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December 4, 2006
Berkeley Protesters Take to the Trees
Protesters of a University of California at Berkeley plan to cut down 43 oak trees to make way for a student athletics center took to the trees this weekend. According to today’s Daily Californian, three activists, including one Berkeley student, climbed into the trees over the weekend in order to draw attention to the plan as the university’s Board of Regents is about to make a final vote on the project, which also includes renovations to the football stadium. One of the protesters vowed to stay in his tree “until they guarantee that the trees will be preserved or until I am forcibly removed.” University officials said they were primarily concerned that the activists would hurt themselves falling out of the trees.
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