Ditch the outline
Being someone so averse to change, I learned that adapting to the unexpected was good for me because it forced me to mature.
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The Dance Dance Revolution machine
School can be challenging. But this allows students to find creative ways to destress. Here’s a look at one of Berkeley students’ favorite campus pastimes.
Poetic Pontification: On word counts
In this episode, Melina sits down with yet another poet who displays their work on a fence. This time, Gary Turchin, a poet and writer for over 40 years, talks about the fence around his house as a place for self-publication, his work in elementary schools reciting poetry for kids,
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East Bay attorney sleeps in encampment to protect houseless residents
“We have to be honest and recognize that we have people in our city that are unsheltered,” Henson said. “My goal is that they can remain there and feel safe and not feel targeted.”
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How to succeed as a Berkeley renter
If you told me a year ago that moving out on your own was not as simple as it sounds, I wouldn’t have believed you.
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‘Where you are wanted’: A letter to home
A few days ago I was scrolling through Instagram and stumbled upon a screenshot of a Tumblr post that said, “Wasn’t that the definition of home? Not where you are from, but where you are wanted.”
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I’m on my way
Attending my dream school — even if seemingly for only a few hours a day — reminds me how much campus and Berkeley have to offer.
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Alone with ghostly company
There are moments when the loud sounds reverberating off of the colorful homes onto the cracked pavements of the lively Berkeley streets can make the quiet in my roommate-free apartment that much quieter.
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Coloring in: Berkeley’s muralists, opposition
Murals have played a major role in the city of Berkeley’s culture since the 1960s, and some of the region’s murals have been around for more than half a century.
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‘Exclusionary and racist’: History of housing, gentrification in Berkeley
In evaluating the origin and consequences of gentrification and the housing crisis in Berkeley, we can look to the history of the city’s exclusionary and racist housing policies.
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