A computer lab at San Francisco City College was recently shut down after it was discovered that one of its computers contained a virus that had been transmitting user data to Russia and China for the past ten years. Authorities aren't quite sure yet what information was stolen, but they suspect it was primarily personal information and credit card numbers from students and staff. The virus logged students' keystrokes, recorded images of the screens and might have spread to other labs and home computers via flash drives. more ›

On the heels of Saturday's brutal pepper spraying of peaceful Occupy student protesters at the at UC Davis campus, the Board of the Davis Faculty Association called for the immediate resignation of UCS Chancellor Linda Katehi. Now the school's English Department has also called for the booting of Katehi. more ›

Boing Boing has an interview up with a 22-year-old UC Davis student going by the name of W, who was one of the students sprayed in the now infamous pepper-spray attack last Friday. W explains that during the various protests last week leading up to Friday's incident, the students had previously taken part in some good dialogue with Lieutenant Pike, the officer seen flagrantly spraying the line-up of students with pepper spray. more ›

Hey there, folks. You know what blows, and not in a good way? Being afraid to speak in class. It's dreadful, and can have longterm effects. So it is with great empathy--far too much empathy, sadly--that we bring to you yesterday's article in the New York Times concerning a stuttering college student whose professor asked him to shut up. (Richard Perez-Pena's "Stutterer Speaks Up in Class; His Professor Says Keep Quiet"). more ›

Police in Moraga are investigating another student rape on the St. Mary's College campus, a place known for its peaceful and pastoral settings. This is the second time in two weeks a student was allegedly sexually assaulted by another student. "Officers were called to the campus about 6 p.m. Sunday after college security received a call from the victim, who was on her way to the hospital," reports the CoCo Times. "She told police over the phone that she had been raped by two males -- one a student and one an acquaintance of that student -- at a campus dorm." more ›

The UC Berkeley Republicans plan to host a provocative "Increase Diversity Bake Sale" this Thursday, one that many have decried as racist. Why? Well, because the bake sale's organizers plan to charge different students different amounts for the cupcakes. The price structure is as follows: more ›

Academy Award winning actor and quasi-Bay Area resident Sean Penn helped get Josh Fattal and Shane Bauer released by visiting Hugo Chavez. Penn reportedly visited Venezuela months ago to talk about the UC Berkeley hiker's imprisonment with President Chavez, a pal of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. more ›

Sorry, Jenny McCarthy, but San Francisco likes their students vaccinated. On Thursday, an estimated 2,000 city students "who still lacked proof of a whooping cough vaccination one month into the school year" were banned from classroom until they got the shot. According to the Chronicle, a new law asks that all kids in grades seven through 12 in both public and private schools be vaccinated this year, "but districts struggling to get families to comply asked for and received a 30-day extension." more ›

Dude. Duuuude. Time to sit back, spark up, and tune in to the famous synching of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon (1973) and The Wizard of Oz (1939), which boasts a bizarre pairing of a stoner band's seminal work and the twentieth century's first true punk-rock artist, Judy Garland. Laughing Squid brings our attention to the pairing brought to you by Brooklyn audio engineer Bryan Pugh. more ›

Ohio University topped this year's list of America's Top Party Schools by Princeton Review. The Athens-based institution of higher learning landed on the the party school list 12 times since 1997. This is the first time it's reached the top. (So... kudos?) While no Bay Area schools made the esteemed list (nerds!), one California college did manage to crack the top 20. Can you guess what it is? The entire depraved list is as follows: more ›

After 17 protesters were arrested last week during UC Berkeley's Wheeler Hall occupation, 14 were smacked with misdemeanor charges on Monday. "Eleven protesters were charged on a single count of trespassing by the Alameda County District Attorney's Office, reports Daily Cal. "Three were charged on both trespassing and obstructing a peace officer, after allegedly having to be carried out of Wheeler Hall by the police in order to be arrested." Protesters' demands ranged from halting budget cuts to the democratization the UC Board of Regents. [Daily Cal] more ›

After political unrest hit Egypt eight days ago (which has since turned violent), 19 UC students "and at least 13 other adults" have been evacuated. According to the UC Office of the President, "UC affiliates will remain in Barcelona until later this week when they are expected to return to California." The country's upheaval was sparked by citizens calling for the removal of president Hosni Mubarak. [Daily Cal] more ›

Laura Zelko, A UC Berkeley student who took part in protesting fee-hikes and campus layoffs last November is now facing a possible one-year suspension in a public disciplinary hearing which took place on October 27th. You'll remember 43 protesters barricaded themselves inside Wheeler hall last year, which became the focal point of campus-wide protests. more ›

A sad tale here, folks: Berkeley student Larry Malik Grayson, a 14-year-old Berkeley High School student who was shot in the head on last week, died on Thursday. He was shot by his classmate, a 17-year-old boy. Berkeleyside reports: more ›

In lieu of getting ready for graduation, some UC Berkeley students are starving themselves in an effort to get Chancellor Robert Birgeneau to "publicly denounce a recent Arizona immigration law," reports The Daily Californian. (Unlike your SFist Editor, who, weeks prior his UCSC graduation, had three reservations as Oswald's and two now-legendary graduation parties scheduled. Which: exhausting.) Horacio Corona and Alejandro Lara-Briseno, for example, "are enduring the hunger pangs of going without food for more than 168 hours." more ›

Protesting SF State University's plan to "charge 11 students $8,100 for damages incurred during a December occupation of the business school," SFSU students held a peaceful protest on Wednesday that go slightly out of hand. Looking to enter the school's Administration Building--where student have the right to be, legally--one officer took things a wee bit too far, throwing a student to the ground and wresting him outside of the building. It's pretty rough considering the protest was pretty mellow. more ›

Get your science fair-geek on this Saturday afternoon at March Madness for the Mind, a showcase of student innovation in San Francisco that's not to be missed. more ›

Three hikers (Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd and Joshua Fattal) were captured by Iranian authorities last week, "after they strayed across the border while hiking in Northern Iraq in a tourist area." Two of the three hikers placed under arrested in Iran have Bay Area connections. Bauer and Shourd are both UC Berkeley graduates who worked as freelance journos with New American Media. According to Bauer's website, he is a freelance journalist and photographer based in the Middle East." Bauer was "born in Minnesota and graduated with honors from UC Berkeley with a degree in Peace and Conflict Studies." Shourd was an English major and describes herself as a "teacher-activist-writer." Former First Lady and current Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is now on the case. According to Associated Press, "Clinton said that Swiss diplomats who represent U.S. interests in Iran are asking officials from the Iranian Foreign Ministry for details but have not yet gotten official confirmation of the trio's arrest. She asked that Iran determine the facts of the case and to 'return them as quickly as possible.'" more ›

One person was shot and another wounded at the International Studies Academy High School today, located at 18th and Potrero. According to Chron, the shooting "happened at 1:20 p.m. just as summer school was letting out for the day," going on to report, that "the victim was not a student and was not badly hurt. Police have more than one suspect in custody." The school was then placed on lock down. Kids these days. more ›

The man who gained national fame in the early 90s for attending classes at U.C. Berkeley wearing nothing but a G-string, Luis Andrew Martinez a.k.a. The Naked Guy, met his end in a Santa Clara County jail cell where he cinched a plastic bag around his neck and died of suffocation in May 2006. It turns out he was schizophrenic, and after proving "people define normalcy in their own terms" and ultimately getting expelled from Cal, he was in and out of jails and mental institutions where he did not always receive appropriate care. His mother, Esther Krenn, brought a wrongful death lawsuit against the county and yesterday won a $1M settlement on the grounds of "reckless disregard or deliberate indifference" to her son's condition. more ›

Thousands of students lined up in Berkeley on Wednesday to get tickets to see professional celebrity and sometime activist, the Dalai Lama, scheduled to appear April 25 at the Greek Theater. According to Daily Clog's Alex Bigman, "we haven’t seen lines like this since Star Wars: Episode I came out." He goes on to say the Lama's appearance is the "coolest thing to take place at the Greek since that Steely Dan show." Tickets for the general public go on sale on March 23.< more ›

An unidentified male USF student was arrested Thursday night on suspicion of rape and aggravated assault of four female students, in separate incidents. Each attack allegedly occurred on USF campus residence halls. more ›

After getting into a heated argument on a MUNI bus, two 19-year-old college students were stabbed after exiting the bus. The two boys, according to reports, were injured at Sixth Avenue and Geary Boulevard in the Richmond. The incident happened a little after 1 p.m., presumably after riding the 38-Geary. Both guys are at SF General Hospital being treated for non-life-threatening injuries. No arrests, as you've already guessed, have been made. more ›

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Students at Encinal High School walked out of their classrooms today in response to proposed budget cuts. Last night the school board held a tense meeting that went well into the wee hours of the morning, voting to increase class sizes by cutting advanced placement classes, most high school sports, music in the elementary schools, and counselors in the middle schools, reports NBC 11. Students walked out today, marching straight over to the school district's headquarters. They carried signs reading "No Us No Future," "No Sports No School" and "You're Tearing Down Our Future." According to the high school principal: more ›

Not to be outdone by their wicked step-sister, UCLA, who all too tastefully/boringly galloped about in their panties on the streets of LA, UC Berkeley also had its traditional end-of-semester streak last week. But they did it in the raw. Hee. more ›