ASUC Senate talks UC Berkeley event policy, Cal Lodge sale
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The ASUC Senate convened for its weekly meeting Wednesday to hear complaints about the new campus events policy and to discuss the sale of Cal Lodge.
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Cal Veteran Services Center finds new home on UC Berkeley campus
The Cal Veteran Services Center has a new permanent home at Hearst Gymnasium, moving from their temporary location at Stiles Hall to provide on campus counseling and services for student veterans.
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Student-veterans organize to provide mentorship, foster reintegration
Matthew Matlock humped his way through deep brush and vegetation, his body weighed down by equipment, sweat and fatigue. Five others had already made it down the trail into a small, open area when Matlock first heard the tin-like snap of gunfire — similar to a loud wood-fire crackle, he said, except louder and more frequent.
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Congress passes bill to improve access to education for veterans
Regardless of their state of legal residency, veterans and their immediate families may be able to pay in-state tuition to attend public universities,after Congress passed a bill last week to improve access to education for military retirees.
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Fighting for space on a new front
Student veterans seek more resources on campus to ease college experience
Momentum is gathering at UC Berkeley to improve veterans services and attract new students. Facing a rapidly growing student veteran population, the campus confronts the challenge of providing for a diverse and unique demographic.
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Student outreach event unites campus groups in fight against global poverty
“Berkeley United to End Global Poverty” brought together Berkeley College Republicans, Cal Berkeley Democrats, the Jewish Student Union, the Muslim Student Association and Cal Veterans Group, to engage in a discussion about international debt relief.
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US representative meets with student-veterans about easing transition from military
Rep. Jackie Speier, the Democratic congresswoman for the 14th district of California, discussed ways to ease the transition for former service members into civilian life during a meeting with UC Berkeley student veterans Monday.
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Veteran Viewpoints: Bound by service
After the 10th anniversary of the Iraq War, UC Berkeley veterans reflect on their experiences
In August of 2001, I was hot and miserable. The humidity of Virginia was a new level of suffering I had yet to encounter until then but would ultimately surpass 10 times over during my years in the United States Marine Corps. My classmates and I were a rowdy and
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Veteran Viewpoints: Solidarity at Cal
After the 10th anniversary of the Iraq War, UC Berkeley veterans reflect on their experiences
The news first hit me that we, as a country, had entered the Iraq War while I sat in my history class during my junior year of high school. A skinny, tall kid came into the room singing the chorus line for the song “Bombs over Baghdad.” This was my
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Cal Veterans to hold Valentine’s Day date auction
Single ladies still looking for a Valentine’s Day date need perhaps look no further — the Cal Veterans Group is providing a dozen men just for the occasion.
