University of California - Berkeley

Semester in Review via DailyCal.org

By Will Kane and Vincent Quan
Daily Cal Staff Writers
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Category: News > University > Student Life

Sept. 9: After a protest that became the longest urban tree-sit in history, the four final tree-sitters left the grove near Memorial Stadium, drawing national media attention.

Sept. 19: UC Berkeley publicly launched the Campaign for Berkeley, a $3 billion fundraising campaign to help the campus stay competitive with its private peer institutions.

Sept. 30: Two UC Berkeley students and former Cal football players allegedly broke into a suite in Clark Kerr Campus. The incident was spurred by racial remarks made at a party.

Nov. 4: Hundreds of UC Berkeley students cheered in the streets after Sen. Barack Obama was elected to be the first black President of the United States.

Nov. 13: UC Berkeley researchers published the first-ever photograph of what is believed to be a planet orbiting a star in a solar system other than our own.

Nov. 13: A fight broke out in Eshleman Hall over a pro-Israeli concert below, leading to the arrests of two UC Berkeley students and one alumnus.

Nov. 17: Pete Newell, the architect behind the Cal men’s basketball program’s only NCAA championship in 1959, died at the age of 93.

Nov. 19: The UC Board of Regents sent a statement to the California legislature saying it will cut enrollment if state funding to the university remains inadequate.

Nov. 24: President-elect Barack Obama nominates Christina Romer, a UC Berkeley economics professor, to be the chair of his Council of Economic Advisers.

Dec. 3: A petition to remove ASUC Senator John Moghtader gained the 1,000 signatures required for a recall election in the spring.

What to Expect

Greetings,

I’m merely a fourth year student procrastinating during finals season of fall 2008 and since UC Berkeley didn’t have a tumblr yet, decided to step up and make one.

I will mostly be updating this tumblr with news from the Berkeley campus (via the Daily Cal or just plain rumor), random pictures with my shitty camera, quotes heard on campus, etc.

Peace easy, beezies.