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Check out Janet Napolitano’s and Evans Hall’s snazzy new spring looks. Napolitano is rocking that boxy concrete look, while Evans Hall is sporting a suave pantsuit. Evans almost looks ready to come to a UC Board of Regents meeting, while we’re really excited to attend a class hosted by Napolitano. Happy
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Empty cafes, a lonely Sproul Plaza and a complete lack of flyerers, uncharacteristically quiet frat row — there’s only one event at this time of year that could cause this baffling Berkeley phenomenon. It’s spring break, a time when almost all students skip town with the giddy knowledge that they have a week of respite from 8 a.m. classes and back-to-back midterms. For those staying behind in Berkeley for the week, it’s unsettling to see usually bustling campus haunts sit vacant.
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The North Berkeley BART station was shut down Tuesday afternoon after a northbound train struck and killed an individual near the station.
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The city of Berkeley issued a dispersal order Tuesday to members of the homeless community and other groups who have occupied the front lawn of Old City Hall for the past week.
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Two separate fires broke out in West Berkeley and the Southside area Sunday evening, the latter near the intersection of Telegraph Avenue and Dwight Way.
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The U.S. Attorney’s Office charged former UC Berkeley employee DeSondra Ward on Monday with five counts of embezzlement, alleging that she stole more than $308,000 from UC Berkeley since 2010.
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School officials put Berkeley High School on lockdown Thursday afternoon after Berkeley Police Department received an anonymous tip about a student with a weapon.
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This weekend, the campus will swell with the addition of more than 4,500 parents and alumni, here to reminisce and revel in the company of classmates past and take in the sights and sounds of Berkeley. For some, looking at campus landmarks and residence halls stirs nothing more than the memory of dropping off children on move-in day, but for others, the return to Berkeley signifies something more — a kind of coming home.
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This summer, I watched my dad become irritable and cantankerous, snapping at my mom and me over small issues as he quickly ran out of energy. There were days when he yelled at me over the phone and I worried that he might never return to normal, and the frequent
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After more than two years without a hub for student life, the Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union and Eshleman Hall are finally opening their doors to students. If the idea of a campus pub hasn’t already captured your attention, Lower Sproul has more to offer by way of restaurants, student offices, the Cal Student Store and much more.
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