A recently-published Associated Press article hinted that Cal may be headed back to the dark ages of race-based admissions. The citizens need to speak loudly and firmly against any such maneuver by the forces who seek to return to such monumentally stupid and misguided policies. “Diversity” adds no value. We Read More…
As President of the California College Democrats, I will always support student leaders who will defend public education and fight for California’s working and middle class families. Student Action has a strong track record of success at UC Berkeley and has been a close ally to college Democrats throughout California. Read More…
I was outraged the other night when I tried to use one of the new “Book Scanning Stations” at the library and discovered that I have to pay for the privilege of scanning a document to my USB flash drive. This, after receiving an email from “Ryan” from the Northern Read More…
While I agree with ASUC Senator Noah Ickowitz’s statement encouraging the importance of ridership data to definitively and objectively decide whether a renewal of the Class Pass referendum provides an overall benefit rather than cost to our student body, this necessity for hard fact is precisely why the referendum needs Read More…
I was thrilled to see the Daily Cal’s recent article on Berkeley City Council’s ordinance to pass the strongest possible ban on single-use plastic bags to protect the ocean (“Berkeley moving forward with tougher plastic bag ban,” Feb. 1). The City Council voted on Tuesday to move forward with a Read More…
Practice safe sex in the month of love Valentine’s Day is stressful. For those with partners, or a special someone in mind, planning a romantic date and buying the perfect gift can be overwhelming. For those kicking it solo, the pressure to find a Valentine or avoid all things mushy Read More…
Dear Chancellor Birgeneau: It was 50 years ago that I proudly enrolled as a freshman at Cal, from which my mother (Class of 1933) and my aunt had graduated long ago. All these years I have bragged about the wonderful experience of my four years at Berkeley and the superb Read More…
I have been a registered nurse for the last 30 years, working the majority of those years in a busy ER in Berkeley, CA. Recent developments are disturbing to me and my colleagues in regard to the contentious environment between employers and nurses. People come into a hospital because they Read More…
Coverage of Occupy Cal disappoints. We are deeply disappointed by the recent Daily Cal coverage of the Occupy Cal events of Nov. 10. The headline piece, titled “Occupy Cal: Protestors, police violently clash,” is factually incorrect or lacking on at least two counts: 1. It suggests that protesters were just Read More…
An appeal to the UC administration to restore Berkeley’s free speech tradition We the undersigned Free Speech Movement (FSM) veterans and historians remind the UC administration that the university’s emergence as a center of free political expression on campus began in 1964 when the Free Speech Movement’s free speech principles Read More…