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Amy Brooks
Amy was the city news editor for Fall 2009. She has also covered city government and environmental issues. She is a senior political science major and Spanish minor and spent the last six months studying abroad in Chile, where she befriended many llamas. You can contact her at [email protected] |
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Part of Highway 13 Set to Close Temporarily Monday, Oct 5, 2009 | 5:10 am | By Amy Brooks Starting Monday evening, a section of Northbound State Highway 13 will be closed near the Caldecott Tunnel as crews work to install retaining walls, according t... |
Suspect Apprehended in Connection With Robber... Friday, Oct 2, 2009 | 8:15 am | By Amy Brooks Two members of the Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity were robbed at gunpoint and knife point inside their house early Wednesday morning. The victims reported that t... |
Police Arrest Suspect Following Fraternity Ho... Friday, Oct 2, 2009 | 12:34 am | By Amy Brooks Two members of the Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity were robbed at gunpoint and knife point inside their house early Wednesday morning. The victims reported that t... |
Three Arrested After Scuffle With Stanford ... Monday, Sep 28, 2009 | 4:33 am | By Amy Brooks Stanford University's tree mascot lost its leaves earlier than expected this year following a volleyball game last Friday against UC Berkeley. Will Allanson, D... |
Google Under Fire for Digital Textbook Plans Thursday, Sep 10, 2009 | 8:08 am | By Amy Brooks If a controversial settlement between Google, publishers and authors is approved by a judge, it may become possible to go an entire semester without spending a... |
UC Faculty Plan Walkout to Protest Recent Bu... Friday, Sep 4, 2009 | 3:59 am | By Amy Brooks, Angelica Dongallo Talk of a faculty walkout is circulating throughout the UC system in what some call an effort to expose the impact of budget cuts on campus. Two UC Berkeley pr... |
Off the Beat Wednesday, Sep 2, 2009 | 12:32 am | By Amy Brooks Whenever I tell Californians I'm from Missouri, I either get the 'wow' or the 'oh.' The 'wow' can mean "How random" or "Where is that again?" while the 'oh' is... | ![]() |
Students Worry for Families' Safety as Southe... Wednesday, Sep 2, 2009 | 3:20 am | By Amy Brooks As a large fire burns near Los Angeles, UC Berkeley students who live near the impacted area can only call their families and wait to learn the fate of their ho... |
City and Campus Collaborate to Clean Up Stude... Tuesday, Sep 1, 2009 | 6:43 am | By Amy Brooks As classes start and students settle into apartments close to campus, the City of Berkeley and UC Berkeley are partnering to keep area streets clean. The Cal M... |
Bill Proposes New Oversight Committee for BAR... Tuesday, Sep 1, 2009 | 6:41 am | By Amy Brooks Nine months after the fatal police shooting of an unarmed man at the Fruitvale BART station, transit officials are pushing the state assembly to pass a bill cre... |
Haas School Opens Center For Financial Techno... Friday, Aug 28, 2009 | 6:07 am | By Amy Brooks UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business launched a new center designed to aid in the study of the relationship between new technologies and the global economy. T... |
Ted Kennedy Remembered For His Passion Thursday, Aug 27, 2009 | 7:52 am | By Amy Brooks A legend of the U.S. Senate, Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., died Tuesday night. He was a man UC Berkeley professors, students and former colleagues say was approac... | ![]() |
Chain Takes Bite Out of Local Yogurt Shop Mar... Wednesday, Aug 26, 2009 | 10:16 am | By Amy Brooks The key to the current economic recession may be cold, sweet and eaten with a spoon: frozen yogurt. Within a half-mile radius of the UC Berkeley campus alone t... | ![]() |
Schools to Cope With Lack of Bus Drivers Wednesday, Aug 26, 2009 | 10:20 am | By Amy Brooks When school starts next Wednesday in the Berkeley Unified School District, there will be fewer yellow buses on the road, impacting student transport to and from... |
Campus Takes Steps to Boost Server Security A... Tuesday, Aug 25, 2009 | 7:22 am | By Amy Brooks Following the discovery of two breaches to UC Berkeley servers in the last six months, campus officials say they are taking steps to deter future hackers. Shel... |