Campus cares about student financial aid
The UC Berkeley Financial Aid and Scholarships office cares tremendously about the financial and personal wellness of our students.
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Op-ed on Chou Hall dismisses Haas’ progress toward sustainability
In the op-ed “UC Berkeley community must work to reduce waste misdirected to landfills,” undergraduate student Kelia Lang makes some accurate points in her critique that the campus will not reach its goal to be zero waste by 2020. However, we wish Lang had taken the time to connect with
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Recent Daily Cal news article implies HIV is just a queer issue
By not including some kind of link to the LGBTQ+ community, this article further stigmatizes our HIV+ brothers and sisters by implying that HIV is simply a “gay” issue. Let’s not do that.
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Please consider the facts regarding the Thirty Meter Telescope on Maunakea
There are many strong opinions about the Thirty Meter Telescope, or TMT, project on Maunakea on Hawaiʻi Island, and it is important that everyone know the facts. Unfortunately, an April 2 op-ed by members of UC Berkeley’s Indigenous Americas Working Group calling for the UC system to stop funding construction of the TMT contained inaccurate information that needs a response.
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California Scholars for Academic Freedom statement on Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions
Silence might embolden well-funded groups that are attempting to harm the increasing numbers of students, faculty members and the broader community of higher education in our state who are taking a stand against injustice. The UC system needs to maintain the public mission of the university by speaking out about this.
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Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions threatens UC Berkeley’s right to hear alternative views
If the signatories of the previous op-ed and others who support their views want nothing to do with Israel, that is their prerogative. But there is no reason why the University of California should permit them to foist their politics and discriminatory attitudes on the rest of the university.
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Recent editorial on Greek life dismisses community’s efforts for change
Content warning: Sexual violence We write to you as leaders in the Panhellenic sorority community. We appreciate the use of your platform to inform the public about problematic incidents within our community — specifically, the photo taken at the fraternity Phi Gamma Delta, or Fiji, referenced in your editorial “To
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BART should not invest in retrofitting the Transbay Tube
I am totally disgusted by BART’s use of money to unnecessarily retrofit the Transbay Tube. Even BART spokesperson Anna Duckworth said in her letter to the editor that it would take a very large and very rare earthquake in order for this retrofit to be necessary. BART is in severe
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Supporting BART retrofitting
Beginning early next year, BART will start service systemwide one hour later for a vital retrofit of the Transbay Tube, which will impact thousands of our early-morning riders. The line connecting the East Bay and San Francisco, called the Transbay Tube, is BART’s most critical asset. Although it is structurally
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UC Berkeley is working to improve financial aid services
I am writing in response to the Sept.13 “Off the Beat” column, “Hung up on financial aid.” While the financial aid office cannot discuss individual cases because of student privacy policies and laws, I’d like to express how, as financial aid director and former low-income student who relied on financial
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