Flight 510 to Berkeley, now boarding
When the sun hits your face just right and the wind edges past the leaves to sound like the ocean – if you close your eyes, it’s almost as if you are home.
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My Ukrainian identity
In the past few days, Ukraine has also taught the rest of the world what it means to love freedom, what it means to be brave in the face of danger and what it means to be a hero.
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The revival of Moideen
Cal in Color
As “Deen,” I no longer had to be the ambassador for my name’s origin. I could just be an “American,” freed from the shackles of my name’s uniqueness in this country.
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‘I’m not American, I’m from Berkeley’
Hopping the Pond
For so long, I had looked inwards at America from the outside. Yet now that I’m across the border, it seems that I am still not “in” America.
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Holocaust survivor shares experience for a day of remembrance
Two-year-old Edith Heines watched the blood as it pooled and snaked across the white tiles of her home. Moments earlier, two Gestapo men had kicked down the 400-year old door of her family’s house and brutally tortured the family’s housemate.
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Lessons from cooking
Growing up as a second-generation Chinese American with a largely American upbringing, I found it easy to feel disconnected from my cultural background.
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2 halves of a whole
Off the Beat
Despite its sometimes arbitrary use, my Chinese name has always felt like a gift: I was the last one in my family named by my great-grandmother.
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An elegy for all the R’s I rolled
Something to write home about
I want to extend this advice to all readers: In this lockdown, watch some movies from different parts of your parents’ countries — or even your friends’.
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The many languages of love
While my American friends received hugs, kisses and praise from their parents, I felt that I was always making a mess in my parents’ eyes.
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UC Berkeley launches scanning service to turn print material into electronic format
UC Berkeley is now offering a scanning service that will turn print material into an electronic format, making it more accessible to campus faculty.
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