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For most freshmen at UC Berkeley, February was a month filled with Valentine’s Day cards, basketball games and DeCal fairs. For me, it was a month of roommate-mediation meetings, apartment tours and box-packing.
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Since 1982, the Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board has existed to regulate increases in rent, mediate conflicts between landlords and tenants and develop housing legislation.
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Tucked just around the bend of Le Conte Avenue sits a four-story cottage — wood framed and shrouded in redwood trees — home to an elderly couple, 26 UC Berkeley students, two cats and one dog.
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Last week, while my Facebook was exploding with friends’ posts about getting into Stanford’s and Harvard’s graduate programs, I faced a dilemma: Do I change out of my 5-year-old sweatpants and oversized sweater when getting my SpoonRocket order? Not that I cared how I looked — I was just worried the guy who delivered my mac and cheese at 3:21 p.m. would be the same one who delivered second one at 3:42 p.m. I decided I didn’t care and kept my comfortable clothes on.
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Co-op It’s 7 p.m., and the smell of freshly baked bread hits you. You have just completed all five hours of your shift at work this week, and the vivid murals around you quickly fade as you dig into the kale and quinoa salad sitting on your Tupperware lid. If
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Hard hats and construction trucks may become a familiar sight to Berkeley residents within the next few years as Downtown Berkeley experiences a surge in housing developments.
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Step one: finding roommates Perhaps the most important housing consideration is whether you’ll be living alone or with other people. Living alone can foster independence and save you from roommate conflicts but may result in loneliness or feelings of unsafety. If you value your own space and being in control,
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Consistent with its liberal reputation, UC Berkeley offered a wide variety of courses on sex-related topics this spring semester. These topics range from the analysis and history of porn to discussions about how sexuality and gender affect social work. Perhaps the most well known of these classes are the ones
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“GET YOUR PUSSY READY,” screamed a performer as she ran up the aisle in Wheeler Auditorium during a rehearsal for Berkeley’s 13th annual performance of “The Vagina Monologues.”
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Talk, dark and handsome — his profile pictures could somewhat fit that definition. After several friendly messages and texts, I was pretty excited when Rob asked to go out for some coffee.
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