Radomir Avila

Young adults across the nation share many of Angelakos’ struggles of living with mental illness that I believe are reflected in the lyrics of Passion Pit’s latest album Gossamer: institutionalization, strained relationships, depression, medication, substance abuse and mania. In 2006, it was estimated that nearly one third of young adults aged 18 through 26 experienced some kind of mental illness, including high instances of bipolar and major depression. For individuals who develop schizophrenia, their first “psychotic break” is most likely to happen in the late teens or early 20’s.

The Berkeley High School student newspaper will no longer be able to support its staff of over one hundred students — a change that prompted dozens of students and supporters to appear at the school board meeting on Wednesday night.

A $19 billion public works project to build hundreds of new Los Angeles Unified School District school facilities over the past few years was associated with an increase in student achievement, according to a UC Berkeley study.

Maximino Martinez Commons will move-in 416 undergraduates on August 17th into its residence hall rooms, renting for $14,169, and multiple-bedroom apartments, renting for $9,916.

The findings of the report indicated that student borrowing from private lenders “rapidly grew” from $5 billion in 2001 to $20 billion in 2008, followed by a “precipitous” decline to less than $6 billion in 2011.

UCSF will begin looking at different ways to address its unique financial and administrative challenges with the approval of a new advisory board for the campus.