Charles Ferguson w/ Chancellor Robert Birgeneau, 5/4/11 Part 1 of 3

Director Charles Ferguson (Inside Job, No End In Sight) speaks w/ Chancellor Robert Birgeneau at the International House Gala, Wed. May 4, 2011. Ferguson, who won the 2011 Academy Award for Best Documentary (Inside Job), was named I-House Alumnus of the Year.

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[richard95521]

To: regentsoffice@ucop.edu

Subject: Remove Birgeneau now!

Following brutal attacks by riot police against unarmed non-violent student protesters at Occupy Cal, Berkeley Chancellor Robert J. Birgeneau had this to say:

"...We regret that, given the instruction to take down tents and prevent encampment, THE POLICE WERE FORCED TO USE THEIR BATONS to enforce the policy."

This man must be removed from his position, immediately!

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[moravecglobal]

Ranking drops for world class preeminent public research and teaching University of California Berkeley (Cal). In 2004 the London-based Times Higher Education ranked Cal the 2nd leading research university in the world, just behind Harvard; in 2009 that ranking tumbled to 39th. By 2011 Cal had not returned to 2nd place. Cal below top ten in tuition to Return on Investment (ROI)