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UC 5/24/20

UC unions continue to negotiate contracts virtually during pandemic

As university services move online in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, UC labor bargaining has also moved to teleconference.
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City 5/24/20

City officials address status of COVID-19 in Berkeley during virtual town hall

Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguín held a town hall meeting Saturday to go over the status of COVID-19 testing in Berkeley and answer questions from constituents regarding what is allowed under the current shelter-in-place order.
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NEWS

UC Berkeley COLA General Assembly votes to end grading strike

OPINION

Reduce plastic pollution to preserve all marine life

NEWS

Building ventilation guidelines aim to reduce COVID-19 spread

ARTS

‘Hero’ is touching tribute, classic throwback from Weezer

Local Businesses 5/24/20

Sports

Pressroom Banter 5/22/20

‘The Last Dance’: How Michael Jordan proved winning takes everything

Men's Basketball 5/21/20

Bears add 2nd grad transfer this offseason with Makale Foreman

Makale Foreman adds much-needed perimeter shooting to the Cal team, and while he only shot 36.5% from the field last season, he was an excellent 3-point shooter and hit them at a 36% clip.
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Softball 5/20/20

Bears’ former title-winning shortstop takes reins as Cal softball head coach

Chelsea Spencer became the Cal softball head coach this week, filling the sizable boots of 32-year veteran skipper Diane Ninemire.
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A&E

Visual Art 5/22/20

‘On the Edge’: ‘The de Young Open’ exhibition calls for submissions from Bay Area artists

Album Reviews 5/22/20

Moses Sumney comes to isolation with his sophomore album ‘Græ’

Just as much as the album is about the separation of music and lyrics, it is also about the separation of the self from the other.
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Album Reviews 5/22/20

Perfume Genius assembles atmospheres, auras on ‘Set My Heart on Fire Immediately’

Though Hadreas occasionally finds himself wading into murky instrumental waters, his vocal performance is unwaveringly impressive.
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Opinion

Columns 5/22/20

Brown (and bisexual)

Op-Eds 5/22/20

UC workers need employment security amid pandemic to remain housed

We ask students to stand with workers across the UC system to ensure that all UC workers remain housed and safe amid the pandemic and beyond.
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Columns 5/21/20

Sorry not sorry

But does this even matter? A vague propensity to blurt out the odd “sorry” doesn’t necessarily sound like a big deal. But it definitely is one.
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From The Blogs

Eating Berkeley 5/24/20

Go bananas for this peanut butter and banana smoothie recipe

If you ask me, peanut butter and bananas are a match made in heaven. This self-contained, inexpensive snack has served as the perfect way to start my day.
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Strikeout 5/22/20

Reading between the lines: Graffiti’s history, significance

To youths in the 20th century, graffiti represented their identities, from the names they used to the artwork that helped them identify with one another.
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Bear Bytes 5/22/20

Bundesliga who? Which team you should root for in German soccer

While U.S. sports may not have recovered, the Bundesliga and the 2. Bundesliga are in full swing. The top two tiers of German soccer returned to action last weekend and will do so again this weekend, giving sports-starved fans around the world something to watch. Not all fans are familiar
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Bear Bytes 5/20/20