Adventures of Isabel

Demonstrators protest in favor of democratizing the UC Regents, against the Berkeley-BP research deal, in favor of leaving the Memorial Oak Grove uncut, against the UC refusing to turn over Native American remains held for “research.” And also against nuclear weapons.Ah, Berkeley…

I haven’t felt in the mood for blogging lately but after reading about the release of a US Marine charged with raping a 14-year old Okinawan girl, I’m reminded of this piece on a similar case in the Philippines, which I wrote a for a class a few months ago and never did anything with:
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This is my all-time favorite Valentine, sent to me last year by Britta. It may be old, but I thought about it today, it still makes me laugh, and I figured I should spread the love.

Since last night, demonstrators have been gathered outside of Berkeley City Hall, waiting to see whether the City Council will repeal a letter it issued last month informing the US Marines that they were “uninvited and unwelcome” intruders in the city.After attracting international attention, and prompting republican lawmakers to call for federal funding to [...]

These past few weeks have been incredibly busy. On top of all the usual nonsense, I have to get ready for my trip to Southeast Asia, I’m going to be presenting a paper at a grad student conference at Cornell in March, and I’m spending a lot of time trying to persuade people to [...]