Category: Education

Accomplishes Seemingly Impossible Task of Unanimously Uniting California’s Legislature Eleven days after the state Supreme Court upheld an enrollment cap ruling that would have required UC Berkeley to cancel the admission of over 3,000 students, the California Legislature passed a bill allowing the university to admit them. Today, Governor Newson signed the legislation into law. […]

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s Magnum Opus Rendition of Green Eggs and Ham Cited as a “Game Changer” In a surprise move, the Berkley School Board has enlisted congressional Republicans as partners in the plan to resume in person learning by April. School Board president Ty Alper noted that they are the “perfect partners” due […]

Move Comes as Sub-Committee on Naming Cannot Agree on Alternatives The UC Berkeley Building Name Review Committee is tasked with reviewing proposals submitted by our campus community regarding whether the name of an existing campus building should be removed. Over the past year, the committee has stripped four buildings of their name Krober Hall, LeConte […]

Report Argues A Scholarship of Freedom Agenda Requires New Administration The 1776 Commission offered a stern critique of liberalism positing that Amaricans are being indoctrinated with a false narrative of this nation’s founding identity. The Commission calls for “patriotic education” to “restore greatness of the American founding.” Foremost on the commissioners’ agenda — a body […]

President-Elect Joseph R. Biden has chosen Dr. Miguel A. Cardona to head up the US Department of Education, and that has Berkeley Unified teachers concerned. Cardona has distinguished himself as a vocal proponent of reopening public schools as soon as possible. The Berkeley teachers’ union wants to delay until all risk is eliminated. “We only […]

Berkeley Urban Dictionary (“BUD”) is an occasional column in which The Bunion offers insight into the unique vernacular that defines our town. Today’s columnist is Ward T. Rubble, PhD. Dr Rubble earned a dual degree in linguistics and transportation studies and writes frequently about linguistic micro cultures and urban mobility. He holds the Sey Wha […]