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Nonprofits Flood Hearing to Plead For City Funding

By JOHN GELUARDI
Friday May 09, 2003
Nonprofit and city agencies who had been dreading budget cuts for months felt the first sting of the state budget crisis Tuesday at a special City Council public hearing. A long line of nonprofit advocates lamented funding reductions for programs that serve the community’s most vulnerable people. -more-

Berkeley This Week

Friday May 09, 2003
COMMUNITY MEETINGS -more-

Muramoto Uses Ancient Koto To Create Modern Melodies

By FRED DODSWORTH Special to the Planet
Friday May 09, 2003
Berkeley-born koto master Shirley Kazuyo Muramoto uses melodies from traditional Japanese court music to interpret a diverse cross section of music, including rhythm ‘n’ blues, reggae, Ethiopian music and jazz. -more-

Arts Calendar

Friday May 09, 2003
FRIDAY, MAY 9 -more-

Letters to the Editor

Friday May 09, 2003
ALL THE FACTS -more-

UC Students Recount Days of Fear in Beijing

By DAVID SCHARFENBERG
Friday May 09, 2003
As a UC Berkeley exchange student in China, Connie Wu, a junior, at first thought the foreign press might be overplaying the SARS story. -more-

AT THE THEATER

Friday May 09, 2003
Berkeley High School Drama Department presents “Guys and Dolls,” music and lyrics by Frank Loesser, directed by Jordan Winer. The musical is based on short stories by Damon Runyon, of gamblers and chorus girls who lived on the fringes of the criminal world in the Broadway district of New York City. May 9 and 10 at -more-

Debunking the Pollster Myth: Biased Sources Skew Results

By MARTY SCHIFFENBAUER
Friday May 09, 2003
Why do we believe a large majority of the U.S. public approves of President Bush’s job performance? We believe it because that’s what the pollsters tell us. -more-

Newport Still Making News, Now as KPFA Radio Manager

By DAVID SCHARFENBERG
Friday May 09, 2003
The new general manager for KPFA, 94.1 FM, has no experience in journalism. But former Berkeley mayor Gus Newport said his new post suits him just fine. -more-

UC SARS Policy Risks Too Much

By L. LING-CHI WANG Pacific News Service
Friday May 09, 2003
The decision by the University of California, Berkeley, to bar hundreds of admitted students from SARS-afflicted Asian nations from attending summer sessions on campus risks racializing a public health issue and intensifying hysteria. -more-

Students Travel to Sacramento To Protest Proposed Budget Cuts

By BUD HAZELKORN
Friday May 09, 2003
A caravan of buses from Berkeley, carrying students, parents and teachers, converged on the state capital Thursday to challenge proposed cuts of some $5 billion in education funds from this year’s state budget. -more-

Students Storm Daily Cal; Newspaper Locks Down

By JOHN GELUARDI
Friday May 09, 2003
A group of UC Berkeley students upset over a campus newspaper photograph they described as racist have caused the student-run Daily Californian to “lock down” their offices indefinitely. -more-

News

Misc.

By PETER SOLOMON
Friday May 09, 2003
EXTERIOR. DAY. Rubble-strewn street. A lone soldier, heavily armed, is standing guard. -more-

UnderCurrents

From J. Douglas Allen-Taylor
Friday May 09, 2003
NONE SO BLIND AS… -more-

Water Main Ruptures On Grant Street

By ANGELA ROWEN
Friday May 09, 2003
A main water pipeline ruptured early Wednesday morning on Grant Street near Allston Way, sending a stream of water onto the street and flooding the garage and basement of a nearby residence. -more-

Small schools policy unveiled

Friday May 09, 2003
Half of Berkeley High School’s 3,000 students will be in “small schools” of 200 to 250 pupils by the 2005-2006 school year, according to a much-anticipated reform package unveiled at the Board of Education meeting Wednesday night. -more-

Last effort to preserve history

Friday May 09, 2003
A last-ditch effort to save the 19th-century home of Berkeley pioneer John M. Doyle is $15,000 short and running out of time. -more-

Chilean Author Diagnoses a Country in Crisis

By CHRISTOPHER KROHN Special to the Planet
Friday May 09, 2003
“Chile is living through a period of transition ... it’s the transition to democracy, not democracy. There is currently no freedom of expression in Chile.” -more-

MEMBERS of the Girls Twilite Basketball Team ask City Council to spare their program.
MEMBERS of the Girls Twilite Basketball Team ask City Council to spare their program.

Editorials

Old Foes Now Friends

From Susan Parker
Friday May 09, 2003
Last week was May Day and it made me think of the three lovely young Russian women who stayed in our home several weeks ago. Funded by the U.S. Department of State, they were part of a group of 10 Russians studying advocacy issues with the Center for Independent Living, the Center of Accessible Technology, World Institute on Disability, Whirlwind Wheelchair International and several other Bay Area organizations that work on disability issues. -more-

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