By Claudia Drdul San Francisco - The contentious San Francisco Board of Education recall effort re ...
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The Silent Role of Corporate Money in San Francisco’s Board of Education Recall
The Silent Role of Corporate Money in San Francisco’s Board of Education Recall
By Claudia Drdul San Francisco - The contentious San Francisco Board of Education recall effort resulted in a major win for investors and venture capitalists alike on Feb. 15, when 76% of San F ...
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Nancy Pelosi Endorses Stock Trading Ban
Nancy Pelosi Endorses Stock Trading Ban
By Ineka Damen San Francisco- After receiving extensive backlash from both Democrats and Republicans for ...
By Ineka Damen San Francisco- After receiving extensive backlash from both Democrats and Republicans for her silence on the issue, Nancy Pelosi endorses a stock trading ban pushed by Democrats in the ...
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Bomb Threats to HBCUs during Black History Month Cause Fear among Students
Bomb Threats to HBCUs during Black History Month Cause Fear among Students
By Kate Anstett UNITED STATES--In recent weeks, over a dozen Historically Black Colleges and Universities ...
By Kate Anstett UNITED STATES--In recent weeks, over a dozen Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) across the United States received multiple bomb threats, sending students into lockdow ...
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Supreme Court to Hear Case on Race-Conscious Admission Policies
Supreme Court to Hear Case on Race-Conscious Admission Policies
By Jack Galloway WASHINGTON– The Supreme Court agreed to hear a case about race-conscious admiss ...
By Jack Galloway WASHINGTON– The Supreme Court agreed to hear a case about race-conscious admissions at two prestigious American Universities. As politicians consider what factors drove the r ...
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Amid Protests and Hunger Strikes against Oakland School Closures, Community Voices Concerns of Racism and Classism
Amid Protests and Hunger Strikes against Oakland School Closures, Community Voices Concerns of Racism and Classism
By Kimberly Bajarias OAKLAND, CA – On Feb. 9, the Oakland Board of Education made a disheartening decis ...
By Kimberly Bajarias OAKLAND, CA – On Feb. 9, the Oakland Board of Education made a disheartening decision to close seven schools over the next two years due to alleged low enrollment and budget iss ...
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Eileen Gu – What Does It Mean to Be an American?
Eileen Gu – What Does It Mean to Be an American?
Op-Ed by Jack Galloway BEIJING – US-born Olympic Skier Eileen Gu won the silver medal in women’s slopesty ...
Op-Ed by Jack Galloway BEIJING – US-born Olympic Skier Eileen Gu won the silver medal in women’s slopestyle at the 2022 Olympics in Beijing on Monday, following up her gold medal in the Big Air event ...
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Student Activists Demand Climate Action during COP26
Student Activists Demand Climate Action during COP26
By Reuben Sam BERKELEY, CA - On November 10, 2021, students gathered on the steps of UC Berkeley’s Sprou ...
By Reuben Sam BERKELEY, CA - On November 10, 2021, students gathered on the steps of UC Berkeley’s Sproul Hall, demanding immediate action to mitigate the impacts of climate change and transition tow ...
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Berkeley Student Food Collective Reopens for 2021-2022 School Year
Berkeley Student Food Collective Reopens for 2021-2022 School Year
By Jack Galloway BERKELEY-- The Ber ...
By Jack Galloway BERKELEY-- The Berkeley Student Food Collective has reopened after over a year long pause in operations due to CO ...
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Filipinx Students Rally Against Doe Library Display That Centers White Supremacists
Filipinx Students Rally Against Doe Library Display That Centers White Supremacists
By Diana Ochoa BERKELEY, CA-- On Thursday, October 28, Filipinx stude ...
By Diana Ochoa BERKELEY, CA-- On Thursday, October 28, Filipinx students and faculty at UC Berkeley organized a rally on the steps of Doe Library, condemning the li ...
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Private Industry and Essential Services: PG&E
Private Industry and Essential Services: PG&E
By Jack ...
By Jack Galloway CALIFORNIA— Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) warns of more power shut of ...
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Bill Passes to Address Asian-American Hate Crimes – Is It Enough?
Bill Passes to Address Asian-American Hate Crimes – Is It Enough?
By Meenu Pamula ATLANTA-- On March 16, 2021, in Atlanta, Georgia, a 21-year-old white man committed a ma ...
By Meenu Pamula ATLANTA-- On March 16, 2021, in Atlanta, Georgia, a 21-year-old white man committed a mass shooting, killing eight people, six of whom were women of Asian-American descent. Because of ...
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Vaccine Distribution in California: Is it Equitable?
Vaccine Distribution in California: Is it Equitable?
By Meenu Pamula BERKELEY-- With the recent increase in available effective COVID-19 vaccines in the Unit ...
By Meenu Pamula BERKELEY-- With the recent increase in available effective COVID-19 vaccines in the United States, millions of Americans feel as though they can see the light at the end of the prover ...
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Facing Plummeting Mental Health, Freshmen Question if Cal has Done Enough
Facing Plummeting Mental Health, Freshmen Question if Cal has Done Enough
By Meenu Pamula BERKELEY— For centuries, entering college has been a transformative (and thrilling) expe ...
By Meenu Pamula BERKELEY— For centuries, entering college has been a transformative (and thrilling) experience-- meeting new people, forming connections, getting to know the ins-and-outs of campus li ...
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Lending an Ear to International Students: What They Need from Campus Administrators During COVID
Lending an Ear to International Students: What They Need from Campus Administrators During COVID
By Nicole Chodor This is a follow up on the March 9 article on the same topic. To read the initial arti ...
By Nicole Chodor This is a follow up on the March 9 article on the same topic. To read the initial article, click here. BERKELEY-- Content Warning: Death. In February 2021, universities nationwide ...
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‘The Fight For Equitable Access’ – Student-Run Mutual Aid Project Seeks to Create Tangible Change at UC Berkeley
‘The Fight For Equitable Access’ – Student-Run Mutual Aid Project Seeks to Create Tangible Change at UC Berkeley
By Osvaldo Barba BERKELEY–– Through grassroots advocacy, Berkeley Mutual Aid Project (BMAP), a newly foun ...
By Osvaldo Barba BERKELEY–– Through grassroots advocacy, Berkeley Mutual Aid Project (BMAP), a newly founded student-run organization at UC Berkeley, seeks to provide aid to those in need. Since the b ...
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Great Risk, Little Reward: Berkeley’s RAs Keep Housing Units Afloat Amid Pandemic
Great Risk, Little Reward: Berkeley’s RAs Keep Housing Units Afloat Amid Pandemic
By Meenu Pamula Berkeley— Dissatisfaction is not uncommon amongst UC Berkeley’s Resident Assistants (RA ...
By Meenu Pamula Berkeley— Dissatisfaction is not uncommon amongst UC Berkeley’s Resident Assistants (RAs), but in light of the coronavirus pandemic, mistreatment has become an even more present conc ...
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For International Students, Covid-Era Academics Turn Tragic
For International Students, Covid-Era Academics Turn Tragic
By Nicole Chodor BERKELEY-- Content Warning: Death. On February 10, 2021, UC Berkeley Students learned of ...
By Nicole Chodor BERKELEY-- Content Warning: Death. On February 10, 2021, UC Berkeley Students learned of the passing of Kaijie Zhang, a first-year international student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst ...
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Student Opinion: ‘The Public Space Issue’ – U.C. Berkeley Plans to Seize Historic Park
Student Opinion: ‘The Public Space Issue’ – U.C. Berkeley Plans to Seize Historic Park
By Osvaldo Barba BERKELEY— The University of California at Berkeley’s imminent plans to develop on People ...
By Osvaldo Barba BERKELEY— The University of California at Berkeley’s imminent plans to develop on People’s Park, a well-known and historically significant public space, have led to significant clashe ...
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Uncertainty for Student Families in Berkeley’s University Village
Uncertainty for Student Families in Berkeley’s University Village
By CJ Jackson ALBANY— “Berkeley cannot guarantee there will not be evictions.” This is what the student f ...
By CJ Jackson ALBANY— “Berkeley cannot guarantee there will not be evictions.” This is what the student families of University Village were told in a meeting with an attorney from their college. Sam M ...
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ASUC Says It’s Time to Normalize Menstrual Health – PERIOD
ASUC Says It’s Time to Normalize Menstrual Health – PERIOD
By Meenu Pamula BERKELEY— The struggle for menstrual product accessibility is far from new at UC Berkeley ...
By Meenu Pamula BERKELEY— The struggle for menstrual product accessibility is far from new at UC Berkeley. But with a series of action-oriented student initiatives, the ASUC’s Department of Menstrual ...
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