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UC Berkeley police identify suspect in Sproul...

February 22, 2019
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A message from campus leaders in condemnation of...

February 21, 2019
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Settlement reached in free speech case

December 3, 2018
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October 26, 2018

A friendly chat between rivals: Robert Reich...

March 21, 2018
UC Berkeley sophomore Manu Meel (middle right) speaks during a forum on Free Speech at the BAMPFA. The other panelists included, from left: Ira Glasser, the former head of the ACLU; Charlene Stern, director of "Near Normal Man;" Ben Stern, an activist, educator and Holocaust survivor; moderator Edward Wasserman, dean of Berkeley's journalism school; Meel; Luis Tenorio, a sociology Ph.D candidate and director of Queer and Trans Advocacy Project at UC Berkeley; and Simone Dill, a senior film and media studies major and president of the Cal Black Student Union. (UC Berkeley photo by Jeremy Snowden)

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January 29, 2018
Under the revised Major Events policy, event organizers who want to invite guests who could draw large crowds — like Senator Bernie Sanders, who visited UC Berkeley in June 2016 — will need to give campus six weeks notice instead of eight. (UC Berkeley photo by Brittany Hosea-Small)

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January 18, 2018
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December 13, 2017
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November 21, 2017
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Campus speaker: Who is Antifa, anyway?

November 14, 2017
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November 9, 2017
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November 2, 2017

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October 12, 2017
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October 5, 2017
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October 4, 2017
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October 2, 2017

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