Finding home in Bejaia
When people stare, I’m reminded that no matter how desperately I want to be a part of this culture, I will always be a mixed-race American.
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Between the labels
Mixed Feelings
By now, we should have eliminated all race-related terms from our vocabulary, deleted all racial inquiries from surveys and begun to undo centuries of injustices. And yet, because social change will always advance slower than science, race still means everything in our society.
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I hope you never read this
Off The Beat
When I opened my inbox to a thank-you email from a reader two years ago, I paused. It was significant for two reasons. First, it told me the thoughts I had expressed were valid. Second, it convinced me I needed to write.
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Finding my pace
So here I am, without an official senior thesis, a high-paying job or a competitive medical school application. And I’ve never been more content in my life.
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Choosing your narrative: The conflict of cultural dilution
My ethnic background is the epitome of diversity, and it bleeds into my perspective everyday. This is the narrative I’ve adopted, and it’s a complete lie.
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No place like home
Off the Beat
I never felt ashamed of living half of my life in the Midwest, but from the conversations with the many West Coast natives I’ve met while attending UC Berkeley, I often get the sense that maybe I’m supposed to.
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A day in the life of a BAMPFA employee
There are three hours in a shift, and some days, it’s only a war with time.
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Berkeley rated 8th highest rent in Bay Area
Berkeley ranked eighth for highest rent of 30 Bay Area cities analyzed in a study by Zumper, a rental listing website.
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New city parklet to be built on Solano Avenue
A new city parklet is scheduled to be completed on Solano Avenue in front of Zachary’s Chicago Pizza and Pegasus Books by the end of June.
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Cal Zero Waste holds Environmentally Preferred Products Road Show on campus
Cal Zero Waste held the Environmentally Preferred Products (EPP) Road Show, an event to promote sustainable practices in the workplace, in the VLSB courtyard on Wednesday morning.
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