Disqualified for racing in hijab, Noor Abukarum becomes change maker
After being disqualified from a cross country race for wearing a hijab, Noor Abukaram got to work creating change.
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Author Archives: Sarah Siegel
Former Cal swimmer Colleen Fotsch tries her luck on ice
From swimming to CrossFit to bobsledding, it is clear that Colleen Fotsch’s athletic career has taken some sharp turns.
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UC Berkeley graduate finds her light at Blodgett Forest Research Station
Although we are all living within certain degrees of solitude during the COVID-19 pandemic, Annapurna Holtzapple — hidden among the trees and isolated with just a few other crewmates — was more secluded than most.
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Exploring ecofeminism: Women who dared to believe in a better future
The ecofeminist movement positions the relationship between women and Earth as holding solutions for environmental crises and women’s issues.
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Understanding and making do with a coffee-stained planet
By diving beneath our daily habits, we can see how coffee cultivation contributes to deforestation, loss of biodiversity and glaring human rights abuses.
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Editor’s Note: The Daily Cal launches Earth to Berkeley
The Daily Californian is launching the Earth to Berkeley blog — our goal is to start a conversation centering environmental justice and activism.
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Resistance and resilience: Berkeley Student Farms blooms amid pandemic
When life came to a screeching halt last spring, Berkeley Student Farms — a coalition that sprouted into existence this past summer — found its purpose.
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Editor’s Note: International Women’s Day 2021
It’s been a tough year, to say the least, yet women and gender-nonconforming folks have continued to persevere, fight back and overcome the odds stacked against them.
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Cal looks to sink Stanford after starting swim season strong
Despite pool closures and uncertain scheduling, Cal has managed to stay tightknit through the Zoom era. However, training and competing amid the pandemic, the Bears are swimming in uncharted waters.
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Olympian Alexi Pappas inspires “Bravies” as athlete, artist
Olympic runner Alexi Pappas discusses growing up near Berkeley and becoming someone who rises by lifting others.
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