UC Berkeley students strike for UC Green New Deal
Emma Drake/Staff
With about 300 people in attendance, Students for Climate Action and the Sunrise Movement organized a climate strike Friday to demand the UC system adopt a Green New Deal.
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UC Berkeley establishes emergency rental assistance program for students
The The UC Berkeley Student Advocate’s Office and Basic Needs Center, along with others, recently established an emergency rental assistance program.
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Cooperative Reuse program, now in 2nd year, aims to reduce dumping during student move-out
The Cooperative Reuse pilot program, which aimed to eliminate illegal dumping during the student move-out process at the end of the spring 2018 semester, will be repeated this year, starting May 18.
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CalSERVE presidential candidate Teddy Lake runs to increase transparency, accessibility within ASUC
During the winter break of her second year, Teddy Lake filled out an application to volunteer for whomever CalSERVE would slate to represent the LGBTQ+ community. Her application went unnoticed for two months.
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CalSERVE announces 9 candidates for ASUC Senate
CalSERVE announced its nine-person senate slate for the 2019 ASUC elections Thursday night, one year after winning only three of 20 senate seats in the 2018 elections.
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Orgasms against patriarchy
Sex on Tuesday
To all the Black and brown women who read this column: Fuck them by succeeding and taking pleasure in every minute of it.
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Former resident sues Berkeley Student Cooperative for negligence, premise liability
A former Berkeley Student Cooperative, or BSC, resident filed a lawsuit Monday against the BSC for negligence and premise liability.
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The Berkeley Student Cooperative is the answer to UC Berkeley’s affordable housing problem
There’s no doubt that UC Berkeley has an affordable housing problem. A university wide survey found that approximately 10 percent of undergraduate students experience housing insecurity during their time at UC Berkeley. This means that more than 3,000 students are sleeping in cars and libraries, crashing on couches or worse.
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Editors’ Note: Oct. 19
At the Weekender, we’re unveiling some of these “hidden gems” in our own community — from anachronistic architecture to repurposed art and undiscovered forms of intelligence — that speak to the unique cumulation of creativity that characterizes so much of Berkeley and its history.
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10 in 10
Sex on Tuesday
Content warning: sexual violence I was 7 when my dad hit me for the first time, and I learned it’s always best to shut the fuck up. I was in my second year at UC Berkeley, and I had spent a year away from my restrictive family, away from their
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