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CA Gov. Newsom announces volunteering webpage to address homelessness

DAILY CLOG

Spring cleaning: The Clog’s guide to tidying up this semester

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OPINION

Common Sense Party offers necessary alternative

NEWS

Proposed 8-story housing complex would replace Urban Outfitters, The Ink Stone

The UC system reached a historic tentative agreement Tuesday with service workers of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 Union, or AFSCME Local 3299. The tentative agreement ultimately puts an end to outsourcing UC service jobs, while also making it easier for eligible contract workers to convert to UC employment.
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UC 1/24/20

UC Board of Regents discusses herbicides, audits, Title IX

The UC Board of Regents met Thursday to hear public comments and discuss herbicide usage, state auditor recommendations and the state of Title IX at the UC.
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UC 1/24/20

UC undergraduate enrollment rises for 4th consecutive year

UC in-state undergraduate enrollment rose for the fourth year in a row in fall 2019. According to the UC Office of the President, or UCOP, the enrollment increase is a result of the UC system’s commitment to providing higher education to more Californians.
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City 1/22/20

City of Berkeley offers low-income homebuyers lottery to buy affordable homes

The city of Berkeley announced an affordable housing plan for first-time and low-income homebuyers in order to help alleviate Berkeley’s housing crisis.
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Campus 1/23/20

ASUC announces partnerships with The New York Times, Wall Street Journal

The ASUC and Graduate Assembly held an event to announce campus partnerships with The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal.
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Campus 1/23/20

ASUC Senate discusses Wall Street Journal contract, lack of gender-neutral bathrooms

The ASUC Senate held its first meeting of the semester Wednesday, discussing the Wall Street Journal partnership and the absence of gender-neutral bathrooms in the Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union.
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Crime & Courts 1/25/20

Berkeley police identify suspect from fatal collision incident

A fatal collision occurred at University Avenue and Sixth Street on Jan. 20, investigators identified the suspect of the incident as Alexander McGee.
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City 1/24/20

Environmental groups ask California Restaurant Association to drop gas ban lawsuit

A group of environmental organizations, including the Sierra Club, wrote a letter Wednesday to the California Restaurant Association, or CRA, asking it to drop its lawsuit against the city of Berkeley’s gas ban ordinance.
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Local Schools 1/23/20

Berkeley school district meeting addresses future funding, assisting underprivileged students

At Tuesday night’s Berkeley Unified School District’s, or BUSD’s, meeting, members discussed revising the English Learner, or EL, master plan, California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s new budget proposal and drafting a new Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP.
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Sports

Football 1/25/20

Cal football adds Marcel Yates as defensive backs coach after Gerald Alexander departure

Women's Basketball 1/25/20

Cal women’s basketball falls to Utah, stays winless in Pac-12 play

The losing streak continued for the Cal women’s basketball team Friday afternoon, as Cal fell to Utah 71-62 to drop to 0-7 in conference action.
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Football 1/24/20

Postseason roster update: New players, new positions, not-so-new faces

With the 2019 season officially behind the Bears, shifts in the roster are being made before spring ball begins in order to prepare for a highly anticipated fall season.
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Football 1/24/20

Former Cal defensive backs coach Gerald Alexander to coach NFL team

Cal defensive backs coach Gerald Alexander announced via Twitter that he will be making the move to the NFL after three seasons with the Bears.
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Women's Gymnastics 1/24/20

Bears aim to better their best and out-gym GymDawgs

The Bears will seek to follow up their season’s best performance when they travel to Seattle for their meet against Washington.
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Women's Tennis 1/24/20

Cal women’s tennis looks to claim a victory at ITA Kick-Off Weekend opener

The Bears will try to making some noise in the ITA Kick-Off this weekend and securing a berth in the upcoming National Team Indoor Championship next month.
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Women's Water Polo 1/24/20

Bring it on: Cal women’s water polo set to host Cal Cup

The No. 6 Bears will look to improve to 6-2 on the season as they host a horde of familiar foes at this weekend’s Cal Cup.
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Men's Gymnastics 1/23/20

Cal men’s gymnastics looks to continue improved performance against Stanford

For most gymnasts, facing off against arguably the best team in the nation would be a source of intimidation and fear. But for the Bears, it’s a source of enthusiasm and energy.
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Men's Basketball 1/23/20

Cal men’s basketball hosts Stanford with hopes of more Haas Pavilion magic

Cal’s struggling offense will host Stanford in the rivals’ final matchup of the year. Fortunately for the Bears, they’re 8-2 in Haas Pavilion this season.
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Rugby 1/23/20

Bears face off against UC Davis

The Aggies canceled the second-stringers’ reserve-grade match at the last minute. This is a fairly big impediment to the team’s development.
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A&E

Local Event 1/24/20

United Booksellers celebrates MLK Day with a reading of poems by incarcerated authors

Album Reviews 1/23/20

Mac Miller’s spirit lives on in posthumous album, ‘Circles’

Although Mac Miller could not complete the trilogy of albums he set out to produce, his legacy and spirit live on in Circles.
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Fashion 1/23/20

The Daily Californian Arts & Entertainment picks for best-dressed at the SAG Awards 2020

Between all of the creative and stylish looks that stars brought to the show, here are The Daily Californian’s top picks for the best-dressed celebrities at this year’s SAG Awards.
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Literature 1/23/20

Garth Greenwell masterfully hones signature lyricism in ‘Cleanness’

In “Cleanness,” a person is only as important for their actions, reducing the importance of names and other preset labels.
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Concerts 1/23/20

Joyce Manor headlines The UC Theatre’s Home Sick Festival 2020

Joyce Manor began with a bang, playing some of the band’s most popular songs, such as “Heart Tattoo” and “Falling in Love Again.”
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Film & Television 1/22/20

Game of Thorns: Weeks 1-3 of ‘The Bachelor’ have way more drama than necessary

What better way to start off a new decade than watching 20-somethings cry over a man who still lives at home?
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Theater 1/21/20

‘Noura’ is a heartrending tale of loss, rebirth in an Iraqi American family

Torange Yeghiazarian, the cultural consultant of the play, deserves special recognition for maintaining historical accuracy and conveying the nuances and details of Iraqi culture.
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Concerts 1/20/20

Rex Orange County plays ‘the best show I’ve done in San Francisco’ at The Masonic

Even with a late start, Rex Orange County truly accomplished what he aimed for — a show that was 10/10.
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Album Reviews 1/15/20

Echosmith turns theme of ‘Cool Kids’ into full album on ‘Lonely Generation’

No two songs on the album sound too alike to the point of repetition, nor does the energy or spirit ever fall too flat.
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Album Reviews 1/14/20

Look at her now: Selena Gomez releases polished breakup album ‘Rare’

‘Rare’ invites the world to watch Selena Gomez step out in the limelight unapologetically, as the version of herself that’s here to stay.
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Opinion

Op-Eds 1/24/20

Support campus seismic safety, vote for Prop. 13

Illustration of decrepit apartment building

Op-Eds 1/24/20

Colleges must end hate speech, support minorities’ needs

Since the election of Donald Trump, schools all around the country have had more frequent incidents threatening the health and safety of minority students.
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Op-Eds 1/24/20

Preventive policing unjustly warrants abusive police practices

The preventive principle has spawned the most oppressive policing programs of the past 50 years, and simply has no place in a society that values freedom.
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Op-Eds 1/24/20

Getting past wastewater’s ‘gak factor’ to save our most precious resource

But it remains the “gak” challenge of recycling wastewater: public education and outreach plays a critical role in meeting water supply needs.
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Columns 1/24/20

My year as a failed dropout

I never wanted to look back, to imagine myself returning to the study of economics, head hung, tail between my legs. That would have felt like failure.
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Editorials 1/24/20

Campus cannot just move homeless people

As dissent rises between the residents of People’s Park and the campus, it is important to create viable solutions for Berkeley’s homeless community.
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Columns 1/23/20

Party hard or hardly partying

When I was a freshman, the biggest worry was that everything about partying was so new.
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Op-Eds, Opinion 1/21/20

Common Sense Party offers necessary alternative

We are all ready to break up with the two-party system. You’re too controlling. You don’t listen to us. You don’t focus on our needs.
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Op-Eds 1/21/20

Public service announcement: Advocacy doesn’t ASUC-k

My mere presence is the product of decades-long advocacy from strong trailblazers before me. In my position, I carry the legacy of this advocacy, and I do not take this responsibility lightly.
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Columns 1/21/20

1-star opinions

At restaurants, I would routinely ask to sample everyone’s dish, make some unsophisticated mental notes about texture and taste, and then focus on the crux of my review: the time with my family.
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