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Student protesters staged a sit-in outside the chancellor's office last December. (Student Labor Committee at UC Berkeley) The chancellor at University of Califoia Berkeley has an exit plan in case student protesters storm his office. Nicholas Dirks, the school's chancellor, installed a $9,000 escape hatch in a hallway outside his office to "provide egress" if potential student protesters descend on the administratio...

President Obama, speaking to reporters in London Friday, defended his prior comments urging British voters to remain in the European Union, following scathing criticism that he was meddling in the U.S. ally's affairs. “I don’t believe the E.U. moderates British influence in the world, it magnifies it,” Obama said at a press conference at 10 Downing Street, alongside British Prime Minister David Cameron. In recent days Obama has provoked ire from some British lawmakers for getting involved in the “Brexit” debate – eaing him the title of “most anti-British American president there has ever been.” “I don’t believe the E.U. moderates British influence in the world, it magnifies it.” - President ...

President Obama, speaking to reporters in London Friday, defended his prior comments urging British voters to remain in the European Union, following scathing criticism that he was meddling in the U.S. ally's affairs. “I don’t believe the E.U. moderates British influence in the world, it magnifies it,” Obama said at a press conference at 10 Downing Street, alongside British Prime Minister David Cameron. In recent days Obama has provoked ire from some British lawmakers for getting involved in the “Brexit” debate – eaing him the title of “most anti-British American president there has ever been.” “I don’t believe the E.U. moderates British influence in the world, it magnifies it.” - President ...