen Click]
“Berkeley, California orders free pot for poor patients” Berkeley City Council members voted unanimously late on Tuesday to instruct local outlets to provide marijuana equal to 2 percent of their sales to patients on low incomes. “It’s an equity issue,” Council member Darryl Moore told Reuters. “We want to ensure that those who are in need have access to the medication necessary to treat their condition.” Under the law, which
December 7, 2012
Slandering of Salvation Army is not innocent mistake [Darleen Click]
The “student government” at UC Berkeley is demanding that the Salvation Army bell ringers be banned from the campus because of The Tolerance™ The reason: Allegations of discrimination based on sexual orientation by the celebrated charitable organization could cause gay and lesbian students to take offense. The lengthy Nov. 14 resolution, SB 176, asserts that “Salvation Army church services, including charity services, are available only to people ‘who accept and