Berkeley goes bust

Once upon a time, UC Berkeley was one of the hotbeds of the counter-cultural revolution. While the town itself retains some of that reputation, the university itself seems to embrace the Reagan revolution -- and is hell-bent on destroying any remaining mother nature that stands in the way. For a new athletic center:
"Among the trees felled was a 200-year-old coast live oak, dubbed by protesters as "Grandma," which was apparently the oldest oak on the main campus, according to local historians."
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