Treesitters

Mother Earth Loses To Athletics Center

Much like the Lorax, protesters at Berkeley speak for the trees. Unfortunately for them, no one's listening and a new athletic center will be built as planned.

Latest comment by Anonymous: Down with the tree huggers! Controversial athletics center? Is it really? Do a a few nut bag stinkin hippies count for controversy? It is not at all surprising it took the pathetic UC Berkeley administration to resolve this.
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Latest comment by sunshinethewerewolf: whoops yeah i meant athletic not academic. talk about a nerd's freudian slip. thanks for the catch
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