http://blog.dailycal.org/news Daily Cal reporters bring you up close and personal to Berkeley news Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:57:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Editor's Note: for more updates check dailycal.org 11:25 a.m. Most of the classes that evacuated Moffitt Library were cancelled or have been moved off campus. 11:18 a.m. The fire alarms at several campus buildings-Dwinelle Hall, Barrows Hall, Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union, Moffitt Library and Valley Life Sciences-went off within the last hour, ... http://blog.dailycal.org/news/2009/11/20/live-blog-about-60-protesters-lock-selves-in-wheeler-hall/ [caption id="attachment_1116" align="alignleft" width="600" caption="Protesers try to enter California Hall. Tim Maloney/Staff "][/caption] Student actions during the first day of the strike at UC Berkeley to protest proposed fee hikes took a more aggressive tone than the other actions taken since the Sept. 24 walkout. The day's events were highlighted by 37 ... http://blog.dailycal.org/news/2009/11/19/protests-get-aggressive-in-response-to-cuts/ When The UC Board of Regents meet over the next three days at UCLA, all eyes will be on the proposed 32 percent student fee increase and the student action being taken to protest it. While the fate of that decision will be on the minds of millions around the state ... http://blog.dailycal.org/news/2009/11/17/more-than-fee-increases-go-before-board/ At the ASUC Senate’s twelfth meeting, senators allowed the contingency fund balance to become negative after approving about $2,050 from the fund even though it only has $1,070 left. Finance Officer Alan Ni said this would be okay as long as the fund had a positive balance by the end ... http://blog.dailycal.org/news/2009/11/16/weekly-dispatches-from-the-asuc-senate-floor-111109/ Funeral services for Alameda County Superior Court Judge Barbara Miller, who presided over the decision to construct an athletic training center near Memorial Stadium, will be held Thursday at 10 a.m. at the Chapel of Chimes on 4499 Piedmont Avenue in Oakland, according to the Oakland Tribune. Miller, 58, was ... http://blog.dailycal.org/news/2009/11/11/funeral-services-set-for-treesit-judge/ Thursday's town hall meeting with Chancellor Robert Birgeneau and other administrators brought numerous issues facing the campus—and the UC system as a whole—to light. While most of the forum focused on the effects of budget cuts, a wide variety of topics were discussed, ranging from the redevelopment of Lower Sproul ... http://blog.dailycal.org/news/2009/11/06/chancellor-addresses-questions-about-strike-federal-funding-at-forum/ At the ASUC Senate's eleventh meeting, senators discussed their diminishing contingency fund, which has about $1,000 left. Senators are waiting to hear from the Auxiliary how much money they have in their reserve carry-forward fund before they use it to replenish the contingency and continue spending. Computer science professor Brian Barsky ... http://blog.dailycal.org/news/2009/11/06/weekly-dispatches-from-the-asuc-senate-floor-11409/ A KTVU reporter received exclusive information about the possible location of a change of venue for the former BART police officer charged with the murder of Oscar Grant III. KTVU reporter Rita Williams allegedly received information from three unnamed sources stating that only two counties are being considered for the change—Los ... http://blog.dailycal.org/news/2009/11/03/mehserle-trial-likely-headed-to-southern-california-sources-say/ The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights has started a formal investigation to see to what extent liberal arts colleges discriminate against female applicants in an attempt to balance genders in the student body. On Oct. 30, the commission decided on a set of colleges to investigate, but declined to release the ... http://blog.dailycal.org/news/2009/11/02/us-investigates-whether-colleges-discriminate-against-female-applicants/ According to the Chronicle of Higher Education's annual executive compensation survey, 23 private college presidents made over $1 million in total compensation, and 110 made more than $500,000 for the 2007-8 fiscal year. These large pay packages are still relatively new in higher education. In 2002, there were no presidents making ... http://blog.dailycal.org/news/2009/11/02/23-private-college-presidents-made-more-than-1-million/