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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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It is a grave mistake to build on People’s Park. People’s Park has a rich history and, therefore, you can’t attack it without expecting backlash. You speak of your commitment to an inclusive community, diversity and history. People’s Park is currently the channel of this kind of diversity. I beg
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Our campus community deserves an environment free of sexual violence and sexual harassment, or SVSH. As a former member of the Committee on Privilege and Tenure, or P&T, which hears SVSH cases involving faculty members, I encourage my fellow faculty to join me in taking a fresh look at our
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Let’s call People’s Park what it is — a dangerous, crime-ridden lot that offers no real benefit to students or the greater Berkeley community, beyond the select group of homeless individuals who live within its boundaries. The idea, per the Editorial Board, that People’s Park is a “historical safe haven”
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