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Op-Eds

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

UC Berkeley must move toward a plant-based future

Illustration of the Earth on a dining plate, two hands above it holding a fork and knife as if about to cut into it
Aishwarya Jayadeep/Senior Staff

UC Berkeley’s neglect of animal rights should not be an example to educators, families and students. We cannot embrace performative initiatives; we need to make actual change.
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College Life

Wednesday, November 11, 2020
Ethnic Studies

All the reasons you need to take an ethnic studies class

Though your schedule may be packed with classes required for your major, you should consider taking an ethnic studies course. Here’s why.
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Sports

Thursday, September 17, 2020
Photo of Lacrosse #10 Lizabanks Campagna

Don’t be a benchwarmer: Cal lacrosse players lead voter registration initiative

Three Cal lacrosse players have started an initiative to register every single student-athlete at Cal to vote.
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Activism 2020, Columns

Thursday, June 25, 2020

Art meets activism: How Toni Morrison’s ‘Jazz’ sings for radical empathy

Cutting Room Floor

“Jazz” may be back on my bookshelf, but it’s shown me the sharp edges of violence and the soft contours of harmony — which will not leave me.
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Activism 2020

Thursday, June 25, 2020
Photo essay of Black Lives Matter protests

2020 Activism Impact Issue: Editors’ Note

This June has been a month of change. More than ever before, the world’s attention is focused on the critical injustices marginalized communities face.
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Admissions Issue 2019, College Life

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Quirks at UC Berkeley that new students learn to love

We have created a list of all of the little UC Berkeley quirks that, when you ultimately decide to come here (because it is obviously the correct choice), might throw you for a loop.
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College Life, International Women's Day 2019

Thursday, March 7, 2019
A trail runs through a forest.

Female environmentalists paving the way for a better, greener world

What better way to celebrate International Women’s Day than by acknowledging the women whose names aren’t as well known. And what better way to celebrate International Women’s Day than by acknowledging their achievements in environmental advocacy, literature and science?
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Black History Month 2019

Friday, February 8, 2019
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Marcus Books is bastion of Black literary community

Marcus Books, the nation’s oldest Black bookstore, first opened its doors in San Francisco in 1960. Tucked away in the back of a print shop, the store originally was called Success Book Store and was often visited by icons such as Malcolm X, Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison and Oprah Winfrey.
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Op-Eds

Monday, April 2, 2018

Following Berkeley, San Francisco leads in ethical production practices

We have skin and we have hair; to kill someone else to take theirs and wear it as decoration is clearly greedy and unjustifiable.
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Sex Issue 2018

Tuesday, February 13, 2018

Meet Berkeley’s sex activists

One of the most common questions Patel receives from students at the clinic is how to access birth control without seeing a clinician.
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