Planning ahead
Off the Beat
I hadn’t planned for these moments, but they were just as valuable as the things I’d accounted for in my planner — if not more so.
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UC Berkeley, Daily Californian alumnus named Pulitzer Prize finalist for biography
UC Berkeley alumnus and renowned author Max Boot was named a finalist for the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for biography or autobiography.
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Meet the Arts & Entertainment Columnist for Spring 2019
Get to know Areyon Jolivette, the arts and entertainment columnist for Spring 2019, with a one-on-one interview!
Writing into a revolution
Off the Beat
I watched my family’s home turn into chaos on a television screen as I sat almost 8,000 miles away in California. Swarms of protesters were marching through the streets of Cairo to demand an end to then-president Hosni Mubarak’s rule. I was shocked and didn’t know what to make of
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Lovelytheband opens up at Rickshaw Stop
Just before lovelytheband played “broken,” its biggest radio hit, Collins talked about the stigma of mental health and emphasized that his lyrics are more than a record of his emotions: They say that it’s OK to feel those feelings. No one is alone in feeling them — not him, not anyone listening to his music.
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Mitchy Collins of lovelytheband isn’t making music for you, but he’s glad you like it
For Mitchy Collins of lovelytheband, music doesn’t follow any logic. Situated in an era of engineerable pop music, where a summer’s top hits can be predicted from the sound patterns of the genre, Collins is an anomaly for his time.
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Art as space for freedom: Amanda Curreri talks opening of ‘feminist, queer’ SF exhibition
Within “COUNTRY HOUSE_,” artist and educator Amanda Curreri’s “feminist, queer response to the current American administration,” there is blood.
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Berkeley declines developers’ request to build on 1900 Fourth St. for 2nd time
After attempting to develop 1900 Fourth St. for more than four years, West Berkeley Investors ultimately decided to not develop the site Aug. 23.
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Words worth a thousand pictures
Off the Beat
I’ve got a lot of stories I want to tell, and I’ve gotten good enough at writing to recognize that these stories cannot be told in a written format.
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I hope you never read this
Off The Beat
When I opened my inbox to a thank-you email from a reader two years ago, I paused. It was significant for two reasons. First, it told me the thoughts I had expressed were valid. Second, it convinced me I needed to write.
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