Poetry for first-generation students at UC Berkeley
Cal in Color
We need people who we can relate to on a personal level and share our experiences and feelings with; we need to feel understood by someone else.
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A rant to remember
Confessions of a moderator
This, I realized, was a case of doxxing: publishing private and identifying information about a person on the internet.
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Addressing arsenic problems in rural CA
This success is a shift toward stopping the poisoning of rural communities with arsenic and help California and the world meet the human right to safe water.
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All green without blazing
Right now, we are rising out of a haze and finally beginning to look clearly at the inherent problems within urban developments.
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Stay inside to help alleviate COVID-19 pandemic
NATIONAL AFFAIRS: Social distancing can slow the spread of COVID-19, but young adults seem unbothered by governmental isolation mandates
In an attempt to celebrate a last hurrah, young adults could be jeopardizing the well-being of our most vulnerable populations.
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As-salaam alaikum everyone
Fresh off the BART
I’m done conforming. I’m done having people who do nothing to understand my culture claim to represent me. And I don’t think I’m the only one.
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Virtual learning requires nuanced alternatives for student engagement
CAMPUS AFFAIRS: Online learning has its challenges, but flexible syllabuses will alleviate stress from assignments
With the increasing responses to COVID-19, instructors should be open to instituting alternative assignments to allow for a flexible approach.
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And the world went airborne
Something to write home about
Every day is a ping-pong game with my family back in India about whether or not I should decide to hop on a 22-hour direct flight back home because who knows if it is safe to travel?
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UC Berkeley graduate students demand a COLA
As graduate students, we demand a cost of living adjustment, or COLA, to address rent burdens that have made life in a university town untenable.
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Amid a global pandemic, keep making love
Sex on Tuesday
I traded staying six feet away for sharing six seconds of embrace because I didn’t know if or when I would see some of these people in my life again.
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