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FTSE 100 Live: Berkeley reveals mini-Budget sales slump, Santander fined £107.7m

Housebuilder Berkeley today revealed a 25% fall in the value of underlying sales in the five weeks after the mini-budget.

Evening Standard

UC Berkeley student groups' refusal to invite Zionist speakers draws civil rights complaint

LOS ANGELES — A federal civil rights complaint accuses the University of California, Berkeley of an "act of discrimination against the Jewish community" by allowing law school student groups to adopt bylaws refusing to invite speakers who support Zionism.

Los Angeles Times

UC regents delay final decision on UCLA’s Big Ten move until December

Despite UCLA’s push for clarity, the University of California Board of Regents declined Thursday to settle questions surrounding the Bruins’ move to the Big Ten and instead plans to finalize a decision at a Dec. 14 special meeting.

Los Angeles Times

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3 top law schools quit US News rankings over equity concerns

The University of California, Berkeley’s law school on Thursday joined the law programs at Harvard and Yale in pulling out of U.S. News & World Report’s rankings over concerns that they punish efforts to attract students from a broad range of backgrounds

The Independent UK

UC Berkeley Law School to withdraw from U.S. News & World Report rankings

LOS ANGELES — The University of California, Berkeley Law School announced Thursday it would withdraw from U.S. News & World Report's closely watched evaluations of higher education institutions, saying the ratings' methodology penalizes schools that encourage public service and low costs.

Los Angeles Times

The Fascinating Aftermath of Cal-Stanford and ‘The Play’

An excerpt from the book Five Laterals and a Trombone looks back at the days following one of college football’s most famous games.

Sports Illustrated

Real life Jerry Maguire opens up on Ronald Reagan launching his NFL career

EXCLUSIVE: Legendary sports agent - and inspiration for Oscar-winning film Jerry Maguire - Leigh Steinberg spoke to Mirror Sportabout how his career was influenced by US president Ronald Reagan

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Forde-Yard Dash: Seven Potential CFP Spoilers

These teams aren’t playing for much beyond pride and a mid-tier bowl berth. But they could still send a contender’s season off the rails.

Sports Illustrated

UC Berkeley hires private security company after fatal shooting near campus stirs safety concerns

The University of California, Berkeley has hired a private security company to patrol an area around campus following a fatal shooting near the school earlier this month that has heightened concerns about crime.

Los Angeles Times

Could a Public Law School Stop Student Groups from Excluding Speakers Based on Their Support of Israel?

Several student groups at UC Berkeley Law School have signed on to a pledge not to invite any speakers—speaking on any subject—if those speakers "have expressed and continued to hold views … in support of Zionism, the apartheid state of Israel, and the occupation of Palestine." Berkeley Dean Erwin Chemerinsky,…

Reason

Some Berkeley Law "Jew Free Zone" Updates

Following up on Friday's post about several major student groups at Berkeley Law pledging not to invite "speakers that have expressed and continued to hold views … in support of Zionism, the apartheid state of Israel, and the occupation of Palestine." (1) Ken Marcus, whose op-ed on the situation spurred…

Reason

Berkeley Law's "Jew-Free Zone" Controversy

In August, nine student groups at Berkeley law school signed a statement sponsored group Berkeley Law Students for Justice in Palestine pledging not to invite "speakers that have expressed and continued to hold views … in support of Zionism, the apartheid state of Israel, and the occupation of Palestine." Two…

Reason

Editorial: Berkeley group pushes a ban on pro-Israel speakers

The sad state of free speech on America’s college campuses has been well-documented. Now a controversy at a top California institution shines a light on how on one such effort to stifle opposing viewpoints has intersected with antisemitism.

Tribune News Service

Berkeley Group to pick sites for development ‘very selectively’ as market tightens

London-focused developer stands by profit guidance as rising costs limit uplift from better-than-forecast sales

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Los Angeles Times

California voters don't want Biden or Trump to run in 2024, poll shows

Californians have little appetite for a rematch of the 2020 presidential race, according to a new UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll, with strong majorities of the state's voters hoping neither President Joe Biden nor former President Donald Trump runs again in two years.

The Guardian - UK

Social housing tenants warned of ‘play ban’ for children in London site’s shared spaces

Families in multimillion-pound One Tower Bridge development told games breached tenancy agreements

Reason

Two Kinds of Laws: Clear and Ambiguous

From David Daube, the renowned scholar of biblical and Roman law, who was a professor at Oxford and Berkeley among other places: "As regards interpretation, the author of the Rhetoric to Alexander distinguishes between laws which are clear and laws which are ambiguous. I have never come across any of…

Salon

GPA requirements creating a gap

GPA requirements push Black and Hispanic students out of STEM majors — and may widen the wage gap later on

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Evening Standard

Chef’s tables in London: 15 of the very best in town

From sushi counters to Soho cellars, Ben McCormack on the capital’s ultimate experiences for food lovers

Evening Standard

Capital’s top housebuilder sees demand rebound but warns on supply

Flight from the capital by home buyers ‘has not materialised’

The Independent UK

Charter business thrives as US-expelled Haitians flee Haiti

Thousands of Haitians in recent months have boarded charter flights to South America

The Independent UK

Charter business thrives as US-expelled Haitians flee Haiti

Thousands of Haitians in recent months have boarded charter flights to South America, according to flight tracking information and independent verification by The Associated Press in collaboration with the University of California, Berkeley

Reason

Dark Winds Brings Tony Hillerman's Navajo Tribal Police Mysteries to the Small Screen

Novel series gets six-episode launch on AMC.

Evening Standard

Berkeley appoints former Schroders head Dobson chairman

Replaces current chair Glyn Barker at property developer

Los Angeles Times

Confidence in LAPD drops sharply, poll finds, but LA voters don’t want to shrink force

LOS ANGELES — Voters in Los Angeles have serious concerns about the Los Angeles Police Department but little interest in shrinking its size amid worries over rising crime, according to a new poll by UC Berkeley and The Times.

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