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A man named “Jihad” has been charged with assault and robbery after allegedly attacking an attendee at the Turning Point USA event held at UC Berkeley on Monday.

The once-promising field of computer science is experiencing a significant shift, leaving even top graduates from elite schools like UC Berkeley struggling to find employment, according to a leading professor in the field.

Harvard University has given an honorary degree to a retired UC Berkeley professor who is a fierce advocate for boycotting Israel.

State and local police arrested 12 activists Thursday evening as they dismantled a new pro-Palestinian “encampment” at the University of California Berkeley that was set up after a deal had been struck with the university to dismantle one on campus.

An anti-Israel student protester disrupted an event on Tuesday for Berkeley Law School graduates that was hosted at the residence of the Jewish dean, Erwin Chemerinsky, and his wife.

A University of California Berkeley professor has come under fire for alleged “misogyny” after commenting on the quality of women in different parts of the state.

The U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce announced Tuesday that it had launched an inquiry into the University of California Berkeley for antisemitism, adding it to the list of universities being probed.

Jewish students at University of California-Berkeley (UC Berkeley) were forced to leave campus after a mob of pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protesters shut down their speaking event featuring Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) soldier Ran Bar-Yoshafat.

A suspect is under arrest after nine gunshots rang out on the UC Berkeley campus Friday night at about 8:40 p.m.

A class at the University of California Berkeley disinvited Oakland City Council member Dan Kalb from giving a lecture on environmental issues after students objected that he had made pro-Israel statements online, including criticism of Hamas.

Jewish groups have filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the University of California Berkeley and its law school for allowing antisemitism to flourish on campus.

College courses on the jet-setting climate change activist pop star, who backs Democrats, Taylor Swift will reportedly be offered at Harvard University, UC Berkeley, and University of Florida this spring.

A UC Berkeley law professor is urging law firms not to hire his “antisemitic” students in the wake of the Hamas terrorist attack against Israel — which left more than 1,300 Israelis and citizens of other countries dead — noting, “When students face consequences for their actions, they straighten up.”

Video footage appears to show Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky telling a class that he discriminates against potential faculty hires to boost racial diversity using what he called “unstated affirmative action.” The Dean tells his audience, “If ever I’m deposed, I’m going to deny I said this to you.”

UC Berkeley repeatedly neglected to inform the U.S. government of its massive deal with China, which involves the communist country funding a highly sensitive $240 million joint tech venture that has been running for the last eight years.

What’s with all these Elizabeths pretending to be Indians?

A gun control poll released February 28, 2023, by the UC Berkley Institute of Governmental Studies (IGS) shows that Democrat and Republican voters in California are equally divided on major gun control questions. 

Human skeletal remains were discovered in an unused building at the University of California Berkeley’s Clark Kerr campus on Tuesday, according to officials.

Nine student groups at the University of California Berkeley Law School have banned any speakers that support Israel or Zionism, meaning that the overwhelming majority of Jews will be excluded from addressing those groups.

A UC Berkeley off-campus house called “The Person of Color Theme House” reportedly bans white people from common areas in order to “avoid white violence and presence.” The alleged house rules also state that residents must alert other tenants in a group chat whenever they bring white guests to the property.

A woke Stanford professor threatened to call the police on a Berkeley professor who exposed her $5,000 per hour consulting fee, according to a report by the Stanford Review, the student-run newspaper that serves Stanford University. The Berkeley prof fired back, saying: “Public advisory: don’t call the cops on black people for no reason. Black people disagreeing with you on Twitter is not a crime.”

The new vice chancellor of “Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging, and Injustice” (DEIBJ) at University of California (UC) Berkeley earns a salary of $325,000 to perform duties such as “battling injustices, systemic oppression, racism, sexism – all those things,” she said recently.

UC Berkeley professor and top scientist David Romps publicly resigned on Monday after claiming his colleagues refused his request to invite a “canceled” scientist to speak on Berkeley’s campus. Romps was the head of the Berkeley Atmospheric Sciences Center (BASC), writing that the center should be “a purely scientific organization, not a political one.”

The University of California system (UC) is pausing the hiring of safety officers until its campuses submit a “holistic, inclusive” plan for new officers, which will shift responsibilities and funding away from the University of California Police Departments.

University of California Berkeley School of Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky and Prof. Aaron S. Edlin claim in a New York Times op-ed that the recall of Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) would be unconstitutional, and therefore he cannot be removed.

Scott Walker said YAF will support lawsuits challenging First Amendment violations on college campuses as part of its “Long Game” strategy.

The overlords at the University of California, Berkeley, have launched a strict coronavirus lockdown including a ban on outdoor exercise.

A recent audit conducted by the state of California revealed that the University of California accepted at least 64 students due to their connections to university staff or donors over more qualified applicants. The majority of the applicants chosen for their connections were found at UC Berkeley, which the state auditors accused of failing to “establish a campus culture that values commitment to an admissions process based on fairness and applicants’ merits and achievements.” 

Just as the corporate media have been smearing Donald Trump since he launched his successful run for the presidency, editors on Wikipedia have done the same. This has included a college professor at the beginning of Trump’s term pushing students to add attacks on the President, editors placing mocking or incendiary articles about him on the site’s front page, equating Trump with the Nazis, and advancing the Russian collusion and Ukraine “quid pro quo” smears that have dominated his Administration.

UC Berkeley announced this week that it has accepted a $24 million donation from the former chairman of Levi Strauss & Co. that will be earmarked to cover tuition costs for students from low-income families. A press release published on Monday claims that the gift will help increase the number of students from groups that have been “historically marginalized” by universities and colleges.

The Berkeley Police Department has made an arrest in the case of UC Berkeley student Seth Smith, who was shot in the back of the head on June 15. 60-year-old Tony Walker was arrested on Thursday by Berkeley police on suspicion of murder.

California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) has urged UC Berkeley to reduce its power consumption during the afternoon to protect the state’s electrical grid. UC Berkeley officials have asked students to power down their residence halls and leave campus at 3:00 pm each day. Even the prestigious university’s science labs are being asked to delay work until after 8:00 pm due to the state’s power crisis.

Students and faculty at both UC Berkeley and Johns Hopkins University are working on plans that will counter recently published ICE guidelines that require foreign students to return to their home country if they are enrolled in online courses this fall.

The history department at UC Berkeley condemned an open letter allegedly penned by a professor for its criticisms of the Black Lives Matter movement. The anonymous letter criticized UC Berkeley faculty for failing to cultivate an environment that can tolerate criticism of social justice movements. According to the history department, criticism of Black Lives Matter “goes against our values.”

The top 100 universities in the United States overwhelmingly featured leftist commencement speakers this spring. A study found that only one university featured a conservative commencement speaker in 2020.

UC Berkeley students responded to the indefinite postponement of their graduation with a custom-built virtual celebration.