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"UC Berkeley offer to test DNA of incoming students sparks debate"

andoatnp — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 01:32:50 -0800

LA Times: "When UC Berkeley officials came up with the idea of asking all new students to volunteer a DNA swab as part of an unusual fall orientation program, they expected to stimulate discussion. They weren't quite prepared for how much."
Inside Higher Ed: "Unwinding Berkeley's DNA Test"

"The Muslim Georgetown"

escabeche — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:01:04 -0800

Zaytuna College in Berkeley, CA will accept its first students in the fall of 2010 or 2011. Founded by Sheik Hamza Yusuf and Imam Zaid Shakir, it will be the first accredited Islamic college in the United States, open to men and women of all religions.

Physics for Future Presidents

quite unimportant — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 18:06:56 -0800

Physics for Future Presidents is a class taught at UC Berkeley by Physics professor Richard Muller. It's a class specifically for non-physics majors and teaches the real world results of the sometimes impenetrable math involved in university physics. After every lecture, you should come away with the feeling that what was just covered is important for every world leader to know. I just sat through the entire hour and 13 minute nukes lecture and was riveted.

Conservatism: resistance to change, simplistic black and white ethics, and the acceptance of inequality

skallas — Sun, 27 Jul 2003 19:07:06 -0800

Conservatism: resistance to change, simplistic black and white ethics, and the acceptance of inequality. In what's sure to be considered a controversial paper by many, Berkeley psychologists analyze conservatives to see what makes them tick. The criticisms have already begun. [official press release here]

Man, I need to go back to college!

MikeB — Tue, 19 Feb 2002 11:23:29 -0800

Man, I need to go back to college! Berkeley students go to strip clubs and play "The Match Game" in a male sexuality class.