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When I arrived at Berkeley nearly four years ago, I knew I wanted to join The Daily Californian. Having worked on my high school paper for three years, I figured I would continue trying out this journalism thing. It was fun. I liked talking to people. I liked writing. But
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We did it. We survived the rigor of UC Berkeley and made it out in one piece. The tests, the papers, the problem-sets — all of that stress and frustration is finally worth it because we will soon be graduates of the greatest public university in the world. As we
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For the second year in a row, The Daily Californian has been named the top daily college newspaper and website in the state and was awarded first place in six additional categories by the California College Media Association. We received a total of 24 awards for excellence in print and
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For the second year in a row, The Daily Californian’s website has been ranked among the top student newspaper websites for large campuses in the country, according to results announced Thursday by the Associated Collegiate Press. The Daily Cal is one of 12 finalists for the ACP’s Online Pacemaker Award
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It is difficult to believe that nearly a year ago, The Daily Californian staff set out on Sproul Plaza asking students to start paying for a newspaper that had been free since its inception in 1871. At the time, the paper was facing a substantial structural deficit. The potential for
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Starting Friday, readers of The Daily Californian will be able to comment on our online content through Facebook. The Facebook Comments Box will replace Disqus, our current commenting platform, which we implemented in spring 2011 when we switched our website to a WordPress content management system. The new system requires
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Earlier this month, the Associated Collegiate Press recognized The Daily Californian as one of the top college newspapers in the country, awarding the paper its highest honor for online student publications for the first time in the paper’s history. The Daily Cal was one of six winners for the Online
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On Sunday, the Senior Editorial Board voted to no longer use the term “illegal immigrant” when reporting on immigration issues.
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Seth Rosenfeld, author of the newly released book “Subversives: The FBI’s War on Student Radicals and Reagan’s Rise to Power,” spoke at UC Berkeley Wednesday evening to discuss his new book in which he reveals the “secret history” of the FBI’s involvement on the Berkeley campus in the 1960s.
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We have removed the name of the author of the column from the post and subsequent comments due to concerns of how the issue may affect the author’s employment prospects. We never had any intention of harming the student by publishing the editor’s note and we apologize for any undue hurt
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