UC Berkeley Makes #OWS History with Biggest GA Yet

I  was there last night for the massive general assembly. I filed this piece for The Atlantic:

Mario Savio was a UC Berkeley student in the '60s and a key member of the Berkeley Free Speech Movement. He's become an activist icon; Mario Savio Youth Activist awards are given out by his memorial fund...

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Penn State and Berkeley: A Tale of Two Protests

On Wednesday night, two proud universities saw student demonstrations that spiraled into violence. On the campus of Penn State University in State College Pennsylvania, several hundred students rioted in anger after the firing of legendary 84-year-old head football coach Joe Paterno. At the University of California at Berkeley, 1,000 students, part of the Occupy USA movement, attempted to maintain their protest encampment in the face of police orders to clear them out... 
Read more:   The Nation

UC Berkeley Head Oks Police Beating of Protesters To, Uh, Save Tuition

UC Berkeley riot cops viciously beat the crap out of dozens of peaceful OccupyCal protesters and then arrested six students and an English professor for trying to establish an encampment... 
Read and watch video:   Wonkette

Clash on Campus: Police Use Batons On Swarming Occupy Berkeley Students

Dozens of police in riot gear confronted anti-Wall Street protesters at the University of California at Berkeley as the demonstrators tried to establish an encampment on campus... 
Read and watch video:   The Blaze