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"content": "\u003cp>Over 100 people attended a vigil Tuesday for 19-year-old Cal student Tarishi Jain, one of the victims of an attack at a \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2016/07/02/484473970/20-hostages-and-6-gunmen-killed-after-bangladesh-attack\">Dhaka cafe in Bangladesh\u003c/a> on July 2. The vigil was held on the steps of Sproul Hall on the UC Berkeley campus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11010593\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11010593 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_002-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Over a hundred people attended a vigil for 19-year-old UC Berkeley student Tarishi Jain, one of the victims of an attack at a Dhaka cafe in Bangladesh on July 2,2016. The vigil was held on UC Berkeley's campus in Berkeley, Calif. on July 5, 2016.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_002-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_002-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_002.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_002-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_002-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flags sit behind a memorial for Tarishi Jain, as hundreds gather to mourn the UC Berkeley student. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11010594\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11010594 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_004-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"UC Berkeley Chancellor Nicholas Dirks stands behind a memorial for Tarishi Jain during a vigil for the 19-year-old UC Berkeley student which was held on UC Berkeley's campus in Berkeley, Calif. on July 5, 2016. Jain was one of the victims of an attack at a Dhaka cafe in Bangladesh on July 2,2016.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_004-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_004-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_004.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_004-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_004-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">UC Berkeley Chancellor Nicholas Dirks stands behind a memorial for Tarishi Jain during a vigil for the 19-year-old Cal student. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Chancellor Nicholas Dirks was one of the first to speak during the vigil for Jain, followed by students from multiple campus organizations. Shivani Narang, as well two other students from the South Asian, Southwest Asian and North African Student Coalition, spoke of the loss of Jain and its effect on the UC Berkeley community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11010598\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11010598\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_011-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Three students from the South Asian, Southwest Asian and North African Student Coalition spoke during a vigil for 19-year-old UC Berkeley student Tarishi Jain, one of the victims of an attack at a Dhaka cafe in Bangladesh on July 2,2016. The vigil was held on UC Berkeley's campus in Berkeley, Calif. on July 5, 2016.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_011-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_011-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_011.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_011-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_011-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Three students from the South Asian, Southwest Asian and North African Student Coalition spoke during the vigil. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Those who gathered in Sproul Plaza for the vigil mourned in silence while fellow students, some of whom knew Jain, talked about her scholastic drive, energy and enthusiasm. Faculty and members of the community also spoke.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11010597\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11010597\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_010-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A young student is consoled during a vigil for 19-year-old UC Berkeley student Tarishi Jain, one of the victims of an attack at a Dhaka cafe in Bangladesh on July 2,2016. The vigil was held on UC Berkeley's campus in Berkeley, Calif. on July 5, 2016.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_010-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_010-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_010.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_010-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_010-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A young student is consoled during a vigil for 19-year-old UC Berkeley student Tarishi Jain. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"It's just very harrowing to wake up one day and find that it has impacted you,\" said Dana Alpert, a floormate of Jain. \"It brings ISIS to a personal level. It brings terrorism and hate in general to a personal level.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11010600\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11010600 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_013-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Dana Alpert (left), Hannah Rowe, Aaliyah Parker, Savreen Saran, and Mackenzie Monroe who are all floormates of Tarishi Jain spoke during a vigil for the 19-year-old UC Berkeley which was held on UC Berkeley's campus in Berkeley, Calif. on July 5, 2016. Jain was one of the victims of an attack at a Dhaka cafe in Bangladesh on July 2, 2016.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_013-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_013-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_013.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_013-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_013-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dana Alpert (left), Hannah Rowe, Aaliyah Parker, Savreen Saran and Mackenzie Monroe, all floormates of Jain, stood in front of the crowd to talk about their time with her. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A large white banner, along with markers and boxes of tissue, were laid in front of the memorial for anyone who wanted to write a message in remembrance of Jain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11010601\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11010601\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_018-800x576.jpg\" alt=\"Tarishi Jain's roommate, Hannah Rowe, writes a message to Jain on a banner during a vigil for the 19-year-old UC Berkeley student, one of the victims of an attack at a Dhaka cafe in Bangladesh on July 2,2016. The vigil was held on UC Berkeley's campus in Berkeley, Calif. on July 5, 2016.\" width=\"800\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_018-800x576.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_018-400x288.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_018.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_018-1180x849.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_018-960x691.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hannah Rowe writes a message to Jain on a banner during a vigil for the 19-year-old UC Berkeley student. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Hannah Rowe, Tarishi Jain's roommate at UC Berkeley, left a message recalling fond memories of her time with Jain and the playful experiences they shared as UC Berkeley students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Over 100 people attended a vigil Tuesday for 19-year-old Cal student Tarishi Jain, one of the victims of an attack at a \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2016/07/02/484473970/20-hostages-and-6-gunmen-killed-after-bangladesh-attack\">Dhaka cafe in Bangladesh\u003c/a> on July 2. The vigil was held on the steps of Sproul Hall on the UC Berkeley campus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11010593\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11010593 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_002-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Over a hundred people attended a vigil for 19-year-old UC Berkeley student Tarishi Jain, one of the victims of an attack at a Dhaka cafe in Bangladesh on July 2,2016. The vigil was held on UC Berkeley's campus in Berkeley, Calif. on July 5, 2016.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_002-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_002-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_002.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_002-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_002-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flags sit behind a memorial for Tarishi Jain, as hundreds gather to mourn the UC Berkeley student. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11010594\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11010594 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_004-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"UC Berkeley Chancellor Nicholas Dirks stands behind a memorial for Tarishi Jain during a vigil for the 19-year-old UC Berkeley student which was held on UC Berkeley's campus in Berkeley, Calif. on July 5, 2016. Jain was one of the victims of an attack at a Dhaka cafe in Bangladesh on July 2,2016.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_004-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_004-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_004.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_004-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_004-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">UC Berkeley Chancellor Nicholas Dirks stands behind a memorial for Tarishi Jain during a vigil for the 19-year-old Cal student. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Chancellor Nicholas Dirks was one of the first to speak during the vigil for Jain, followed by students from multiple campus organizations. Shivani Narang, as well two other students from the South Asian, Southwest Asian and North African Student Coalition, spoke of the loss of Jain and its effect on the UC Berkeley community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11010598\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11010598\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_011-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Three students from the South Asian, Southwest Asian and North African Student Coalition spoke during a vigil for 19-year-old UC Berkeley student Tarishi Jain, one of the victims of an attack at a Dhaka cafe in Bangladesh on July 2,2016. The vigil was held on UC Berkeley's campus in Berkeley, Calif. on July 5, 2016.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_011-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_011-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_011.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_011-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_011-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Three students from the South Asian, Southwest Asian and North African Student Coalition spoke during the vigil. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Those who gathered in Sproul Plaza for the vigil mourned in silence while fellow students, some of whom knew Jain, talked about her scholastic drive, energy and enthusiasm. Faculty and members of the community also spoke.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11010597\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11010597\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_010-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A young student is consoled during a vigil for 19-year-old UC Berkeley student Tarishi Jain, one of the victims of an attack at a Dhaka cafe in Bangladesh on July 2,2016. The vigil was held on UC Berkeley's campus in Berkeley, Calif. on July 5, 2016.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_010-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_010-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_010.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_010-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_010-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A young student is consoled during a vigil for 19-year-old UC Berkeley student Tarishi Jain. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"It's just very harrowing to wake up one day and find that it has impacted you,\" said Dana Alpert, a floormate of Jain. \"It brings ISIS to a personal level. It brings terrorism and hate in general to a personal level.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11010600\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11010600 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_013-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Dana Alpert (left), Hannah Rowe, Aaliyah Parker, Savreen Saran, and Mackenzie Monroe who are all floormates of Tarishi Jain spoke during a vigil for the 19-year-old UC Berkeley which was held on UC Berkeley's campus in Berkeley, Calif. on July 5, 2016. Jain was one of the victims of an attack at a Dhaka cafe in Bangladesh on July 2, 2016.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_013-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_013-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_013.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_013-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_013-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dana Alpert (left), Hannah Rowe, Aaliyah Parker, Savreen Saran and Mackenzie Monroe, all floormates of Jain, stood in front of the crowd to talk about their time with her. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A large white banner, along with markers and boxes of tissue, were laid in front of the memorial for anyone who wanted to write a message in remembrance of Jain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11010601\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11010601\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_018-800x576.jpg\" alt=\"Tarishi Jain's roommate, Hannah Rowe, writes a message to Jain on a banner during a vigil for the 19-year-old UC Berkeley student, one of the victims of an attack at a Dhaka cafe in Bangladesh on July 2,2016. The vigil was held on UC Berkeley's campus in Berkeley, Calif. on July 5, 2016.\" width=\"800\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_018-800x576.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_018-400x288.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_018.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_018-1180x849.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/160705_UCBStudentVigil_bhs_018-960x691.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hannah Rowe writes a message to Jain on a banner during a vigil for the 19-year-old UC Berkeley student. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Hannah Rowe, Tarishi Jain's roommate at UC Berkeley, left a message recalling fond memories of her time with Jain and the playful experiences they shared as UC Berkeley students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 1:15 p.m. Wednesday:\u003c/strong> Berkeley City Councilman Kriss Worthington reports he's holding off on his suggestion to send an official letter to Southwest Airlines protesting its treatment of an Arabic-speaking UC Berkeley student and asking the company to implement new anti-bias training. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an email to KQED, Worthington said: \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"I held the item over for two weeks as a courtesy because Southwestern has communicated with us that they are actively considering multiple effective ways to respond to the situation. They appear to be looking at what to say to Khairuldeen Makhzoomi and what training adjustments would be appropriate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If they refuse to apologize or do not change trainings, we will send a letter to complain. If they take reasonable steps forward we would turn our letter into a thank you.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post Tuesday, May 10: \u003c/strong>Berkeley City Councilman Kriss Worthington says that what happened to Khairuldeen Makhzoomi on a Southwest Airlines jet last month shouldn't happen again to anyone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Makhzoomi is the\u003ca href=\"http://www.dailycal.org/2016/04/14/uc-berkeley-student-questioned-refused-service-speaking-arabic-flight/\" target=\"_blank\"> UC Berkeley student\u003c/a> who was removed from a Southwest flight from Los Angeles to Oakland -- and then subjected to a search and interrogation by the FBI -- after a fellow passenger overheard him speaking Arabic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[audio mp3=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/00117b5b.mp3\"][/audio]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you hear about instances like that, you need to try to change your policies to try to prevent it as much as possible,” says Worthington. “We’re trying to do that within our \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/10/01/activists-say-berkeley-police-data-points-to-racial-profiling\" target=\"_blank\">city policies\u003c/a>, and we think it’s very important that Southwest Airlines do the same.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"Xu9asFNbaOvbOSbAh5CDrlVYH24EWsPt\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Berkeley City Council is expected to vote Tuesday night on whether to send the letter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The airline said in \u003ca href=\"http://swamedia.com/releases/statement-regarding-customer-situation-on-flight-4620?l=en-US\" target=\"_blank\">a statement\u003c/a> after the April 6 incident became public that an Arabic-speaking passenger reported \"what were perceived to be threatening comments\" to the plane's crew.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The statement added that Southwest \"responded by following protocol, as required by federal law, to investigate and report to law enforcement agencies any potential threat to civil aviation,\" and that the airline \"would not remove a passenger from a flight without a collaborative decision rooted in established procedures.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Southwest didn't respond to requests to elaborate on those procedures. 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It means \"if God wills\" and serves a function roughly equivalent to \"knock on wood.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if you've grown up in an Arabic-speaking, predominantly Muslim country, as Makhzoomi did -- he's an Iraqi refugee -- chances are the phrase is tossed around your home quite frequently.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perhaps if Makhzoomi had said “knock on wood,” he would have flown out of Los Angeles without incident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, in an Arabic phone conversation with his uncle before his plane took off, Makhzoomi told him “inshallah,\" he would call him as soon as he landed safely.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'They didn’t treat me as a human being.'\u003ccite>UC Berkeley student Khairuldeen Makhzoomi\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The fellow passenger overheard, and soon, Makhzoomi was sitting in a room being interrogated by the FBI.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"At some point they thought I'm a terrorist,\" says Makhzoomi. \"When they asked me about my bag, when they searched me. They treated me as a terrorist, honestly.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Makhzoomi says he was searched, patted down and sniffed by security dogs. He was repeatedly asked if he had additional luggage, if he carried a knife, and if he could share \"everything he knew about martyrdom.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Makhzoomi says he was upset by the distrust and disrespect he experienced right from the get-go.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you took me out, and you spoke with me in a very nice tone, in a very respectful tone, asking me about myself, just saying, 'This is just a security procedure. ... Would you like to tell me about yourself, and what's your name, and what you do, and what you study?' 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Makhzoomi explained he'd been talking to his uncle in Baghdad, telling him about a dinner event he'd attended at the World Affairs Council that featured \u003ca href=\"http://www.international.ucla.edu/burkle/event/11846\" target=\"_blank\">Ban Ki-moon\u003c/a>, secretary-general of the United Nations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He showed the employee video footage of the dinner that he'd recorded on his phone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyMt4gzsBrA&feature=youtu.be&t=45m\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Makhzoomi says what happened next shocked him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The employee began yelling at him, he says, asking, “Why would you speak in that language? Don't you know that [Arabic] is dangerous to speak in the airports, and what's happening in the airports around the world?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Makhzoomi initially apologized, but when the manager began blaming him for the delay, he says he'd had enough. 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"content": "\u003cp>UC Berkeley Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Claude Steele announced Friday afternoon that he is resigning, citing his wife's health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Steele faced criticism for his lenient discipline of faculty and administrators found to have violated school sexual harassment policy. Over the last seven years \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/04/06/report-19-uc-berkeley-employees-violated-harassment-policy\" target=\"_blank\">19 employees\u003c/a>, including some faculty members, were found to have sexually harassed students or employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the former law school dean Sujit Choudry was found to have sexually harassed his assistant, Tyann Sorell, Steele imposed what many consider overly lenient sanctions. 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It's just like a tax, an economic sanction,\" Misse said. \"So if your'e an administrator, a dean, or a well-paid faculty member, you can afford to do sexual harassment.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/03/14/uc-president-orders-new-process-for-dealing-with-sexual-harassment-cases\" target=\"_blank\">Choudry resigned\u003c/a> from his post as Dean and UC President Janet Napolitano then stepped in to insist that the school go farther--barring him from campus and beginning further disciplinary proceedings within the Academic Senate. 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"content": "\u003cp>UC Berkeley Chancellor Nicholas Dirks has appointed Social Sciences Dean Carla Hesse, who is also executive dean of the College of Letters & Science and a specialist in the history of women, as interim lead in Cal's attempt to respond to a growing sexual harassment scandal on campus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement issued Sunday, Dirks said: \"Hesse will serve as the primary coordinator of the campus efforts to address sexual harassment, assault and violence, working closely with the Chancellor and the UC Office of the President to ensure these efforts are prioritized, fully coordinated and adequately resourced. She has been appointed to this role effective immediately, until the position is filled permanently over the summer.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The scandal has become a national embarrassment for Cal. 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All three actions accuse the university of failing to prevent sexual abuse.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dirks' \u003ca href=\"http://news.berkeley.edu/2016/03/27/chancellor-names-interim-lead-for-sexual-harassment-response/\" target=\"_blank\">message to the campus community\u003c/a> said that Hesse, a faculty member in the history department since 1989, will be the \"primary coordinator of the campus efforts to address sexual harassment, assault and violence, working closely with the Chancellor and the UC Office of the President to ensure these efforts are prioritized, fully coordinated and adequately resourced.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The position will be filled permanently during the summer. 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While it’s unclear if the regents are considering any action, there are growing calls for administrators to be more accountable and transparent in how they handle harassment cases. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The regents are the UC system's top governing board, but member John Pérez says they aren’t typically involved in employee sexual misconduct cases, unless there's an appeal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, given what Pérez calls, in some cases, a “mind-boggling” response and a “horrific pattern” of incidents, he believes the regents should be involved in the disciplinary process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You start from the point of creating a culture where we're on the same page, and then creating enforcement where there are serious consequences when people violate the policy,\" Pérez said. \"I think you'll see the regents weighing in on that discussion.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/254257751\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Calls to combat sexual harassment and assaults at UC Berkeley come after a string of high-profile incidents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sujit Choudhry resigned as dean of UC Berkeley Law School on March 10 after his former executive assistant alleged in a lawsuit that her boss received only a temporary pay cut and orders to undergo counseling as punishment after a campus investigation that substantiated her claims that he repeatedly kissed and touched her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Days later, Cal officials disclosed that campus investigators found that assistant men's basketball coach Yann Hufnael had \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/03/15/uc-berkeley-assistant-coach-fired-for-violating-sexual-harassment-policy\" target=\"_blank\">violated the school's sexual harassment policy\u003c/a>. 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They hope to enlist hundreds of other faculty in the next couple of weeks for what she calls a serious accounting of the school’s handling of sexual misconduct cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That includes procedures, it includes the long history of this set of problems and accountability from the current administration,\" Salzinger said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Salzinger, who is also an associate professor of gender and women's studies, said she believes the administration already has the power to deal with problem employees, but seems to use it only under public scrutiny.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think the way that the current administration has responded has been appalling, but I think it’s really important to point out that I don’t think they’re alone in this, that this has happened for a long time, that it’s an important time to have a reckoning about this and move forward in a really different kind of way,\" Salzinger said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Emily Cardoza, a program assistant in Berkeley's rhetoric and film departments, said the focus of training so far seems to be on protecting the university.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It talks about, if you see this on campus you should speak out and stop it while it's happening, but it doesn't talk about, ‘Here's why you shouldn't say or do these things,’ \" Cardoza said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/03/14/uc-president-orders-new-process-for-dealing-with-sexual-harassment-cases\" target=\"_blank\">UC President Janet Napolitano stepped in to demand additional action in the two recent high-profile disciplinary cases.\u003c/a> She also ordered all chancellors, provosts, vice chancellors, vice provosts and deans to complete sexual assault and harassment training by the end of this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michele Landis Dauber, a professor of law and sociology at Stanford University and an expert on university response to sexual misconduct, said the University of California is facing a leadership crisis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think Napolitano’s job essentially is on the line if she can’t get this situation under control,\" Dauber said. \"It may be that there may have to be personnel changes, one or more of the university’s top leaders, in order to resolve the situation.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Regardless, Dauber says she believes the only way to ensure safety at college campuses would be mandatory annual disclosure of sexual misconduct data to state lawmakers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Don Clyde contributed to this post.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sujit Choudhry resigned as dean of UC Berkeley Law School on March 10 after his former executive assistant alleged in a lawsuit that her boss received only a temporary pay cut and orders to undergo counseling as punishment after a campus investigation that substantiated her claims that he repeatedly kissed and touched her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Days later, Cal officials disclosed that campus investigators found that assistant men's basketball coach Yann Hufnael had \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/03/15/uc-berkeley-assistant-coach-fired-for-violating-sexual-harassment-policy\" target=\"_blank\">violated the school's sexual harassment policy\u003c/a>. Head coach Cuonzo Martin then moved to fire Hufnagel. Now Cal officials are reviewing whether Martin properly handled the initial allegations against Hufnagel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last fall, Geoffrey Marcy, a prominent Berkeley astronomer, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/10/14/berkeley-astronomer-geoff-marcy-in-wake-of-sex-harassment-case\" target=\"_blank\">resigned\u003c/a> after news reports disclosed a campus investigation had substantiated sexual harassment complaints from several female students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The university is currently investigating at least 25 faculty, staff and administrators for allegations of sexual harassment or violence, according to a Cal spokesman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>UC Berkeley Faculty-Driven Groups Pressing for Public Accountability\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UC Berkeley Faculty Association board member Leslie Salzinger and two dozen of her colleagues want to convene a meeting of the Academic Senate to address the issues. They hope to enlist hundreds of other faculty in the next couple of weeks for what she calls a serious accounting of the school’s handling of sexual misconduct cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That includes procedures, it includes the long history of this set of problems and accountability from the current administration,\" Salzinger said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Salzinger, who is also an associate professor of gender and women's studies, said she believes the administration already has the power to deal with problem employees, but seems to use it only under public scrutiny.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think the way that the current administration has responded has been appalling, but I think it’s really important to point out that I don’t think they’re alone in this, that this has happened for a long time, that it’s an important time to have a reckoning about this and move forward in a really different kind of way,\" Salzinger said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Emily Cardoza, a program assistant in Berkeley's rhetoric and film departments, said the focus of training so far seems to be on protecting the university.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It talks about, if you see this on campus you should speak out and stop it while it's happening, but it doesn't talk about, ‘Here's why you shouldn't say or do these things,’ \" Cardoza said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/03/14/uc-president-orders-new-process-for-dealing-with-sexual-harassment-cases\" target=\"_blank\">UC President Janet Napolitano stepped in to demand additional action in the two recent high-profile disciplinary cases.\u003c/a> She also ordered all chancellors, provosts, vice chancellors, vice provosts and deans to complete sexual assault and harassment training by the end of this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michele Landis Dauber, a professor of law and sociology at Stanford University and an expert on university response to sexual misconduct, said the University of California is facing a leadership crisis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think Napolitano’s job essentially is on the line if she can’t get this situation under control,\" Dauber said. \"It may be that there may have to be personnel changes, one or more of the university’s top leaders, in order to resolve the situation.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Regardless, Dauber says she believes the only way to ensure safety at college campuses would be mandatory annual disclosure of sexual misconduct data to state lawmakers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Don Clyde contributed to this post.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update: Tuesday, March 15\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UC Berkeley has released its investigative report on the sexual harassment case involving assistant basketball coach Yann Hufnagel. (\u003ca href=\"#report\">Read it.\u003c/a>)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report identifies the complaining party only as a female sports reporter and details a list of allegations against Hufnagel for acts that occurred between November 2014 and May 2015.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The accusations included a series of offensive text messages and one in-person incident in which investigators say Hufnagel acknowledged trying to \"trick\" the reporter into coming upstairs to his apartment, where he expected to have sex.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The reporter told investigators she first complained about Hufnagel to Cal head basketball coach Cuonzo Martin in late May 2015. The report says Martin denied the complainant \"provided any details or described anything as constituting sexual harassment.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several weeks later, on July 5, the reporter sent Martin an email detailing her allegations, including screen shots of texts in which Hufnagel had suggested he'd like to have sex with her. Martin passed the allegations to UC Berkeley's Athletics Department the next day, which in turn sent the case to the campus Office for the Prevention of Harassment and Discrimination.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The journalist told investigators that Hufnagel began sending suggestive texts two weeks after she met him in November 2015 and that \"90 percent of the harassment was by text.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her complaint centers on an incident that's said to have occurred before Feb. 23, 2015, when she met Hufnagel after a Cal men's basketball game. The complainant said she had been trying to meet with Hufnagel for coffee but that after the game Hufnagel insisted on going to a bar, and the pair visited Jupiter, in downtown Berkeley. Over the next hour and a half, she told investigators, Hufnagel had two beers, then asked her to drive him home because he was too drunk to drive. After refusing at first, the woman agreed to drive Hufnagel home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's how the report describes the complainant's account of what came next:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Complainant recalled driving Respondent [Hufnagel] to his apartment —a street corner she described as being busy. Complainant said Respondent opened his apartment building’s community parking garage for Complainant to drive her car into. Complainant said she did drive into the garage because there was no place on the street to pull over. Complainant said, once in the garage, Respondent directed her to park in a designated spot—an elevator-operated “lift” spot which would have suspended her car above the ground. Complainant said she did not park in the spot and felt Respondent was attempting to control her ability to leave. She recalled telling Respondent that she was just going to turn around; to which Respondent responded, “You’re coming up.” Complainant said she said, “No. I’m going to leave now,” but Respondent kept insisting. Complainant said she asked Respondent, “Are you thinking that I’m going to have sex with you?” to which Respondent said, “Yes.” Complainant recalled telling Respondent, “Not going to happen ... you and I are professional colleagues ... not interested in you.” Complainant noted that at that point the garage door was closed behind them with her car inside and Respondent indicated that he did not intend to let her out of the garage. Complainant recalled that she felt scared and ordered Respondent, “Let me the fuck out of here.” She recalled Respondent “talked about oral sex,” “[Complainant] giving him oral sex.” Complainant estimated remaining in the garage with Respondent for about 15 minutes. During that time, Complainant recalled being in the car for most of the time and Respondent being out of the car for most of the time. Complainant said Respondent did not touch her on that occasion or any other occasion.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>However, Hufnagel told investigators he had asked the reporter out several days before the night in question. The report says he \"acknowledged that his invitation 'was a sexual advance.' Respondent said, 'In the back of my mind I was like ... obviously [Complainant]’s willing.' \"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his initial account to investigators, Hufnagel denied drinking while the two were at the bar because he had to drive home:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"Respondent recalled that Complainant drank tea and thinking in the back of his mind that she was 'the lamest girl ever,\" the report says. \"Respondent said that he drove Complainant from Jupiter to his apartment and that they were at the apartment building briefly. Respondent said that he asked Complainant if she wanted to come upstairs and she said no. Respondent said that he then drove her back to her car, parked at a lot on UC Berkeley’s campus between Channing and Haste on Ellsworth. Respondent asserted that the only time he ever spent any time with Complainant was on the Jupiter night. Respondent said that after that he realized that she was 'a total ditz' and 'not a good fit.'\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>But Hufnagel changed his story after an investigator provided details of the reporter's complaint against him. Among other things, Hufnagel gave a different account of what happened when he and the reporter got to the apartment house garage:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"Respondent did recall that Complainant was with him when he positioned his car to park it in the elevated parking spot and tried to park it there when Complainant asked what he was doing. Respondent said, at that point, he suggested that he and Complainant go upstairs. Respondent explained, “With all candor, I was trying to trick her into going upstairs.” Investigator 1 asked him if he had sexual or romantic intentions at that point with respect to Complainant; and Respondent replied, “Yes.” Respondent acknowledged that after they had a conversation about going up to his apartment, he asked again and it was possible that during that conversation Complainant asked Respondent whether he thought they were going to have sex and Respondent replied affirmatively.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The investigators' report says Hufnagel acknowledged that a long series of texts he sent to the reporter, including suggestions he'd like to have sex with her, were \"inappropriate.\" But the report says Hufnagel described the messages as part of his \"playful\" relationship with the journalist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The investigators' found Hufnagel had violated Berkeley's policy against sexual harassment. That conclusion prompted Martin, the Cal men's head coach, to announce Monday he was moving to dismiss Hufnagel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hufnagel's response? Here's what he had to say Monday, before UC Berkeley released the investigators' findings:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/yhufnagel/status/709435974892146689\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post: \u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nAn assistant men's basketball coach at UC Berkeley was found to have violated the school's sexual harassment policy, drawing swift and serious sanctions Monday after complaints that punishment was too lenient in previous cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Head coach Cuonzo Martin immediately moved to fire the assistant, Yann Hufnagel, who will not be traveling with the team during its NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament run. The team is seeded No. 4 in the South Region for the tournament and plays No. 13 seeded Hawaii on Friday in Spokane, Washington.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"CV7sf6KQFJll6lKt3Nj8Qr7G0M9S6i1X\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You're talking about a guy who's part of your staff and a family member,\" Martin, who is in his second year coaching the California Golden Bears, told reporters during a conference call. \"We continue to push forward. It's not an easy thing, but we'll find our way.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The person who accused Hufnagel of sexual harassment is not affiliated with the school, university spokesman Dan Mogulof said. Hufnagel didn't immediately reply to an email seeking comment on Martin's decision to initiate termination proceedings. The move follows an investigative report issued by UC Berkeley’s Office for the Prevention of Harassment and Discrimination.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hufnagel, 33, is at least the fourth campus employee in the last year to face sexual harassment allegations. This comes several days after the dean of Cal's law school stepped down amid sexual harassment claims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>University of California President Janet Napolitano \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/03/14/uc-president-orders-new-process-for-dealing-with-sexual-harassment-cases\" target=\"_blank\">ordered a new process\u003c/a> Friday for reviewing sexual harassment claims against administrators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv id=\"report\">\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 12px auto 6px auto;font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: normal;font-size: 14px;line-height: normal\">\u003ca style=\"text-decoration: underline\" title=\"View UC Berkeley Investigation Report - Yann Hufnagel on Scribd\" href=\"https://www.scribd.com/doc/304891755/UC-Berkeley-Investigation-Report-Yann-Hufnagel\">UC Berkeley Investigation Report - Yann Hufnagel\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Associated Press contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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And not be fearful that they will be the object of sexual harassment or sexual violence.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 10:27 a.m.:\u003c/strong> UC Berkeley is firing men's basketball assistant coach Yann Hufnagel for allegedly violating the university's sexual harassment policy. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/03/14/uc-berkeley-assistant-coach-fired-for-violating-sexual-harassment-policy\" target=\"_blank\">Read more.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post: \u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nUniversity of California President Janet Napolitano ordered a new process for reviewing sexual harassment claims against administrators after UC Berkeley faced a backlash over how it handled allegations against the dean of its law school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sujit Choudhry resigned as dean last Thursday after his former executive assistant alleged in a lawsuit filed last week that her boss received only a temporary pay cut and orders to undergo counseling as punishment following a campus investigation that substantiated her claims that he repeatedly kissed and touched her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>University leaders must make sure that substantiated cases of sexual misconduct be dealt with \"firmly, fairly and expeditiously and that appropriate sanctions are imposed that recognize the serious nature of these claims,\" Napolitano said Friday in a letter to the system's 10 chancellors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She announced that a new systemwide committee would review and approve all proposed penalties for high-level administrators who violate sexual assault and harassment policies. She also ordered all chancellors, provosts, vice chancellors, vice provosts and deans to complete sexual assault and harassment training by March 25.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This issue is critically important to the University of California, and to me personally,\" the former Homeland Security secretary and Arizona governor wrote in the letter. \"At a minimum, our employees are entitled to come to work without fear of sexual harassment or sexual violence.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a separate letter, Napolitano told Berkeley Chancellor Nicholas Dirks to take further action against Choudhry, who remains a member of the Berkeley Law faculty despite having resigned as dean.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Napolitano directed Dirks to ban Choudhry from campus and start disciplinary proceedings against him through the Academic Senate, which could result in suspension or dismissal. Under the terms of the university's tenure rules, professors can be fired only by that panel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Napolitano also told Dirks that the university system does not intend to defend Choudhry in court against his former assistant's claims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dirks met with angry law school faculty members Thursday, along with Provost Claude Steele, who had said a day earlier that the disciplinary measures he had imposed on the dean in July were appropriate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the meeting, the two said in a letter to law school professors, alumni and students that they welcomed the dean's resignation as being in the university's best interests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement provided by Berkeley, Choudhry said he disagreed with the allegations but could not comment further.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-napolitano-harass-20160312-story.html\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles Time first reported\u003c/a> on Napolitano's actions Saturday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The disclosures involving Choudhry came nearly five months after a prominent astronomer at Berkeley, Geoffrey Marcy, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/10/14/berkeley-astronomer-geoff-marcy-in-wake-of-sex-harassment-case\" target=\"_blank\">resigned amid a national outcry\u003c/a> over revelations that the school had substantiated sexual harassment complaints from former female students without demoting or suspending him from his job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Associated Press contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Maria Trujillo cleaned buildings for 25 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But on Tuesday, she was leading a chant at a rally outside the state Capitol, calling for an end to abusive working conditions and sexual harassment for janitors like herself who have experienced sexual assault on the job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"At the beginning, I felt really worthless,\" said Trujillo. \"I felt like I was worth nothing. I felt like as an immigrant woman, I had to take this, and anyone could step all over me.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez attended the same rally, where she \u003ca href=\"https://www.revealnews.org/blog/a-plan-is-emerging-to-fight-the-sexual-abuse-of-janitors-in-california/\" target=\"_blank\"> announced that her office is working on a bill\u003c/a> to increase protections for female janitors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/251051351\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gonzalez said she was moved to tears by \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/night-shift\" target=\"_blank\">\"Rape on the Night Shift,\"\u003c/a> a collaboration between Reveal, the Investigative Reporting Program at UC Berkeley, KQED, Frontline and Univision, and that it inspired her to improve conditions for women who are subject to abuse while cleaning buildings alone at night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tuesday's rallies -- which also marked International Women's Day -- came as a \u003ca href=\"http://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/pdf/2016/Race-to-the-Bottom.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">new study\u003c/a> released by UC Berkeley's \u003ca href=\"http://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">Center for Labor Research and Education\u003c/a> linked subcontracting work to lower wages, fewer benefits, risk of sexual assault and other employment law violations, compared with non-subcontracted workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Researchers looked at janitorial and security service workers in California over a 30-year period to examine the impact of subcontract work on job quality outcomes for more than 200,000 service workers laboring under a subcontract.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10889886\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10889886\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/RS18732_JanitorsRally-800x490.jpg\" alt=\"Protesters rally in support of janitors, and to bring attention to issues of sexual harassment and assault in the workplace at the state Capitol on March 8, 2016.\" width=\"800\" height=\"490\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/RS18732_JanitorsRally-800x490.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/RS18732_JanitorsRally-400x245.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/RS18732_JanitorsRally.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/RS18732_JanitorsRally-1180x723.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/RS18732_JanitorsRally-960x588.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protesters rally in support of janitors, and to bring attention to issues of sexual harassment and assault in the workplace at the state Capitol on March 8, 2016. \u003ccite>(Katie Orr/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>They found that wages within the property services industry have declined or remained stagnant, even as employment in the janitorial and security industry has increased faster than other sectors of the economy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Contracted janitors earned 20 percent less than noncontracted janitors, while contracted security officers earned 18 percent less.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is the first time we’ve been able to look specifically at this industry and confirm that the trend of low wages and poor work incomes is associated with subcontracting over time,\" said Sara Hinkley, a postdoctoral fellow at the\u003ca href=\"http://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/\" target=\"_blank\"> Labor Center at UC Berkeley\u003c/a> and an author the study. \"We're talking about a significant number of workers that really represent the archetype of subcontracting.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report also shows that contracted workers are significantly less likely to have health insurance. Thirty-five percent of contracted janitors had health insurance through their employer or union, while 62 percent of noncontracted janitors had health insurance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>High Risk of Sexual Harassment and Assault\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In looking at sexual harassment and assault in the workplace, researchers repeatedly cited reporting from \"Rape on the Night Shift.\" They found that the property services industry is structured in a way that leaves workers \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/06/23/former-janitors-go-undercover-to-clean-up-abuses-rape-on-the-night-shift/\" target=\"_blank\">vulnerable\u003c/a> to sexual assault and afraid to report it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Janitors and security officers tend to work alone at night in empty buildings and are isolated from almost everyone except their immediate supervisor,\" said Helen Chen, co-author of the study and coordinator of public programs at the UC Berkeley Labor Occupational Health Program. \"\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/06/23/working-alone-at-night-janitors-risk-sexual-violence-rape-on-the-night-shift/\" target=\"_blank\">This isolation is a major risk factor \u003c/a>for sexual harassment, particularly when the harasser is their supervisor, which is a common occurrence in this industry.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several other factors that researchers found increase the risk of sexual harassment include lack of accountability and lack of resources for prevention services on the part of smaller employers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Researchers add that a workplace culture that does not support survivors, coupled with a high number of immigrant and undocumented female workers, leaves many in fear of retribution. Thus, many incidents go unreported.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We talked to one janitor who was sexually propositioned by her supervisor and harassed for a year,\" said Chen. \"That same supervisor harassed other women in the workplace and was never reprimanded. Employers generally do not have sexual harassment policies in place, and if they do, those policies are inadequate or are not enforced.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Disproportionately Affecting Immigrants, People of Color\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Latinos make up 37 percent of California's overall workforce, they make up 82 percent of contracted janitors and 41 percent of those who are not contracted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"oQktQM16n0yp7JDEd8B58VzE3wImXj8R\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The majority of contracted janitors are also immigrants, with 75 percent of them being foreign-born.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You have a situation where contractors use the situation of immigrant status and gender as a means to create an environment of exploitation and harassment,\" said David Huerta, president of \u003ca href=\"http://www.seiu-usww.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Service Employees International Union United Service Workers West\u003c/a>, which represents 45,000 service workers throughout California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Security officers are less likely to be immigrants because of the English-language requirements for the job. However, they are more likely to be African-American.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"These are things we've been talking about for some time now,,\" said Huerta. \"And as we start talking about the issue of racial justice and immigrant justice in this country, more and more we're going to see that this dysfunction within subcontract industries exist.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>High Competition, Lower wages\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In talking with employers and industry experts, researchers found that the intense competition between contract companies, coupled with the labor-intensive nature of contract work, is what puts wages and working conditions on the chopping block.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because labor cost accounts for the largest percentage of a contractor's cost of doing business, companies often find themselves unable to compete if their prices don't remain competitive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The most room that they have to cut costs is in the group of expenditures associated with hiring workers,\" said Hinkley. \"They're continually competing with companies that are offering lower and lower costs based on being able to reduce the amount of money they spend on labor.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In conducting her research, Hinkley did find that there are employers out there who were genuine about wanting to offer their workers good jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"These employers want to compete based on offering quality services, innovation and productivity enhancements. 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Thus, many incidents go unreported.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We talked to one janitor who was sexually propositioned by her supervisor and harassed for a year,\" said Chen. \"That same supervisor harassed other women in the workplace and was never reprimanded. Employers generally do not have sexual harassment policies in place, and if they do, those policies are inadequate or are not enforced.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Disproportionately Affecting Immigrants, People of Color\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Latinos make up 37 percent of California's overall workforce, they make up 82 percent of contracted janitors and 41 percent of those who are not contracted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The majority of contracted janitors are also immigrants, with 75 percent of them being foreign-born.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You have a situation where contractors use the situation of immigrant status and gender as a means to create an environment of exploitation and harassment,\" said David Huerta, president of \u003ca href=\"http://www.seiu-usww.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Service Employees International Union United Service Workers West\u003c/a>, which represents 45,000 service workers throughout California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Security officers are less likely to be immigrants because of the English-language requirements for the job. 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