As an independent student newspaper and the paper of record for the city of Berkeley, the Daily Cal has been communicating important updates during this pandemic. Your support is essential to maintaining this coverage.
After returning home for winter break, I began to notice that college culture was wildly different in British colleges. Here are eight things that shocked me about British universities as a UC Berkeley student.
Read More…
I projected my desire to experience change onto a wilderness that is fundamentally not that disparate to my own.
Read More…
Cry with your nose. Smile with your nose. Think with your nose. Smell is the most articulate language of emotion.
Read More…
Like a sculptor at a marble block, I’d expected the chips of those less close to gather at my feet, revealing a statue of “true” friends at the core.
Read More…
I’m an only child with two lesbian mothers, but I attended a boys’ school for most of my life. From as early as I can remember, school was a male space and the home was a female space.
Read More…
Upon reaching my bathroom on Thursday, I realized that the tube was now a wrinkled shell. The toothpaste was finished and I almost burst into tears.
Read More…
Our local Berkeley alley is now “dodgy,” not sketchy; elevators are labeled as “lifts;” American friends use “bloody” and “bum” in place of ruder options.
Read More…
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.
Read More…
Though canceling all student debt would be a bold step, it is vital that the government address the inequities the current system perpetuates.
Read More…
Here’s a judgmental list of seven words with different American and British spellings, based on which versions make the most sense.
Read More…
