San Francisco Chronicle: UC faculty to join talks on big BP biofuels deal
They want campus values retained despite partnership
UC Berkeley’s administration has invited faculty members to join the contract talks on the $500 million BP biofuels deal amid pressure to ensure that campus traditions and values are safeguarded in the partnership.
Journalism Professor Bill Drummond, chairman of the campus Academic Senate, said the administration will allow four professors who chair Senate committees — Calvin Moore, Patrick Kirch, Christopher Kutz and J. Miguel Villas-Boas — to participate in the negotiations. Different groups are writing different portions of the contract, and their work is expected to continue through June.
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