[url]File:Berkeley, California. University of California Student Peace Strike. About half of the students assembled at the... - NARA - 532103.tif[/url] UC Berkeley Students participate in a one-day peace strike opposing U.S. involvement in World War II. April 19, 1940
Stanfort and Berkeley, social experiments? in social-engeneering and the profit-bracket; pharmaceutical social-engeneering
During the McCarthy era in 1949, the Board of Regents adopted an anti-communist loyalty oath. A number of faculty members objected and were dismissed;ten years passed before they were reinstated with back pay.
Berkeley gained worldwide reputation for student activism in the 1960s with the Free Speech Movement of 1964 and opposition to the Vietnam War. In the highly publicized People's Park protest in 1969, students and the school conflicted over use of a plot of land; the National Guard was called in and violence erupted. Then governor of California Ronald Reagan called the Berkeley campus "a haven for communist sympathizers, protesters, and sex deviants." Modern students at Berkeley are less politically active, with a greater percentage of moderates and conservatives. Democrats outnumber Republicans on the faculty by a ratio of 9:1
Entering 21st century, as state funding declined,Berkeley turned to private sources: BP donated $400 million over 10 years to develop biofuels (bf's threatning foodpurposes for food, elevating prizes for food), the Hewlett Foundation gave $113 million to endow 100 faculty chairs, and Dow Chemical gave $10 million to research sustainability. The BP grant has been criticized for diverting food production to fuel production. The 2008–13 Campaign for Berkeley raised $3.13 billion from 281,855 donors
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