In an audio message to the campus community, Chancellor Birgeneau apologized for the events of Nov. 9 and took full responsibility for them. On Sproul Plaza, the Occupy Cal movement held an overnight sleepout, and one protester explained: "It's not about tents. It's about cuts to education."
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> The early morning scene at Sproul Plaza...
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Jeff Durkin, a 1999 College of Environmental Design graduate, fell in love with filmmaking more than a decade ago. Inspired by Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's phone conversation with a Berkeley class, he's now hoping to get to the Thailand border to explore the connections between "street art, Buddhism and democracy" in Burma.
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Ira Michael Heyman, UC Berkeley chancellor from 1980 to 1990 and a professor emeritus of law and of city and regional planning, has died at age 81. Connected to UC Berkeley for 52 years, he was a champion of diversity and civil rights and recognized for his political courage.
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