Wonderful Treetards Allowed to Remain in Precious, Irreplacable Old Forest

Oh, Berkeley hippies, how I love you and your quixotic quest to save a few trees adjacent to Memorial Stadium for no particular reason whatsoever. It is you and your irrelevant mountain of red tape that has delayed the renovation project Jeff Tedford demanded if he was going to stay at Cal, and now a judge has said the hippies can stay:

A judge on Wednesday refused the University of California, Berkeley's request to immediately evict a group of protesters who took up residence in an oak grove threatened by the planned construction of a campus athletic center.

In denying UC Berkeley's request for an emergency restraining order, Alameda County Superior Court Judge Richard Keller said university officials failed to prove the tree-sitters posed an immediate health and safety menace

Several lawsuits brought forth by various interested parties, including the city of Berkeley itself(!!!) are scheduled to go to trial next month... and probably drag on well into the spring, long enough for the Michigan job to come open and for the Wolverines to pounce on Tedford before his buyout doubles when Cal puts the renovation's first shovel in the ground. Win, you ludicrous bastards, win. Uh... because of the trees and stuff. Yeah, that's the ticket. We all have deep concern for trees here in Michigan. It has nothing to do with Jeff Tedford being an ass kicking savior guy.

(Via Signal To Noise.)

Previously On Fanhouse:
What Y'all Doin' in That Tree? and Other Lingering SEC Questions, Week 1
Cal's Hippiegate Gets Worse
Cal Held Hostage By Hippies: Hupdate
Hippies Block Cal Stadium Expansion