Research & Ideas

UC Berkeley researcher’s side project aims to tackle hunger

UC Berkeley scientist George Chuck hopes to use such techniques in the Gill Tract to explore an end to world hunger, but his colleague Miguel Altieri says doing so violates “biological barriers imposed by nature.”
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UC Berkeley scientist George Chuck hopes to use such techniques in the Gill Tract to explore an end to world hunger, but his colleague Miguel Altieri says doing so violates “biological barriers imposed by nature.”

For over a decade, GMOs, or genetically modified organisms, have been a point of contention among scientists and citizens alike. While many criticize the technology as potentially harmful to health and environment, others, like UC Berkeley scientist George Chuck, see genetic engineering as the answer to many of the world’s most pressing problems. Read More…

Op-Eds

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Where are the leaders?

The city of Berkeley needs new student trailblazers. The two competing proposals for a new student district both have passionate advocates. At this week’s meeting, the City Council voted to do a staff analysis of the United Student District Amendment, an alternative district map submitted a few months ago. That Read More…

Notes from the Field

ASUC Senate agenda: Week 2

Although not included in this agenda, ASUC senators will likely vote on a bill that asks the senate to support the United Student District Amendment in the Berkeley City Council. The amendment pertains to the city’s ongoing redistricting negotiations and supports the creation of a largely student district. Unlike an alternative map that would also be composed mostly of students, the USDA map would include co-ops and other student housing on Northside. Read More…

Editorials

Fixing the student district

CITY AFFAIRS: The Berkeley Student District Campaign’s student district plan is ambitious, but it needs to include Northside student voices.

Even though the USDA map does split up those neighborhoods, there’s no indication that those areas contain concrete interest groups the same way the Northside concentration of co-ops and residence halls represent hundreds of students in the space of a couple city blocks. Read More…