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Subject: [BRC-NEWS] Victory for Ethnic Studies Students at UC Berkeley
Date: 08-May-99 at 21:06
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Subject: [BRC-NEWS] Victory for Ethnic Studies Students at UC Berkeley
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Greetings of solidarity to all.
After 8 hours of arduous negotiations between students, faculty, and
Chancellor Robert Berdahl, I am pleased to report that we reached a final
and meaningful agreement for Ethnic Studies late last night. The struggle
is now over and Ethnic Studies now has a future at the University of
California, Berkeley, thanks to the students of the Third World Liberation
Front the courageous sacrifice of the 6 student hunger strikers, the
support of hundreds of Berkeley students and faculty from other
departments, and equally important, the support of all of you who took the
time to fax, email, phone, and write to the Chancellor expressing your
strong support for the demands of the students and our struggle.
The final agreement includes the following:
8 Faculty ladder rank positions over the next 5 years with 3 of those to
be filled this coming year as soon as a search can begin.
A budget sufficient to maintain the department's curricular offerings
beginning with the spring semester of 2000. In other words, the dept will
not have to cut back on any more classes.
A research center on "RACE & GENDER STUDIES".
Additional office space.
A Multicultural Center for Students.
Funds for recruitment of transfer students admitted to the University with
an interest in Ethnic Studies.
A mural for a wall in the Dept's floor in the building where it is housed.
Over a hundred students arrested over the course of their peaceful and
nonviolent protest beginning with the actions of April 14th will only
receive disciplinary letters. Eight of them will have to undergo campus
student conduct proceedings because they have received more than two
police citations for "unlawful" student conduct.
All criminal charges have been dropped.
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