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While carrying more than 50-pound backpacks, we chose a path that included four miles of walking either on a muddy all-terrain-vehicle trail or through shrubs, and then hiking upward for more than 1,600 feet in elevation on slopes covered with bushes.
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Amidst the threat of a global pandemic, instances of racial discrimination and abuse against Chinese citizens and immigrants are spreading around the world — much more rapidly than coronavirus.
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I took my family’s financial condition and my parents’ generosity toward me for granted and rarely recognized being given the money to do the things I want to as a privilege of mine.
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Lulu Wang’s new movie “The Farewell” revolves around the central conundrum of “What is the better way to say goodbye to someone you love?”
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I was reading in Cafe Think when one of my favorite professors sat down in front of me. We chatted for awhile and he suddenly asked, “So, Raina, was UC Berkeley your first choice?” I smiled and said no. But I quickly added that I really love my college life here and
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During a late-night talk, one of my younger friends cried while talking about her family. She told us that her parents struggled with their marriage while she was little, causing her to first develop a strained relationship with her dad and later become estranged from her whole family. She felt
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When Sartre spoke about his existentialist philosophy of life, he considered a human being free and therefore responsible for their own actions. We as humans mold ourselves by making decisions at every step.
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I realized that drinking is no longer a casual friend that I could depend upon for stress relief or a feeling of temporary euphoria. It has become an emotional manipulator that negatively impacts the way I think and feel.
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…for CS students like me — those who don’t really like CS — coding leads to lasting self-doubt and only temporary satisfaction. I often feel a high level of anxiety and frustration after hours of debugging — work that may not even yield any useful results…I become skeptical and critical of myself.
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The few people on board included a young couple sitting across the aisle from me. They were whispering in a language that I failed to identify.
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