UC Berkeley Financial Aid and Scholarships office strives for affordability, culture of care
Financial aid helps build a diverse community of scholars from a wide range of economic backgrounds.
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UC Berkeley financial aid bureaucracy threatens students’ education, mental health
This experience really highlighted the bureaucracy of UC Berkeley and the importance of mental health for me. It almost feels like stress is a requirement.
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UC Berkeley community must work to reduce waste misdirected to landfills
Chou Hall is indeed energy-efficient, but we cannot continue to label it as a zero-waste building just because we have taken all the trash and moved it somewhere else.
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Bill in state Assembly forgets survivors in public universities
If Reyes is serious about providing justice for survivors and those who have abused them, she should rewrite the legislation and give voices to all Californians.
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Berkeley community must continue to have compassion for unhoused individuals
We can all take a stake in shaking off the compassion fatigue and stepping up to the plate to break down barriers between the housed and the houseless.
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UC Berkeley has an ivy problem, here’s why we should take it seriously
Budgetary increases to grounds services should be earmarked for training staff to identify invasive plants, which is difficult on a campus like UC Berkeley.
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Richmond harmed by oil conglomerates, pollution
But the dangerous criminal that makes Richmond and Contra Costa County so deadly happens to be one of the largest oil companies in the world, Chevron.
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UC Berkeley wastes money, electricity lighting empty rooms
The last time campus offered an energy saving program, it saw a 3 percent reduction in electricity use as a result of people choosing conservation options.
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UC Berkeley administration must continue to diversify faculty
If the campus is serious about its commitment to bettering the student experience, it must dramatically increase the number of non-male faculty members and faculty members of color they hire.
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Upper Hearst Development will provide much needed housing, classroom space
The UC Berkeley campus needs to decide what is more important: maintaining a parking garage or improving campus by building housing and classrooms.
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