PrintSeptember 7, 2007
Football and the Soul of Berkeley
The University of California is basking in the news that its Golden Bears have returned to the ranks of the top ten college football teams this week, two delicious notches above downstate rival UCLA, albeit still nine places below perennial superpower USC. But not everyone is pleased that this worldwide beacon of both academic excellence and loony-left activism looks as though it could well become an enduring football powerhouse.Millions of viewers of last Saturday night's nationally-telecast Bears victory over highly regarded Tennessee of the pre-eminent Southeastern Conference (SEC) were treated to the sight of the tree-sitters who have spent the last year occupying the branch networks of a grove of oak trees, trying to block a substantial investment in new athletic facilities next to the football stadium, and, in a separate project, seismically reinforce and refurbish Memorial Stadium, opened in 1923 and badly in need of both improvements.The City of Berkeley is also...(Read Full Article)
