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February 7, 2022

UC Berkeley basketball legend Gene Ransom killed in highway shooting

Family and friends of college basketball star Gene Ransom are speaking out after the UC Berkeley icon was fatally shot…
February 6, 2022

California man arrested in college basketball star’s death

The late Gene Ransom was a basketball star at the University of California in the 70s and a member of…
January 17, 2021

UC Berkeley’s African American Studies Department awarded $2.8 million for community project

UC Berkeley is one of many insitutions awarded a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation that addresses racial inequality…
February 2, 2017

Trump threatens to pull Berkeley’s funding over campus protest

Donald Trump threatened to pull Berkeley's funding following campus riots in protest of a speech by alt-right leader and Breitbart…
February 2, 2017

Protests erupt on Berkeley campus over ‘racist’ Breitbart editor visit

A crowd protesting a far-right commentator's appearance at UC Berkeley hurled smoke bombs, broke windows and sparked a massive bonfire.
April 23, 2012

Campus diversity suffers under race-blind policies

BERKELEY, California (AP) - Fifteen years ago, California voters were asked: Should colleges consider a student's race when they decide…
April 3, 2012

Former Congressional intern found dead in California river

The body of a man found in California's Dominguez Channel was identified as Elgin Stafford, a former intern of U.S.…
September 28, 2011

Affirmative action 'bake sale' at Berkeley smells of racism

OPINION - The controversy that has erupted on UC Berkley's campus, and spread to a few others is a symptom…