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Real life Jerry Maguire opens up on Ronald Reagan launching his NFL career

EXCLUSIVE: Legendary sports agent - and inspiration for Oscar-winning film Jerry Maguire - Leigh Steinberg spoke to Mirror Sportabout how his career was influenced by US president Ronald Reagan

Daily Mirror · Nov 15, 2022

Forde-Yard Dash: Seven Potential CFP Spoilers

These teams aren’t playing for much beyond pride and a mid-tier bowl berth. But they could still send a contender’s season off the rails.

Sports Illustrated · Oct 25, 2022

UC Berkeley hires private security company after fatal shooting near campus stirs safety concerns

The University of California, Berkeley has hired a private security company to patrol an area around campus following a fatal shooting near the school earlier this month that has heightened concerns about crime.

Los Angeles Times · Oct 21, 2022

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Could a Public Law School Stop Student Groups from Excluding Speakers Based on Their Support of Israel?

Several student groups at UC Berkeley Law School have signed on to a pledge not to invite any speakers—speaking on any subject—if those speakers "have expressed and continued to hold views … in support of Zionism, the apartheid state of Israel, and the occupation of Palestine." Berkeley Dean Erwin Chemerinsky,…

Reason · Oct 10, 2022

Some Berkeley Law "Jew Free Zone" Updates

Following up on Friday's post about several major student groups at Berkeley Law pledging not to invite "speakers that have expressed and continued to hold views … in support of Zionism, the apartheid state of Israel, and the occupation of Palestine." (1) Ken Marcus, whose op-ed on the situation spurred…

Reason · Oct 9, 2022

Berkeley Law's "Jew-Free Zone" Controversy

In August, nine student groups at Berkeley law school signed a statement sponsored group Berkeley Law Students for Justice in Palestine pledging not to invite "speakers that have expressed and continued to hold views … in support of Zionism, the apartheid state of Israel, and the occupation of Palestine." Two…

Reason · Oct 7, 2022

Editorial: Berkeley group pushes a ban on pro-Israel speakers

The sad state of free speech on America’s college campuses has been well-documented. Now a controversy at a top California institution shines a light on how on one such effort to stifle opposing viewpoints has intersected with antisemitism.

Tribune News Service · Oct 7, 2022

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Berkeley Group to pick sites for development ‘very selectively’ as market tightens

London-focused developer stands by profit guidance as rising costs limit uplift from better-than-forecast sales

Evening Standard · Sep 6, 2022

California voters don't want Biden or Trump to run in 2024, poll shows

Californians have little appetite for a rematch of the 2020 presidential race, according to a new UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll, with strong majorities of the state's voters hoping neither President Joe Biden nor former President Donald Trump runs again in two years.

Los Angeles Times · Aug 19, 2022

Social housing tenants warned of ‘play ban’ for children in London site’s shared spaces

Families in multimillion-pound One Tower Bridge development told games breached tenancy agreements

The Guardian - UK · Aug 2, 2022

Two Kinds of Laws: Clear and Ambiguous

From David Daube, the renowned scholar of biblical and Roman law, who was a professor at Oxford and Berkeley among other places: "As regards interpretation, the author of the Rhetoric to Alexander distinguishes between laws which are clear and laws which are ambiguous. I have never come across any of…

Reason · Jul 19, 2022

GPA requirements creating a gap

GPA requirements push Black and Hispanic students out of STEM majors — and may widen the wage gap later on

Salon · Jul 10, 2022

Chef’s tables in London: 15 of the very best in town

From sushi counters to Soho cellars, Ben McCormack on the capital’s ultimate experiences for food lovers

Evening Standard · Jun 30, 2022

Capital’s top housebuilder sees demand rebound but warns on supply

Flight from the capital by home buyers ‘has not materialised’

Evening Standard · Jun 22, 2022

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The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2022

Charter business thrives as US-expelled Haitians flee Haiti

Thousands of Haitians in recent months have boarded charter flights to South America

The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2022

Charter business thrives as US-expelled Haitians flee Haiti

Thousands of Haitians in recent months have boarded charter flights to South America, according to flight tracking information and independent verification by The Associated Press in collaboration with the University of California, Berkeley

Reason · Jun 10, 2022

Dark Winds Brings Tony Hillerman's Navajo Tribal Police Mysteries to the Small Screen

Novel series gets six-episode launch on AMC.

Evening Standard · Jun 8, 2022

Berkeley appoints former Schroders head Dobson chairman

Replaces current chair Glyn Barker at property developer

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Los Angeles Times · Jun 6, 2022

Confidence in LAPD drops sharply, poll finds, but LA voters don’t want to shrink force

LOS ANGELES — Voters in Los Angeles have serious concerns about the Los Angeles Police Department but little interest in shrinking its size amid worries over rising crime, according to a new poll by UC Berkeley and The Times.

The Independent UK · Jun 1, 2022

The best London hotels for afternoon tea: Where to find the city’s best sweet treats this Mother’s Day

The very best afternoon teas in London’s top hotels to book this Mother’s Day

Los Angeles Times · Apr 29, 2022

Financial shortfalls hamper college dreams. Here's what can help California students

Yajun Chen is an A student, but may turn down the University of California for a community college. Eric Xie-McCarthy achieved a 4.6 GPA in a rigorous course load, but had to consider forgoing a rich residential experience at his top choice, UC Berkeley, to save money and commute to…

Los Angeles Times · Apr 27, 2022

Student arrested after allegedly threatening to shoot staff at UC Berkeley

A 39-year-old student was charged earlier this week with two counts of making criminal threats to university staff at the University of California, Berkeley.

Tribune News Service · Mar 24, 2022

COUNTERPOINT: Blind to race or blind to racism? Colleges must answer

I believe in affirmative action, but it’s not meant for Clarence.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 15, 2022

California lawmakers pass urgent bill to stop Berkeley enrollment cuts

LOS ANGELES — California lawmakers passed a bill Monday that would rescue UC Berkeley from a court-ordered enrollment freeze and steep admission cuts and allow the university to resume plans to enroll more than 5,000 first-year California students.

Reason · Mar 14, 2022

California NIMBYs Are Ruining U.C. Berkeley. Stop Them Before They Kill Again.

A California Supreme Court decision freezing enrollment at the state's flagship university is focusing the public's fury on the normally obscure, but incredibly consequential, California Environmental Quality Act.

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