Since December 1, 2006, diehard environmental activists have sat in a redwood tree by UC Berkeley’s Memorial Stadium in order to stick it to the man and protest the school’s decision to cut down a grove of redwoods to build an athletic center. Today Berkeley officials threw down though, cutting several limbs from the tree as the protestors swung...

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As usual, the strong (the athletically gifted) have conquered the weak (the environmentally concerned). A recent judge’s ruling gives the go-ahead for a controversial new UC Berkeley athletics center.
 

Environmental groups oppose the facility because it requires the destruction of dozens of oak trees. Since December 2006, protesters have been ...

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