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Thursday, April 22, 2021

‘Critical turning point’: Berkeley responds to Derek Chauvin’s conviction

After Derek Chauvin was convicted of three separate charges — second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter — for the murder of George Floyd, the Berkeley community recognized that the fight is far from over.

In light of Derek Chauvin’s conviction for the murder of George Floyd, the Berkeley community responded with sadness, anger, relief and the recognition that the fight is far from over.
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Elections 2020

Wednesday, November 4, 2020

‘Tremendously divided’: UC Berkeley professor Darren Zook recaps election, discusses partisanship

UC Berkeley professor Darren Zook recapped the election in a virtual event organized by Dweebs Global on Nov. 4, one day after the general election.
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Monday, November 18, 2019

Professors react to ‘Rate My Professor’ Reviews: Darren Zook

Check out global studies professor Darren Zook reading his reviews! Are you team Zook?

Academics

Friday, September 13, 2019

Waitlisted students offer to pay classmates to drop courses

Recently, multiple students on campus have offered to pay their classmates to drop out of classes they are waitlisted for, raising concerns about over-enrollment and advising.
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Campus

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

UC Berkeley CALPIRG aims to address food insecurity with Zero Hunger campaign

CALPIRG is planning a photo petition event to be held March 14, or Pi Day, as part of its Zero Hunger campaign, which aims to combat student food insecurity.
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Commentary

Friday, November 16, 2018

Politics as a ‘lifelong learning project:’ How do we dissolve the apprehension of discourse?

Not that all speech is productive speech and that being informed isn’t important, but I was more curious about how comfortable we really are with knowledge gaps — the notion of exposing that we don’t, and can’t, know absolutely everything.
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Homecoming 2018

Friday, October 12, 2018

Keep busy with these campus events this homecoming weekend

As Cal prepares to take on UCLA this weekend, there is a host of events to check out that are special to the homecoming season.
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Campus

Wednesday, April 18, 2018

UC Berkeley professors talk genocide prevention and reparations during panel event

As part of April’s Genocide Awareness and Prevention Month, UC Berkeley professors honed in on the intricacies of genocide to a full classroom during “A Panel on Genocide” event Tuesday.
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Career Fair 2017

Monday, September 11, 2017

A dishwasher, a garbage man, a gas station attendant: UC Berkeley professors talk their first jobs

Before they were our illustrious gatekeepers of knowledge and information, UC Berkeley professors and lecturers were just like us: scraping by on hard-earned tips, scoring coveted research positions and all the while scrubbing the dishes of some stranger.
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Features

Sunday, April 16, 2017

Peace, data, development: Perspectives on poverty intervention

In 2015, the World Bank projected that based on the updated poverty line of $1.90 per day, 700 million people, or 9.6 percent of the global population, may be living in poverty.
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