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A story published by The New York Times that features a group of undocumented immigrants attending the University of California’s Merced campus has been caught in a swirl of controversy after the article included the dorm room numbers of five of the eight students profiled. Advocates for the students claim their safety has been threatened by the publication. The article, “Creating a Safe Space for California Dreamers” by Times reporter Patricia Leigh Brown, was published in the paper’s Sunday edition and continues to appear, dorm numbers included, on the paper’s website, where it was posted Feb. 3. The article centers...

Faculty at the University of California-Merced reportedly held a “teach-in” Monday night to help students better understand the motives of 18-year-old Faisal Mohammad, who earlier this month wounded four people with a hunting knife before being killed by campus police. The conservative college news website The College Fixreported that the teach-in was “conspicuously” devoid of discussions of radical Islam, and instead “delved into topics such as how society’s notions of masculinity pressure men.” Mohammad, a freshman studying computer science at UC Merced, was found to have a printout image of the Islamic State flag alongside a handwritten manifesto with detailed...

Homeland Insecurity: Think the cover-up of the Islamic State-inspired shootings at Chattanooga military sites was bad? Now it looks like authorities are covering up a stabbing spree on a major U.S. campus by an IS follower. Even worse, the suspect, Faisal Mohammad, reportedly was on a terrorist watch list and even appeared in a local IS (also known as ISIS) threat matrix, which may help explain why the feds are hushing up the terror case. It's another embarrassing miss.

Faisal Mohammad, the California college student who last week stabbed four people, was carrying an image of the black flag of Islamic State (ISIS) as well as a handwritten manifesto with instructions to behead a student and multiple reminders to pray to Allah, Fox News revealed on Wednesday. However, according to the report, authorities continue to insist Mohammad's motives had nothing to do with radical Islam. The 18-year-old, who was killed by a campus police officer to end the attack last Wednesday morning, was a loner who was incensed at being booted from a study group, according to Merced County...

A two-page handwritten manifesto found in the pocket of Faisal Mohammad, the 18-year-old student who stabbed four people at a California college on Wednesday, details his specific plans for his murder spree. The deadly declaration included a numerical list of names of targets and how he wanted them to die — including beheading, cops said. “No. 27 was to ‘make sure people are tied down,’ No. 28 was ‘sit down and praise Allah,’” Merced County Sheriff Vern Warnke Warnke told FoxNews.com. “I remember seeing four or five times, scribbled on the side of the two-page manifesto, where he wrote something...

The UC Merced student who stabbed four people during a campus rampage “intended to kill a lot of people,” according to authorities who found a detailed manifesto on his body. Merced County Sheriff Verne Warnke told the Sun-Star Thursday that the document found on the body of 18-year-old Faisal Mohammad included “a detailed list of his targets and his intentions.” The computer science and engineering freshman planned to stab a police officer, take that officer’s firearm and use it to shoot students in a dormitory, Warnke said. Mohammad’s motive appears to have been anger he felt over being “kicked out...

A stabbing rampage at UC Merced did not appear to be motivated by politics or religion and is not being considered a terrorist act, university and law enforcement officials said Thursday. Authorities named Faisal Mohammad, 18, of Santa Clara, as the assailant who was shot and killed by campus police after stabbing four people, including two fellow students. Mohammad was a freshman computer science and engineering student. “We have no reason to believe that this was in any way related to terrorism,” UC Merced Chancellor Dorothy Leland said at a news conference at the Merced County Sheriff’s Office. “It would...

Wednesday during his opening “Talking Points Memo” segment on Fox News Channel’s “The O’Reilly Factor,” host Bill O’Reilly condemned outgoing Senate Minority Leader Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) for blocking a vote on the so-called Kate’s Law, a law that O’Reilly supports that would make a five-year prison term mandatory for any illegal that is convicted of an aggravated felony in the United States and then returns after deportation.

The student who stabbed four people on the campus of UC Merced was identified Thursday as 18-year-old Faisal Mohammad from Santa Clara, Calif., the university confirms to Fox News. "He had a smile on his face, he was having fun," a construction worker who helped stop the attack told CBS 47. Campus police shot and killed Mohammad, a freshman computer science & engineering major, after Wednesday's attack. Police detonated his backpack and are testing a substance inside, KGO reports. The four victims are expected to survive. Authorities are investigating a motive.

A man who stabbed four people Wednesday morning at UC Merced before he was shot and killed by campus police was identified as Faisal Mohammad, a freshman student from Santa Clara. Mohammad, 18,was killed by UC Merced police just after 8 a.m. on Scholars Lane Bridge, about 40 yards from the two-story classroom building where investigator’s said his violent spree began. Sheriff Vern Warnke, who confirmed the identity to the Sun-Star, said investigators, including the FBI, were still looking into the motive for the attack and that it remained too early to release further details. Little information about Mohammad was...

MERCED (CBS13): Classes have been canceled for the day at UC Merced due to a stabbing on campus. According to tweets from the school, a stabbing was reported at the Classrooms and Office Building on campus just after 8 a.m. Wednesday. Police say the suspect was shot and killed.

MERCED — A suspect stabbed five people on a university campus in central California before police shot and killed him, authorities said Wednesday. Two of the victims attacked at the University of California, Merced, were taken by helicopter to hospitals for treatment, spokeswoman Lorena Anderson said. The three other victims were treated locally, she said. Student Alex Lopez was heading to his class, when he realized something was wrong on campus. “I was listening to a podcast, and there was a break in talking, and I just hear a gunshot,” he said. He said police and first responders flooded the...

A suspect stabbed five people on a university campus in central California Wednesday morning before police shot and killed him, authorities said Wednesday. Two of the victims attacked at the University of California, Merced, were taken by helicopter to hospitals for treatment, spokeswoman Lorena Anderson said. The three other victims were treated locally, she said. Student Alex Lopez was heading to his class, when he realized something was wrong on campus. "I was listening to a podcast, and there was a break in talking, and I just hear a gunshot," he said.

Merced, CA - The College Republicans at UC Merced announced today that former Bush Advisor Karl Rove will speak at the school on October 8, 2010, from 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM. The "architect" will deliver a speech, commenting on current events and the Obama Presidency, which will be followed up by a question and answer session. A book-signing will take place after the event. Tickets are available to the general public for $35 and can be purchased at http://www.KarlRoveatUCMerced.com. Free tickets will be distributed to students, during the fall semester, on a first come, first served basis. Karl Rove...

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~ EXCERPT ~MERCED, Calif. – The final price of the University of California, Merced's commencement ceremony featuring first lady Michelle Obama was more than $1 million — surpassing the original estimate tenfold. Private contributions and interest on a private endowment fund have helped cover the cost. UC spokeswoman Patti Waid Istas said that nonstate dollars and other contributions will be used to cover the remaining balance of around $362,338.The school had budgeted $100,000 for the May commencement ceremony. The price tag ended up being $1.04 million.

MERCED, Calif. – The final price of the University of California, Merced's commencement ceremony featuring first lady Michelle Obama was more than $1 million — surpassing the original estimate tenfold. Private contributions and interest on a private endowment fund have helped cover the cost. UC spokeswoman Patti Waid Istas said that nonstate dollars and other contributions will be used to cover the remaining balance of around $362,338. The school had budgeted $100,000 for the May commencement ceremony. The price tag ended up being $1.04 million. The address attracted about 12,000 visitors, requiring additional transportation, audiovisual and multimedia needs and other...

Merced Sun-Star Thursday, Jul. 02, 2009 Cost of bringing Michelle Obama to UC Merced? More than $1 million By DANIELLE GAINES Dgaines@mercedsun-star.com The total cost for last month’s commencement ceremony at UC Merced has finally been tallied: $1,047,338.82. Private contributions of more than $185,000 (including in-kind-gifts) added to $500,000 in unrestricted interest earnings on a private endowment fund, managed by the UC Office of the President, have helped offset the cost of the event. The balance will be covered by non-state dollars from campus sources and offset by any additional donations that may be made, according to a press release...

Michelle Obama to address Calif. uni's first class By GARANCE BURKE, Associated Press Writer Saturday, March 28, 2009 Fresno, Calif. (AP) -- Seniors at the University of California, Merced couldn't rely on a wealthy and established network of alumni to reel in a famous speaker for this year's commencement address. That's because the UC system's newest campus has yet to graduate a full senior class and only has a handful of alumni. But that didn't keep this year's seniors from landing one of the most sought-after speakers of the season, first lady Michelle Obama. Since February, the 430-member founding undergraduate...