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“I will keep thinking of it not as four months or as sixteen weeks, but as eleventy-one days, because it feels bigger. Longer. It’s a reminder to take it a day at a time, not to chop it into chunks that make time fly even faster.”

Students lack information and guidance as grading formats change due to new policies enacted by UC Berkeley’s Academic Senate amidst the UC-wide academic worker strike.

The Instructional Resilience and Enhancement Fee, or IREF, proposed by UC Berkeley administration to fund instructional technology was decreased from an annual cost of $264 to $212 following negotiations with the ASUC, the Graduate Assembly and the Committee on Student Fees.

Campus will transition from Piazza to Ed Discussion for online discussion forums in courses, according to an announcement from UC Berkeley Research, Teaching, and Learning, or RTL.

Campus administration has proposed a $139 per semester fee to fund student technology, drawing criticism from ASUC officials who say the process is not transparent and that campus funds should be used instead. 

For many international students pursuing their studies at UC Berkeley across vastly different time zones, the pandemic has been a time marked by isolation, exhaustion and mental fatigue.

After watching her community face a “genocidal threat, physical and mental harassment and isolation,” ASUC presidential candidate Khwal Rafique decided she wanted to help alleviate the pain that marginalized communities feel on campus.

While you may have gotten comfortable attending lectures from your bed, consider these New Year’s Zoom-olutions to maximize your virtual semester.

Between supporting students and adapting courses during online learning, UC Berkeley instructors have faced several unique challenges this semester.

We're about 3 weeks into quarantine, and if you're like me, you've probably gone slightly insane. Take this quiz to find out which quarantiner you are!