Berkeley Wire: Hundreds rally against Trump’s ‘assault on higher ed’ in UC Berkeley protest; city starts anti-sex trafficking task force

A rally organized by UC Berkeley faculty on Sproul Plaza Wednesday. Credit: Natalya Nielsen

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Hundreds of UC Berkeley faculty, staff and students gathered on Sproul Plaza Wednesday to decry the Trump administration’s promises to slash the federal funding universities rely on for all kinds of research and to crack down on diversity initiatives. (East Bay Times, KQED) Berkeley City Council voted Tuesday to create a task force to combat sex trafficking. (Daily Cal) A driver who said a Tesla struck her Honda was hospitalized after crashing through a North Berkeley storefront. (Berkeley Scanner) Berkeley Symphony’s ‘Spring’s Awakening’ celebrates nature’s beauty. (SF Chronicle) How reporters in the UC Berkeley journalism program exposed the system California police used to hide officer misconduct. (The Journalist’s Resource) The UC Board of Regents voted to allow UC Berkeley to establish a venture capital fund, which would invest in UC-affiliated startups. (Daily Cal) Nelson Graburn, a UC Berkeley professor who studied the effects and meaning of tourism, is dead at 88. (UC Berkeley Anthropology) Berkeley’s Central Works is now showing “Push/Pull,” a taut, one-act performance about two young men at a crossroads who seek solace and meaning in the world of bodybuilding. (Culture Vulture)