I feel a gripping anxiety revealing that I am undocumented, even to those who are closest to me. It was a huge dilemma when my adviser Meng So asked me to participate in the making of the Youtube video “Terrence’s Chalkboard Talk,” which is a two-minute clip explaining the economic Read More…
This week Tikvah: Students for Israel held our sixth annual Israel Peace and Diversity Week (IPD Week). As always, there was an array of informative lectures, exciting activities and educational events about the most vibrant democracy in the Middle East. Israel Peace and Diversity Week has special importance given the Read More…
I’m a fourth-year white woman who frequents spaces in communities of color. I’m writing to say that I think the ASUC Perspective’s Showcase’s intentions to “help create a more inclusive and accepting Cal community” are great, but I want to urge you to think more critically about the way the Read More…
It hurt my heart to learn about the shooting death of another young man in Oakland. It hurt even more when I realized I knew him: Tyler Jamison. The Feb. 12 Daily Cal article about a “Berkeley teenager shot in Oakland identified by police” deepened the pain. Instead of learning Read More…
I’m writing regarding the article “You don’t got mail” by Lynn Yu in the Feb. 21 issue. While I certainly am an advocate for and user of the Berkeley post office, perhaps equally important, I’m writing in defense of the great institution that is The Daily Californian. Recently, I’ve been Read More…
“Oppressive language does more than represent violence; it is violence.” — Toni Morrison I choose to surround myself with people who respect womyn. When people make fun of me, I’m used to the subject being my hapless actions or my affinity for stuffed bears, not my gender. Imagine my shock Read More…
The ongoing conflict in eastern Congo is at a significant turning point, and the absence of a credible international peace process may lead to the exacerbation of a devastating war that has already claimed over 5 million lives since 1996. To date, regionally mediated and hasty backroom talks have only Read More…
Editor’s Note: This is a general op-ed sent from the White House to address a college audience. In my State of the Union address, I laid out ways Democrats and Republicans can work together to reignite the true engine of America’s economic growth — a rising, thriving middle class. We Read More…
I enjoy calling awful people out on the Internet, as hundreds of people saw on the seventh post of the Facebook page “UC Berkeley Hook-Ups.” As a student who never had the opportunity to practice speech and debate, I am rarely the most articulate person in the room. I am Read More…
For the thousands of international students and researchers who come to U.S. universities each year, the academy is seen as a beacon of opportunity where the people who work the hardest and have the best ideas rise to the top. To a union representing more than 6,000 postdoctoral scholars (also Read More…
