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Bill Benemann Honors Justice Earl Warren’s Maverick Nature in Library Display

Berkeleyan, Oct. 22, by Carol Ness
http://berkeley.edu/news/berkeleyan/2008/10/22_warren.shtml

Warren emerged as a social liberal on the U.S. Supreme Court, taking part in a string of decisions that Benemann calls a watershed for the United States, including the landmark school-desegregation case, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. “That’s where I get the ‘maverick,’” says Benemann, whose archive contains an “Impeach Earl Warren” button from a 1960s campaign against the so-called activist judge.

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Bill Benemann Exhibits Cal Student Fashion

Oakland Tribune, March 7, by Dino-Ray Ramos
http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/ci_8493989

“Clothing connects to the past in a very personal way,” says Benemann. “I wanted to generate more interest in the school’s history, and I wanted to start with fashion.”

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Bill Benemann Exhibits Cal Student Fashion

San Francsico Chronicle, March 5, by Patricia Yollin
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/03/05/BAJJVDGE0.DTL

“She was called before the disciplinary panel of the Associated Women Students, and was told to lengthen her sleeves, lower her hemline and remove her makeup,” Benemann said. “She was also told to find another way of walking across campus so she wouldn’t pass Boalt Hall.”

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Bill Benemann Honors Justice Earl Warren’s Maverick Nature in Library Display

Berkeleyan, Oct. 22, by Carol Ness
http://berkeley.edu/news/berkeleyan/2008/10/22_warren.shtml

Warren emerged as a social liberal on the U.S. Supreme Court, taking part in a string of decisions that Benemann calls a watershed for the United States, including the landmark school-desegregation case, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. “That’s where I get the ‘maverick,’” says Benemann, whose archive contains an “Impeach Earl Warren” button from a 1960s campaign against the so-called activist judge.


Bill Benemann Exhibits Cal Student Fashion

Oakland Tribune, March 7, by Dino-Ray Ramos
http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/ci_8493989

“Clothing connects to the past in a very personal way,” says Benemann. “I wanted to generate more interest in the school’s history, and I wanted to start with fashion.”


Bill Benemann Exhibits Cal Student Fashion

San Francsico Chronicle, March 5, by Patricia Yollin
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/03/05/BAJJVDGE0.DTL

“She was called before the disciplinary panel of the Associated Women Students, and was told to lengthen her sleeves, lower her hemline and remove her makeup,” Benemann said. “She was also told to find another way of walking across campus so she wouldn’t pass Boalt Hall.”



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