University is committed to doing the right thing The president of the United Auto Workers Local 5810 left out some key information in his opinion piece on May 28, “Paying back Berkeley postdoctoral scholars,” when he wrote that the University of California told immigrant postdoctoral scholars they must pay the Read More…
Cal alumnus and football star running back Chuck Muncie died recently at age 60 from a heart condition. Essentially all of the national media coverage of this story has conflated his seemingly early death with his use of cocaine many years earlier. So far, perhaps none of the media coverage Read More…
The feminist battle This week, I read “Off the beat: The feminist conundrum.” I feel that it’s important to talk about the other side of the issue: the long road ahead for feminists. I agree that women shouldn’t pursue superiority, but that doesn’t mean we should give up before gaining Read More…
Challenge commonly held assumptions As a former member of the People’s Park Community Advisory Board and current university staff, I write in response to Lynn Yu’s piece “Peoples Park Problems” and the general low opinion of these pages for Cal students who serve off-campus communities. If the staff writers and Read More…
Since the lovely ladies of Princeton and now Harvard have received life advice, as a Cal alumna, I felt obligated to share mine. To all the amazing young women at Berkeley, you do not have to find a life partner before you graduate. All you have to do is begin Read More…
We, faculty at UC Berkeley, write to urge that you reject yet another call for a selective boycott against Israel and urge you to instead support ASUC Senate bill 158, “In Support of Positive Steps toward a Negotiated Israeli-Palestinian Peace.” We believe that the passage of the divestment bill would Read More…
I challenge all those who campaigned for ASUC office to one question: What do they mean by “community?” Community is a word that gets thrown around very often here at Cal, especially during campaign season. Candidates will claim support and endorsement from the ____ community, which sounds a lot more Read More…
A presidential feature article printed Monday portrayed DeeJay Pepito — my colleague and an essential part of our senate — as an “aggressive” woman with a mission to propel “minority” groups into the ASUC. I found the article poorly written and contextualized, especially given the amount of times I was Read More…
I am compelled to respond to your March 22 story about the University of California’s appeal of a lower court ruling in a case brought by the media conglomerate — Reuters America — against the regents. This is not a case about the public’s right to know, nor is it Read More…
The benefits of being homeless As an alumnus and an occasional Telegraph Avenue and park bum, I would like to commend Jay Scherf for his kind and sensible words (“Homelessness and Telegraph Avenue,” March 15) with regard to the ‘Ave, in response to a column from Ms. Yu, which I Read More…