February 2, 2007

California Cities Resist the Growth of Campuses

By JOSH KELLER

The U. of California faces lawsuits in Berkeley and Santa Cruz over development costs and concerns

The kazoo-playing poet Wavy Gravy, the former Berkeley mayor Shirley Dean, and a small army of other protesters have descended on a university-owned oak grove in Berkeley, Calif., in recent weeks. They have climbed trees with ropes and harnesses, installed a few wooden boards, and set up camp. Some of them have promised not to leave, at least not until the University of California at

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