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USC-Cal Football Game Rescheduled Due To Team’s Covid Cases

Two struggling college football teams will get a week off after Cal announced today that “additional” players “tested positive for Covid-19 and are unavailable to practice this week or play in the contest.” The Golden Bears (3-6) were to play USC (4-5) on Saturday. Even with those records, USC-Cal would have been a…

‘Free Speech Week’ With Milo Yiannopoulos, Ann Coulter, Steve Bannon Canceled At UC Berkeley

UPDATED: Despite being canceled, Milo Yiannaopoulos still made an appearance at UC Berkeley to speak. According to the Associated Press, the outspoken right-wing activist addressed a few dozen supporters on campus while a larger crowd protested his appearance. Dressed in a denim jacket and an American flag hoodie, he…

Breitbart Editor’s UC Berkeley Speech Canceled Amid Protests; Trump Questions School’s Federal Funding – Update

UPDATED with Trump response: President Donald Trump has tweeted his condemnation of the UC Berkeley protests, appearing to threaten the university’s federal funding. No indication that this is an actual policy proposal rather than just an angry tweet. If U.C. Berkeley does not allow free speech and practices…

‘4.1 Miles’ Doc Short Director Daphne Matziaraki On Witnessing Firsthand The Reality Of The Refugee Crisis — Q&A

A recent graduate of U.C. Berkeley's prestigious Graduate School of Journalism, Bay Area documentarian Daphne Matziaraki found her thesis film 4.1 Miles traveling far and wide, distributed through the New York Times and landing recently on the Oscar shortlist for Best Documentary Short. Born and raised in Greece…

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Bill Maher Spanks Berkeley Students As Commencement Speech Flap Continues — VIDEO

UPDATED with video: Bill Maher says he intends to give the commencement speech at Berkeley’s December graduation ceremony and challenged liberal college students nationwide to condemn an effort by the Berkeley student group that invited and then tried to un-invite him, because “my reputation isn’t on the line. Yours…

Bill Maher Saving Comment On Commencement Speech Flap For ‘Real Time’

Bill Maher is saving for tomorrow to give his statement about the latest development in an effort by University of California Berkeley students to uninvited him as their 2014 fall commencement speaker. Because, why should he give a statement to the press today when he can give it exclusively to himself tomorrow to…