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Berkeley Prof's: Sports Budgets Trump Students

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Coral Gables : FL : USA | about 1 month ago  
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There's a reader's poll on this week's SF Gate: Should UC Berkeley stop subsidizing intercollegiate sports? It's a debate that's gaining more traction these days, only a month after thousands of students, faculty and staff walked out of all eight UC campuses to protest recent budget cuts.
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