Wireless industry group sues Berkeley over cellphone radiation ordinance
A city ordinance requiring cellphone retailers to provide a warning to customers about radiation exposure faces a legal battle less than a month after its passage.
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Author Archives: Andrea Platten
Lower Sproul vendors discussed at ASUC Student Union board meeting
A bar, burger joint and pizza eatery are among the vendors headed to Lower Sproul Plaza this fall.
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Norwegian student with muscular disease endeavors to attend UC Berkeley
While many new UC Berkeley admits excitedly anticipate the upcoming school year, Norwegian student Karina Harkestad has been filled with reservation about her chances of attending the school.
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Off the beat: I don’t mind my mind
Your first panic attack commences a lifelong commitment — one you never signed up for. Maybe you’re one of the lucky few who experience just one in a lifetime, but the terror that follows will forever linger. You never want to feel that way again: trapped inside yourself and desperate
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Environmentalist Tom Steyer proposes state oil-extraction tax to potentially benefit UC
Environmental activist Tom Steyer announced Friday a proposal to place an oil-extraction tax on the 2016 California ballot — a measure with the potential to pump up funding for the University of California and other public higher education institutions in the state. Steyer, the founder of NextGen Climate, an organization
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Diary of a hot-and-cold copy editor
Dear Diary, Sept. 30, 2013 — Working at a newspaper’s copy desk is already so much fun! I learned so much today about AP style. For instance, “convince” and “persuade” are not synonymous. How can even the most seasoned of copy editors possibly wrap their head around so many intricate
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Notes from a copy editor who could care less about G-R-A-M-M-A-R
Don’t get me wrong — copy editing is a fine and dandy skill to have under your belt. There’s nothing quite like cranking out a shitty essay at 3 a.m. the night before it’s due, knowing that your perfect diction and syntax will get you that coveted A. There’s nothing like the sensation
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Off the beat: A case against the ‘r-word’
Our campus comprises some of the most eloquent students in the nation — activists who stand for the rights of the historically oppressed, the misapprehended, the overlooked. Yet, I continually hear a word tossed around that is so insidious, so toxic, that its mere utterance fills me with a silent dejection.
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Pluralizing with apostrophe’s
Perhaps you read the title of this article and asked yourself, “This person is a copy editor?” Or maybe you thought, “The apostrophe’s what? What does it possess? Where is the noun?” Story of my life. Sure, we always point out improper uses of “your” and “their,” but those debates — though
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idk how 2 english
If you’re a Tumblr user, chances are you’ve seen a post similar to this one: As someone who has a sense of humor but also cares about the rules of language, I feel torn whenever I come across a post like this. Do I laugh at what I’m reading, or
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