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Cash: The Finals FrontierWe’re getting down to the end of another semester, which means … well, it means a lot of things. It means I’ll be graduating in about two weeks. It means that once again we have to take finals and, most importantly, it means that it’s time for my semesterly finances of finals column.
Now You See Him, Now You Don'tOn March 10, the No. 1 Cal rugby team defeated Nevada 69-0 to get back on the winning side of things after suffering its first loss of the season earlier in the week to Old Mission Beach Athletic Club.
ASUC Senate Approves Final BudgetAfter nearly 10 hours of heated debate, the ASUC Senate approved next year’s budget at Wednesday night’s meeting, allocating funds to a wide range of student groups.
ASUC Affairs
Reassess Budget GoalsThe ASUC Senate’s annual spring budget meeting is always expected to be a long and drawn-out session—a gathering where a seemingly boundless number of student groups and causes compete for a disappointingly limited amount of funds. What it is never intended to be, however, is a misguided departure from the actual needs of the campus. Unfortunately, the events of last Wednesday night (and early Thursday morning), made the distribution of funds seem like just that.
News
Police Make Two Arrests In Shooting Tuskegee police arrested two people Wednesday in connection with the fatal shooting Sunday night of Canon Jones, an 18-year-old Berkeley High School alumnus and freshman at Tuskegee University in Alabama.
Changing of the Guard As a year of late-night coffee, Golden Bear Cafe runs and Facebook photos draws to a close, the current Daily Californian editors step down today to make room for the next team.
Clarifications Thursday’s article “Proposed Rent Increases at Bear’s Lair Worry Some Vendors” may have implied that businesses in the Bear’s Lair are directly subsidized by student fees. The food court is only indirectly subsidized by student fees because ASUC funds are used to fill any revenue shortfalls.
Corrections Thursday’s article “Proposed Rent Increases at Bear’s Lair Worry Some Vendors” stated that Panda Express has recently expressed interest in opening a location in the Bear’s Lair food court. In fact, Panda Express has shown interest in working with the ASUC, not to the food court specifically.
ASUC Senate Approves Final BudgetAfter nearly 10 hours of heated debate, the ASUC Senate approved next year’s budget at Wednesday night’s meeting, allocating funds to a wide range of student groups.
Sports
Now You See Him, Now You Don'tOn March 10, the No. 1 Cal rugby team defeated Nevada 69-0 to get back on the winning side of things after suffering its first loss of the season earlier in the week to Old Mission Beach Athletic Club.
Bears Face Navy for Fifth-Straight Year The Cal rugby squad and its Naval Academy counterpart have squared off in each of the last four postseasons. That would make for one great collegiate rugby rivalry, if only the Midshipmen had ever been able to steal one from the Bears.
Cal Heads South to Face Sizzling UCLA Nobody picked the UCLA baseball team to have the kind of success it has had through the first month of the Pac-10 season. The Bruins placed fourth in the preseason conference coaches poll, and garnered no first-place votes.
Opinion
Cash: The Finals FrontierWe’re getting down to the end of another semester, which means … well, it means a lot of things. It means I’ll be graduating in about two weeks. It means that once again we have to take finals and, most importantly, it means that it’s time for my semesterly finances of finals column.
ASUC Affairs
Reassess Budget GoalsThe ASUC Senate’s annual spring budget meeting is always expected to be a long and drawn-out session—a gathering where a seemingly boundless number of student groups and causes compete for a disappointingly limited amount of funds. What it is never intended to be, however, is a misguided departure from the actual needs of the campus. Unfortunately, the events of last Wednesday night (and early Thursday morning), made the distribution of funds seem like just that.
University Policy
Give Carter a ChanceThere’s nothing wrong with Jewish groups protesting President Jimmy Carter’s visit. Free speech is obviously a treasured right, especially at UC Berkeley, and the groups are entitled to voice their opinions on Carter. But to assert that the event is unfair because someone with a different view was not invited to speak seems somewhat excessive.
Pro vs. ConCarter Visit Continues Legacy of Free SpeechUC Berkeley Students Deserve to Hear Former President’s Viewpoint