The Soapbox

Introducing Dispatches from Turkey

Since late May, Turkish protesters have been clashing with the police in cities across Turkey. Here, a protester is confronting the police in Taksim Square in Istanbul.
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Since late May, Turkish protesters have been clashing with the police in cities across Turkey. Here, a protester is confronting the police in Taksim Square in Istanbul.

On May 31, after videos and word of riot police using tear gas and pressured water to disperse a group of activists protesting the destruction of the green Gezi Park in central Istanbul, Turkey, spread via Twitter and other social media sites, thousands of people flooded into the park in Read More…

Columns

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Off the beat: The other twin

Growing up, I was always the second twin. I was the one who sat for the second half of an hour-long piano lesson, the one who introduced myself after my sister, the one who said I wanted to be doctor or a veterinarian or work at a zoo when I Read More…

Cal Day 2013

Rally at Sather Gate

Voice of the campus

The voice of the campus is about to change. In June, Chancellor Robert Birgeneau will step down and make way for Nicholas Dirks, the former executive vice president and dean of the faculty of arts and sciences at Columbia University. Birgeneau, who became the campus’s ninth chancellor in September 2004, Read More…

UC

Liveblog: Regents Meeting and Nov. 15 Day of Action

The UC Board of Regents is set to meet again Thursday at the UCSF Mission Bay Campus. A set of demonstrations concerned with higher education has been planned to coincide with the meeting, both on the Mission Bay campus and on the UC Berkeley campus. Read More…