<p>thats just silly. berkeley's reputation is as much silly as it is about the country's moral "compass". for instance, my dad went to cal, and got himself involved in a very rowdy, drunken, and probably very high, protest of ronald reagan's..., even if dissappoinitng, decidedly legitimate election, at berkeley.</p>
<p>in addition to the FSM, berkeley is also home to the country's first academic weapons lab, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.</p>
<p>now certainly, stanford and MIT have their own shady DoD relationships, but I would hardly call berkeley the nation's "conscience"</p>