The BFA board has agreed to sign on to the ReFund California pledge for public education, following a poll of the members that was overwhelmingly in favor. ReFund California is a coalition of public interest groups seeking to get Wall Street banks to pay for reinvesting in housing, public education, and other public services. The pledge on public education can be found here.
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The Berkeley Academic Senate passes four resolutions rebuking Chancellor Birgeneau and the campus administration for poor management of student demonstrations that unleashed police on non-violent demonstrators. The Senate vote was overwhelming, 435-36, a mark of faculty outrage rarely seen on this campus. For reportage on the meeting and the vote, see: Daily Cal Contra Costa Times The Nation
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