How to train a racist
Off the Beat
We spend 12+ years learning about how we owe every modern invention, from the ranked-choice voting system to the panini press, to white people.
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Conor McGregor: Scrappy underdog or dirty cheater?
Sunday’s fight between the UFC’s Conor McGregor and now-retired boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. was a clinic on how to handle cheap shots in boxing. From illegal holds to hammer and rabbit punches to punches below the belt, there was nothing McGregor considered beneath him in his effort to throw Mayweather
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Mayweather v. McGregor: The worst heist movie ever made
Bros everywhere have long pondered the question: “How much money would someone accept to get the shit beaten out of them by a pro boxer on live TV?” We may finally have our answer. In two months, UFC fighter and Notre Dame mascot-lookalike Conor McGregor will go up against boxing
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In defense of LaVar
I am usually a very calm and reasonable person. I keep my head down when others choose to engage in childish mudslinging. But I cannot let Goethals’ comments, which are an affront to the grand American Dream and the diligence of hard working people everywhere, slide.
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Violence as self-defense
Last week, a violent protest erupted on campus, in response to a scheduled speaking event by Milo Yiannopoulos. Many people soon began to decry the protesters. Here are a few arguments in favor of the use of violence in protests. Op-ed: Check your privilege when speaking of protests To
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Not a hair in the world
Off the Beat
There is a side of me that no one will ever know: The me with thick hair that shoots straight up, like a mix between an overgrown bush and fireworks midway through going off. My roommates occasionally catch glimpses of this as I stumble into the bathroom in the mornings.
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Home is where the mom is
The first time my mom came to Berkeley was to help me move into my Clark Kerr room.
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Community responds to Sujit Choudhry’s open letter
Community members rallied against an open letter written by former dean of the UC Berkeley School of Law Sujit Choudhry published by the Daily Californian. Here are some of the responses. Tyann Sorrell’s statement “When I read Professor Sujit Choudhry’s letter in The Daily Californian, I groaned, and then belted
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Bidding Dirks adieu
The news of UC Berkeley Chancellor Nicholas Dirks’ resignation prompted a slew of reactions, both positive and negative, from members of the campus community. Here are a few. Editorial: Dirks’ work far from done If he truly cares about the campus and the public mission, it is imperative that he
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Campus builds escape hatch for Dirks’ office in California Hall
Last weekend, an emergency exit was built in Chancellor Nicholas Dirks’ office as a security measure against potential protesters.
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