Loading ...There’s plenty to be seen and heard in terms of walkout coverage on the ground …
Image Source: Anna Hiatt, Daily Cal
… but what about the rest of the world watching via the Internet? Here are some highlights:
Wednesday, Nov. 18
6:51 p.m.
“As hundreds of students rushed the building today where UC Regents were meeting – throwing wet red bandannas meant to look like blood – the regents’ finance committee voted to recommend a 32 percent student fee increase, setting off read more »
Mark Yudof released a little love letter to the UC system this week. After reviewing his proposal to enlarge the role of the federal government in public education several times, we give you our reader’s digest version of his strategy:
1. Reward bleeding hearts. Gives Pell Grants to schools that “enroll the neediest students.” Payola: about $2.5 billion for university core operations.
2. Give more money to read more »
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The Clog is here in Pauley Ballroom at the Q&A Townhall with the Chancellor. We’ll be liveblogging the events so stay tuned. (Note: the picture is of a pretty town hall in Vienna. It has actually nothing to do with the post. Except that it’s pretty, and I don’t have my camera with me. If you have a better picture, hook us up).
Moving right along… read more »
While Mark Yudof’s little cemetery comment to the New York Times has already tinged countless student groups with a cadaverous pallor, this graveyard romp is far from over.
In case your Halloween plans got in the way of read more »
Oh, Mark Yudof. You are not having a good year. First all the problems with the UC system, and now this. A cemetery in your own backyard.
Yes, you read that correctly. After the long conference about the California public education crisis, a crowd of protesters were so riled up that they journeyed all the way to Yudof’s Oakland Hills home and built a “mock cemetery” on the hillside. read more »
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If you didn’t know who Mark Yudof was a couple months ago, odds are you know who he is now. And if you didn’t know he was an avid and accomplished Tweetist (Tweeter?), boy have you been missing out.
But if you do know what’s up and are of the he-should-be-spending-all-his-time-focusing-on-UC philosophy, then this might not be your cup of tea.
The man’s latest excursion into the Twittersphere: (Warning: May cause mild anxiety for the aforementioned philosophers) read more »
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Protests on campus are far from over.
This time it’s Compass, the Committee for Philippine Studies. The group believes that it’s time for UC Berkeley to establish Philippine Studies classes in addition to securing their Tagalog classes in the mind-bending chaos that is rearranging the curriculum to fit around budget deficits. read more »
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California’s broke and the boys in Sac (as it seems to be) sure as f*ck ain’t got our back. But Chancellor Birgeneau may have a plan.
Yesterday the Chancellor reassuringly declared that big universities don’t cry; they reassess their operational spending. Starting soon, “Operational Excellence,” a collaborative effort between in-house and private consultants, will examine Berkeley’s costs with the hope of arriving at a plan for greater financial independence from state piggy banks in the long term. Oh, and don’t call it privatizing. Details below: read more »
Oh Mark Yudof. We know the last few months haven’t been the easiest for you. And it can’t be fun to have so many people blaming you for all the university’s problems.
While he may not have made all the best calls, we’re willing to believe that the current budget disaster runs a tad deeper than some misguided executive pay raises and management decisions.
Which is why we cringed a little bit when we read this interview with him in the New York Times.
As the Clog’s (desperately trying) to follow everything related to the walkout and its involvement in the Twittersphere, we present to you guys some of the most interesting (at least to us) Tweets we’re finding.
Note: Text in [[double brackets]] is our own.
mark_yudof Enjoying astute op-ed by UC Davis Professors Joanthan Eisen and Winder McConnell re walkout: http://www.sacbee.com/1190/story/2201839.html
GavinNewsom Posted blog on UC walkout today – http://bit.ly/2BO55d – thoughts? #FixCA #UCwalkout read more »
