Dead body found in UC Berkeley classroom highlights need for sufficient homeless shelters, resources
The man was 58 years old. He died of natural causes alone in a university auditorium, 20 years younger than the national average.
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UC police must drastically change the way they treat minors
CAMPUS ISSUES: Campus community should be able to trust, rely on its police
When it comes to the safety of children and the seriousness of racial bias, the campus administration should be quick to respond to initial concerns, and it is beyond imperative that the responses include concrete policy and procedural plans to make sure no other children end up in situations like this one.
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College admissions scandal reveals vast inequalities in higher education
While business and media stars garnered the headlines in this scandal, it’s important not to lose sight of the bigger scandal — that access to our nation’s higher education system is rigged in favor of the wealthy.
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Passing through
Launching into Limbo
Unlike the doorway of my room, the threshold to adulthood is not one you can simply dive right through. In fact, it isn’t even hollow.
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Trusting myself
Sex on Tuesday
I was giving away my power, my independence, my ability to dictate my sex life for myself. I allowed myself to be pushed and pulled like a rag doll.
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It’s just a number
Transfer Talks
I can’t exactly pinpoint what I thought the outcome of attending Santa Barbara City College for all those years would be, yet starting when I was 18, I managed to be enrolled every fall and spring semester at SBCC, varying between part-time and full-time enrollment.
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Community must elevate respect in order to avoid misconduct
As a society, and a campus community, have we failed to elevate respectful behavior as an essential element in the profile of a truly successful, venerated person?
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Campus Title IX investigations continue to be opaque, discouraging
CAMPUS ISSUES: UC Berkeley must provide students with clear timelines, better-structured resources
With the lengthy and tumultuous Searle case finally coming to a close, there is an example of what the timeline for SVSH cases looks like and what disciplinary action comes out of them. But this case makes it strikingly apparent that OPHD processes are flawed
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Let’s just pretend
Launching into Limbo
Granted I am 19 now and spending my days making fake phone calls to people who don’t exist would certainly raise some valid concerns. But those unburdened years — spent pursuing entirely made-up occupations from the comfort of my living room — seemed valuable to me.
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Facets and faces
Sex on Tuesday
I love sex. I love all its facets and faces, velvet touches and carnal ferocity and gushing wetness. And if I’m not fucking you or you’re not fucking me, then fuck your thoughts on who I am.
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