What's really scary is reading some of the comments on this article - people advocating dartguns and starvation, just to watch the protestors fall out of the trees like old fruit.

While I think the protestors aren't going about this the right way, the people who are against them in the comments seem like the real threat.

The whole thing is right on the Hayward Fault. When it slips next time, hopefully it will not be during a game.

Other than that, it's very Eugene, also. We have had treesitters occupying trees that were diseased and a hazard. Another time, someone wanted to cut down a tree in their yard, and he told the wrong neighbor and the tree was occupied for a time.

It's not surprising, though, that Jim Slemp seems to have lasted as principal at Berkeley. He was a principal in Eugene for a long time, that that obviously got him ready. Good guy, if a bit strong-willed.

what lipstick said. Let them eat!

From this Daily Cal article:

A few hours prior, the tree-sitters had told "Redwood Mary" and "Anna River" of Grandmothers for the Oaks that they needed hydrogen peroxide, bandages, ganja, trash bags and Emergen-C.

The article continues: "Harrison negotiated a deal to send up a bag containing hydrogen peroxide and bandages in return for tree-sit supporters getting out of the north-bound lane of Piedmont Avenue."

Man, I miss Berkeley. I don't remember the Daily Cal's web site being so awful, though...

Is there a blog or a columnist or someone somewhere that is covering this event in a light more forgiving toward the protesters? Everything I've found on Google is all mainstream media or "Go home Tree-sitters" and "You guys suck!"

Did I misread something, or did one of the people involved have the name dumpster?

The tree-sitting and protesting grandmas are very Santa Cruz, too. The 2005 Long Range Development Plan for UC Santa Cruz, through which the campus is to be scaled up to accommodate more students in a denser format, has been protested by students and neighbors of the campus since the day the first whispers of discussions began. There's a really nasty NIMBY attitude that people on campus and in town don't seem to realize negatively affects the chances of people seeking admission to the campus in the future. I'm all for preserving the natural environment, but not at the expense of someone else's college education.

Fortunately, none of these goofs will be used as an example to discredit liberalism as a whole.