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FOR YOUR WEEKEND VIEWING PLEASUREOn Sunday, CSPAN 2 Book TV will air my speech at UC Berkely as its featured program.You can catch it at 1:15 Eastern or 9:00 PM Eastern time. I can safely say that it was the most memorable experience I've had so far in my career.Update: Great photo essay on the UC Berkely event here. (photos of the protestors posters)

Margot McShane and Alex D'Mario of Napa were the fourth lesbian couple to get 'married' in San Francisco, but their childrens birth certificates have spots only for 'mother' and 'father.' The pair had planned to go to court, marriage licence in hand, and demand that McShane has the same parental benefits as D'Amario.California's justices ruled narrowly on the limits of the mayor's authority to interpret state law, and did not resolve whether the state constitution would permit same sex marriage, as Massachusetts highest court found. The couple still may have a case, said John Mayoue, who wrote 'Balancing Competing Interests...

Workers and students across the nation plan to skip work and school Wednesday in a national moriatorium to stop the impending war against Iraq.Backed by dozens of religious, labor, community and anti war groups, the moriatorium's theme is 'no school, no work no business as usual.'Participants are being encouraged to call in sick close their businesses, cancel classes, hold workplace talks about the war, conduct special services at house of worship and stage non violent protests.The student walkout has gained a momentum of its own, with thousands of students on more than 200 campuses pledging to boycott classes.In the Bay...

<p>Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates pleaded guilty today to a petty theft infraction and was fined $100 for trashing 1,000 copies of the University of California, Berkeley campus newspaper that endorsed his opponent.</p> <p>Bates did not appear in Alameda County Superior Court. His attorney, Malcolm Burnstein, entered the plea on his behalf and paid the fine imposed by Commissioner Beverly Daniels-Greenberg.</p>

<p>This weekend MSU Alumni Dick Posthumus will watch the Spartans take on Granholm alma mater California-Berkley.</p> <p>For those who say there is no such thing as Michigan Values, I encourage you to read the attached article about the debate at California-Berkley to refrain from "patriotic" displays during a September 11th observance.</p> <p>Michigan Republican Party Chairman Rusty Hills today challenged Jennifer Granholm to a fourth debate in the gubernatorial race.</p>