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He said although he doesn’t believe student protests will be enough to “free Palestine,” he believes it will help move the needle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We enjoy the fact that, you know, we piss off university officials,” Abubakr said. “The fact that they had these new encampment and new masking policies, I smile because it’s like … we have their attention.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008683\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12008683 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/1W9A8664-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/1W9A8664-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/1W9A8664-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/1W9A8664-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/1W9A8664-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/1W9A8664-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/1W9A8664-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students cheer at a rally for Gaza and Lebanon at the University of California, Berkeley on Oct. 8, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As a man chanted, “No Zionist racists,” Jewish transfer student Ethan Tallman said he came out to show his support for the Israeli community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[My] reasons are for the hostages, for their families, and for the world to see that they matter,” Tallman said, adding that he found the crowd overwhelming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Signs carried by the protesters included messages like “No Votes for Genocide,” featuring the image of Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008657\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12008657 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-03-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-03-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-03-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-03-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-03-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rally attendees hold signs that read “No Votes for Genocide” at a walkout and rally for Gaza and Lebanon at the University of California, Berkeley on Oct. 8, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sameeha Ahmed, who studies cognitive science and public health at Berkeley, said Tuesday morning that she planned to take time away from the busy midterm season to participate in the walkout.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>“\u003c/strong>We’ve gotten to a point in the movement where I think people are able to sort of turn a blind eye toward the horrors that are happening in Gaza just because this has been going on for so long. People are becoming so desensitized to all of the injustice that’s been occurring,” said Ahmed, who added that she is focused on the call for the University of California to divest from Israel and its war effort.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think that makes it all the more imperative for us to … continue showing that we are not going to stand for this any longer,” Ahmed said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008655\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12008655 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-01-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-01-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-01-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A walkout and rally for Gaza and Lebanon on the steps of Sproul Hall at the University of California, Berkeley on Oct. 8, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In a social media \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DA1CDoLPVJa/?img_index=1\">post\u003c/a>, a group calling itself UC Berkeley Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine wrote “The university, too, has blood on its hands. The University of California system has long committed to war and destruction through research and development of nuclear weapons, drones and other military technologies — as well as investments in weapons manufacturing, fossil fuel, and settler industries profiting from this atrocity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group also cited accusations that the UC has supported the firing, arrests and investigations of professors, the approval of military surplus for UC police forces, and the chilling of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12005478/university-of-california-is-accused-of-trying-to-silence-faculty-speech-about-war-in-gaza\">free speech\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, Stett Holbrook, a UC Office of the President spokesperson, said while most protests over the past year were peaceful and lawful, administrators have had to take steps to address some that were not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In some instances, campuses faced significant disruptions due to protests that resulted in violence, vandalism, class and research interruption, and restricted access to public spaces,” he said. “While we provide many opportunities and venues for the expression of diverse viewpoints at UC campuses, activities that violate the law, University policy, or both, will not be tolerated.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Holbrook added that UCPD’s equipment is not military surplus, military-grade nor designed for military use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The University’s use of this equipment provides UC police officers with non-lethal alternatives to standard-issue firearms, enabling them to de-escalate situations and respond without the use of deadly force,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008658\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12008658 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-04-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-04-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-04-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-04-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ethan Tallman (center), a pro-Israel student at Berkeley, counter-protests a walkout and rally for Gaza and Lebanon at the University of California, Berkeley on Oct. 8, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>UC Berkeley spokesperson Dan Mogulof said the campus had been planning for walkouts and other events since July. “We’re aware what moment in time we’re in,” said Mogulof.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, at San Francisco State University, protesters were back at the picket lines and faculty-led teachouts after a midday rally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the event, a crowd of about 200 broke into chants like, “Not another penny, not another dollar, we won’t pay for Israel’s slaughter,” and “I can’t even pay my rent; 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We are here to do a critical education project where all of us are united as students and as teachers and as people embodying multiple roles. And this work that we’re starting today on Oct. 8 is just the beginning.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12008405 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/SFUSDStudentsGetty-1020x681.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SFSU student Rithik Hemanth came to support the Students for Gaza picket, in part because he sees conditions for Palestinians and students on campus as connected. He cited Gov. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the tense mood, students like Yousuf Abubakr of Students for Justice in Palestine were undeterred. He said although he doesn’t believe student protests will be enough to “free Palestine,” he believes it will help move the needle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We enjoy the fact that, you know, we piss off university officials,” Abubakr said. “The fact that they had these new encampment and new masking policies, I smile because it’s like … we have their attention.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008683\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12008683 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/1W9A8664-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/1W9A8664-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/1W9A8664-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/1W9A8664-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/1W9A8664-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/1W9A8664-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/1W9A8664-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students cheer at a rally for Gaza and Lebanon at the University of California, Berkeley on Oct. 8, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As a man chanted, “No Zionist racists,” Jewish transfer student Ethan Tallman said he came out to show his support for the Israeli community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[My] reasons are for the hostages, for their families, and for the world to see that they matter,” Tallman said, adding that he found the crowd overwhelming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Signs carried by the protesters included messages like “No Votes for Genocide,” featuring the image of Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008657\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12008657 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-03-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-03-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-03-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-03-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-03-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rally attendees hold signs that read “No Votes for Genocide” at a walkout and rally for Gaza and Lebanon at the University of California, Berkeley on Oct. 8, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sameeha Ahmed, who studies cognitive science and public health at Berkeley, said Tuesday morning that she planned to take time away from the busy midterm season to participate in the walkout.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>“\u003c/strong>We’ve gotten to a point in the movement where I think people are able to sort of turn a blind eye toward the horrors that are happening in Gaza just because this has been going on for so long. People are becoming so desensitized to all of the injustice that’s been occurring,” said Ahmed, who added that she is focused on the call for the University of California to divest from Israel and its war effort.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think that makes it all the more imperative for us to … continue showing that we are not going to stand for this any longer,” Ahmed said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008655\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12008655 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-01-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-01-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-01-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A walkout and rally for Gaza and Lebanon on the steps of Sproul Hall at the University of California, Berkeley on Oct. 8, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In a social media \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DA1CDoLPVJa/?img_index=1\">post\u003c/a>, a group calling itself UC Berkeley Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine wrote “The university, too, has blood on its hands. The University of California system has long committed to war and destruction through research and development of nuclear weapons, drones and other military technologies — as well as investments in weapons manufacturing, fossil fuel, and settler industries profiting from this atrocity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group also cited accusations that the UC has supported the firing, arrests and investigations of professors, the approval of military surplus for UC police forces, and the chilling of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12005478/university-of-california-is-accused-of-trying-to-silence-faculty-speech-about-war-in-gaza\">free speech\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, Stett Holbrook, a UC Office of the President spokesperson, said while most protests over the past year were peaceful and lawful, administrators have had to take steps to address some that were not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In some instances, campuses faced significant disruptions due to protests that resulted in violence, vandalism, class and research interruption, and restricted access to public spaces,” he said. “While we provide many opportunities and venues for the expression of diverse viewpoints at UC campuses, activities that violate the law, University policy, or both, will not be tolerated.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Holbrook added that UCPD’s equipment is not military surplus, military-grade nor designed for military use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The University’s use of this equipment provides UC police officers with non-lethal alternatives to standard-issue firearms, enabling them to de-escalate situations and respond without the use of deadly force,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008658\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12008658 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-04-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-04-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-04-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-04-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ethan Tallman (center), a pro-Israel student at Berkeley, counter-protests a walkout and rally for Gaza and Lebanon at the University of California, Berkeley on Oct. 8, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>UC Berkeley spokesperson Dan Mogulof said the campus had been planning for walkouts and other events since July. “We’re aware what moment in time we’re in,” said Mogulof.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, at San Francisco State University, protesters were back at the picket lines and faculty-led teachouts after a midday rally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the event, a crowd of about 200 broke into chants like, “Not another penny, not another dollar, we won’t pay for Israel’s slaughter,” and “I can’t even pay my rent; still more bombs are being sent.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008656\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12008656 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-02-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-02-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-02-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-02-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-02-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-02-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-02-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Harry Singh (center), a pro-Israel student at Berkeley, counter-protests a walkout and rally for Gaza and Lebanon at the University of California, Berkeley on Oct. 8, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Speaker Omar Zahzah told the demonstrators that enough was enough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are here because we feel the connection because we’re suffering through the connections,” Zahzah said. “So long as they keep putting money towards genocide, we say no. 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"content": "\u003cp>Auburn University football fans felt pretty good going into a home game against UC Berkeley this month. After all, Cal — an afterthought in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101893987/what-happens-to-cal-and-stanford-as-the-pac-12-collapses\">power conference realignment that blew up the Pac-12\u003c/a> and rocked college athletics — was traveling to the heart of the Southeastern Conference, where fans say “it just means more.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unfortunately for the Tigers faithful, they seemed to have poked the wrong bear: X’s “Calgorithm.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>College football smack talk is nothing new; many schools have a coalition of fan accounts that post memes, scores and predictions ahead of Saturday games. But the posts coming out of \u003ca href=\"https://writeforcalifornia.com/p/flowers-to-cal-twitter-a-community\">Cal Twitter\u003c/a>, as the community on the social media platform now called X is known, have quickly garnered national attention amid the Golden Bears’ hot start.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before the teams’ Sept. 7 matchup, Auburn and Cal fans jabbed back and forth on social media, with some pro-Auburn posts remarking that Cal wasn’t likely to have a big group of supporters traveling to the game. They were “likely too busy thinking of a new woke topic that hurts their feels to travel to Alabama,” one X user \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/spanx_ftw/status/1831051179801051325\">said\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Cal pulled off an upset 21-14 win at Jordan-Hare Stadium — now “property of antifa,” as \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/terencelau/status/1832882511665308062\">one meme declared\u003c/a> — where the stands seemed to have a small but mighty \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/avinashkunnath/status/1832531739203285018\">blue and gold\u003c/a> contingency. Cal Twitter responded, leaning into the “woke” stereotypes about Berkeley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The reputation that Cal has as a fairly left leaning progressive institution since a long time ago — people try to use it against us, especially in the South,” said Mike Davie, known as “\u003ca href=\"https://x.com/linusalf\">Mike the Hot Dog Mayor\u003c/a>” on X.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We kind of flipped the script on that, like, ‘That’s right, and we’re coming armed with pronouns and woke flags.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the game, \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/golDonbear/status/1832555206569292233\">a meme\u003c/a> showing a Democratic-winning election map overlaid with images of Kamala Harris, a rainbow, players including quarterback Fernando Mendoza, and mascot Oski the bear circulated within Cal’s community of “burner” accounts on X. “You just lost to the woke agenda,” it declared.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/golDonbear/status/1832555206569292233\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More memes started flowing, riffing on jokes about Cal students’ reputations for holding far-left and even communist beliefs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Pretty quickly it went from just like small California or Alabama stereotypes to just full on ‘We’re going to make fun of you for being quote-unquote “out of touch,” and then at the same time, we’re going to make fun of ourselves a little bit for for going a little too far into the woke ideology,’” said the person behind the X account “\u003ca href=\"https://x.com/wokemobfootball\">Liberal Calgorithm\u003c/a>,” who uses the handle @wokemobfootball to keep posts separate from work and personal life and did not want to be identified. “I think by the time we had won, all hell had broken loose, and the ‘\u003ca href=\"https://x.com/terencelau/status/1832882511665308062\">Antifa Stadium\u003c/a>’ [meme] had been dropped.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, Bears fans are focused on another road trip to unfamiliar territory ahead of Saturday afternoon’s game at Florida State. The memes have included AI-generated photos of FSU fans \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/CAL_SPORTS_/status/1835839235112481092\">cheering while holding rainbow Pride flags\u003c/a> at Tallahassee’s Doak Campbell Stadium — make that \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/AdmiralBear01/status/1836992053126836530\">“Woke” Campbell Stadium\u003c/a> — and promoting \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/CAL_SPORTS_/status/1836265389145362774\">spirit game themes\u003c/a> like “pronoun awareness” and “pride celebration.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/HaasOfOtt/status/1835902311018770551\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cal has had a surprisingly strong season so far, going 3-0 ahead of its \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11959989/stanford-uc-berkeley-will-join-the-atlantic-coast-conference-next-year\">Atlantic Coast Conference debut\u003c/a>, while FSU, a preseason top-10 team, is 0-3.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On X, the Bears have been even more dominant. “Never seen a fanbase so organized and so locked in on trolling their opponents,” one college football fan from Iowa \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/ZSteins_/status/1836159356607344910\">posted\u003c/a>. “Hand Cal the natty, they’ve earned it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Cal’s presence in the football Twittersphere has exploded recently, the “burner community,” as Davie refers to them, has been around for years, posting memes and interacting online with one another and with the separate “\u003ca href=\"https://writeforcalifornia.com/\">Write for California\u003c/a>” Substack, which says it posts content by, for, and about the Golden Bears.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the burners’ first coordinated meme campaigns came last year when the football team hired former interim head coach Jake Spavital to be the new offensive coordinator after the 2022 season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He was very public that he’s going to target offensive linemen, [also known as] hogs,” Davie said. The meme on many burner accounts became centered on the team needing more offensive linemen for Spavital, or #hogs4spav, \u003ca href=\"https://www.dailycal.org/sports/msports/football/hogs4spav-behind-cal-football-s-twitter-contingent/article_0b9b5994-7596-11ef-ac77-67c7e4b44f41.html\">the Daily Cal\u003c/a> reported.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lots of burners have been around since then, but even more have joined the ranks in the past few weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The person behind the @wokemobfootball account grew up as a Cal fan and has attended a few games a year since college, but she said she didn’t end up in the Calgorithm until this season after “Cal tweets started creeping up on my main Twitter page.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/wokemobfootball/status/1835698640113029631\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To the outside world, many of the burners are anonymous, but @wokemobfootball said they have group chats where they workshop memes, quote tweet and comment on each other’s content actively, and even meet up IRL.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Davie said he started going to “Write for California” tailgates and met other burners there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That becoming the burner tailgate is something that just happened this year,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The team has even gotten in on the action, he said. Team staffers Marshall Cherrington and Benji Palu have dropped by one of their tailgates, and the quarterback, Mendoza, appeared for a post-game interview wearing a T-shirt from a line started by one of the burners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One player’s dad even said he thought the memes about his son were hilarious.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Davie said being connected to the wider community helps make sure that burners are kept in check when they post edgier jokes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11959989 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/GettyImages-1443354055-1020x701.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of the accounts meme-ing about diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives and communist ideology are also interspersed with left-leaning political content — links to Kamala Harris’s campaign website, for example, and a repost of the Miami Heat denouncing disproved claims about Haitian immigrants after \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12004928/are-journalists-too-timid-in-holding-trump-and-harris-accountable\">former President Donald Trump falsely said\u003c/a> during a Sept. 10 debate that they were eating pets in Ohio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think one of the best ways that we have of ensuring that we toe the line is that we do have a very diverse group of people in our community who all have very wildly different experiences and can kind of jump in,” @wokemobfootball said. “What we aim not to do is punch down on people, whether they’re people of color or gay or trans — the point of the joke is mostly specifically to make fun of the other person’s ideology.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the torrent of posts threatening to bring communist football and California’s woke agenda doesn’t seem likely to let up anytime soon, Davie said at the end of the day, it’s all for the love of the game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If this whole thing was for a Cal [versus] Florida State game in Berkeley this Saturday, we would welcome Florida State fans,” he said. “’Hey, have a beer, have a shot of Malört, we have a massive food spread and enjoy yourselves.’ We’re good people here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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He returned to campus about a decade later to teach at the Haas School of Business, eventually becoming the school’s dean. Most recently, he led efforts to promote entrepreneurship and innovation on campus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lyons — who grew up in the South Bay and attended Los Altos High School — says the Silicon Valley spirit, rooted in the potential for start-ups to generate social good, is at the core of his vision for the university.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I view this next decade as among the most positively exciting, in terms of higher education, of my lifetime,” he said. “Berkeley’s undergraduates, over the last 10 years, have produced more funded start-ups than any university in the world. It’s like we’re all entrepreneurs with the way we manage our careers and our lives. So that’s a really good development for Berkeley.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite that optimism, being a university president is probably one of the hardest jobs in higher education right now. Just in the last year, three presidents of Ivy League universities have resigned over their responses to protests over Israel’s war in Gaza that rocked campuses across the country last spring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pro-Palestinian demonstrators camped out for weeks. They echoed calls for a global cease-fire and demanded that administrators divest from companies that do business with Israel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12001778 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240821-GAZACAMPUSPROTESTS-05-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tensions flared at some California campuses, like \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984636/violence-erupts-at-ucla-as-protests-over-israels-war-in-gaza-escalate-across-the-u-s\">UCLA.\u003c/a> In one incident, counter-demonstrators attacked pro-Palestinian protesters. 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So Berkeley still says that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Activism is probably the biggest issue on college campuses right now. How are you thinking about that as this new school year, the first of your tenure as chancellor, begins?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the things that’s distinguishing what we’re going through right now is if you thought about the Free Speech Movement or anti-Vietnam, a lot of those were sort of students versus the administration. Here, it’s students opposing students. It’s faculty opposing faculty. It’s staff opposing staff. And we’re up against that in society. The idea that being in Berkeley is a reflection of society.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If we think about how do we manage that? There’s actually an opportunity to lead. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Defense attorney Jeff Wozniak told KQED on Wednesday that Goonan, whom he described as a Bay Area native with a Ph.D. in African American studies, will fight the charges and said the case had been politicized because of Goonan’s anti-war activism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a long history of prosecutors trying to take people’s political beliefs and their music and their art and things that they have said out of context to try to make them guilty by association,” Wozniak said. “Dr. Goonan’s political beliefs in a free Palestine and against the ongoing genocide in Gaza are well established, but those beliefs do not make Dr. Goonan guilty of these allegations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wozniak also called the inclusion of an unregistered firearm charge “a strange charging decision,” noting that it was likely related to the alleged use of an explosive device and that “there’s no gun or what we would typically think of as a firearm involved in these allegations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. attorney’s office declined to comment, writing it cannot comment on an active case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Goonan is set to appear in court again on Sept. 17.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/shossaini\">Sara Hossaini\u003c/a> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Southern California is typically known as the hub that cultivates top-notch water polo players, many of whom go on to compete in the Olympics, but the Bay Area has gradually developed its own network of talent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I first started, there was one team in all of Marin County, but all the water polo players that really loved the sport converged on this one club, Sleepy Hollow SHAQ, and that made it a hotbed in the area,” said Dylan Woodhead of San Anselmo, an athlete on the U.S. men’s water polo team competing at Summer Games in Paris, which kick off on Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said this small community in Marin inspired him to love the sport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That made the sport so much more exciting, to be around coaches that are good role models and friends that I really enjoy being around. And that helped me just dive headfirst into the sport,” he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the U.S., water polo is a relatively niche sport. According to USA Water Polo, the nonprofit federation that promotes the sport and selects the U.S. Olympic team, there are more than 50,000 affiliated members and 500 clubs nationwide. That number is dwarfed by other American sports, like baseball, which has more than 15 million amateur players across the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the small footprint, water polo dominates in California. This year, all but 3 of the 26 players on the U.S. men’s and women’s Olympic teams are from the state. \u003ca href=\"https://www.ncsasports.org/mens-water-polo/colleges\">Three-quarters\u003c/a> of all high school players in the country live in California, according to Next College Student Athlete, a college athlete recruiting company.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s definitely a California team. The state will have its stamp on the team culture for sure,” said Woodhead, whose position on the U.S. men’s team is attacker. “The Southern California guys definitely talk about traffic more than anyone else I’ve ever met.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11997462\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/IMG_4977-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11997462\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/IMG_4977-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Multiple people sit with their feet in the water at a pool.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/IMG_4977-scaled.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/IMG_4977-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/IMG_4977-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/IMG_4977-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/IMG_4977-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/IMG_4977-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Athletes on the UC Berkeley Men’s water polo team rest during practice on July 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Azul Dahlstrom-Eckman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Jenna Flynn, a Stanford sophomore who grew up in San José, attributes her success in making the Olympic team to the small scene for the sport in her hometown. She said there, she found a supportive community where she could hone her skills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think that that’s something that we have over Southern California water polo,” said Flynn, a 20-year-old attacker on Team USA. “It’s an amazing opportunity to feel like I am a representative of NorCal water polo.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. women’s team is considered a top contender for a gold medal this year. They have won the gold medal in the past three Olympics and appear to be in good form after winning a gold medal at the World Aquatics Championships in Qatar this year. Flynn scored 11 goals in the competition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The last time the U.S. men’s team won medals was in the 2008 Olympics, earning silver. This summer, the team to beat is Serbia, which has won the gold medal in the past two Olympics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the small following for water polo, the sport got a pop culture moment earlier this month. Rapper Flavor Flav from the group Public Enemy dropped by the women’s team’s practice and dove into the pool.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He was just like, ‘I’m gonna get in with you guys and see how hard this is!’” Flynn recalled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flav announced that he had signed a five-year sponsorship deal with the U.S. men’s and women’s senior national team and agreed to be the teams’ official hype man. 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Rapper Flavor Flav from the group Public Enemy dropped by the women’s team’s practice and dove into the pool.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He was just like, ‘I’m gonna get in with you guys and see how hard this is!’” Flynn recalled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flav announced that he had signed a five-year sponsorship deal with the U.S. men’s and women’s senior national team and agreed to be the teams’ official hype man. 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