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Students Recount Egypt’s Revolt
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Students Recount Egypt’s Revolt

by × on March 1, 2011 at 12:08 am × 0 comments

“About 10,000 people were in Tahrir Square,” Jeremy Hodge, a fourth-year Middle Eastern studies major, said. “I eventually got drawn into the front and got exposed to tear gas.

Opinion

Egyptian Revolution Replaces U.S. Backed Cold War Stooge

by × on February 2, 2011 at 12:08 am × 3 comments

It’s not every day that your Egyptian Facebook friend claims: “So many gun shots at night. GOD help us,” and “‘Army and people one hand’: that is the welcoming from the people to the Army, downtown and everywhere all over Egypt.”

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UC Affiliates Flee an Unstable Egypt

by × on February 2, 2011 at 12:07 am × 1 comment

A group of 19 University of California students, five of whom attend UCSB, were evacuated from their study abroad programs in Egypt yesterday following the State Dept.’s release of a travel advisory for the area.

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Protesters Take Over Buildings

by × on November 23, 2009 at 1:16 am × 0 comments

University of California students across the state broke into a frenzy of protests last week in response to the 32 percent tuition increase approved by the UC Board of Regents on Thursday. Demonstrations erupted at UC Santa Cruz, UCLA, UC Davis and UC Berkeley over the two-phase fee hike that [...]

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