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Financial-aid questions answered with video

April 12, 2012:

In a series of videos, Anne De Luca, associate vice chancellor for admissions and enrollment, responds to questions about financial aid — all prompted by her recent primer video on the new “Sproul Plaza” app.

New budget videos posted: You asked, and Sproul Plaza has the answers

March 8, 2012:

Vice Chancellor John Wilton responds to questions about campus finances that were posed as part of a campus conversation about UC Berkeley’s budget, now playing on the new Sproul Plaza app on Berkeley’s Facebook page. Watch all five videos.

Four tents set up on Sproul Plaza

February 9, 2012:

BERKELEY — Earlier today, a small group of about 20 Occupy Cal protesters set up four tents on Sproul Plaza.  As the tents were erected, UCPD informed the group of students and non affiliates that they were in violation of the university’s encampment policy.  Later in the evening, Jonathan Poullard, dean of students, also reached out to the individuals on [...]

Tents removed from Sproul Plaza; two arrested in peaceful sweep

November 17, 2011:

An Occupy Cal encampment of 20 tents was dismantled at 3:30 Thursday morning after UC Berkeley police gave dispersal orders. Two people who chose not to leave were arrested peacefully.

Campus officials laud peaceful protest, stand by ‘no encampments’ policy

November 10, 2011:

Toward the end of a day that was marked by calm in the wake of Wednesday’s campus protests, Chancellor Robert Birgeneau and two other campus leaders issued a message praising organizers and speakers “for setting an example of peaceful protest and mobilization,” while calling again for protesters to comply with the university’s “no encampments” policy.

A winter haircut for Sproul Plaza

December 16, 2010:

Landscaping crews pollard the London plane trees lining Sproul Plaza on Thursday, performing the annual pruning of new growth.

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