UC Berkeley faculty discusses intersectional feminism
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Over the past 150 years, UC Berkeley has made efforts to support women through its curriculum and school resources, but many still feel there is work to be done.
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UC Berkeley ethnic studies department celebrates its 50th anniversary
UC Berkeley’s department of ethnic studies commemorated the 50th anniversary of its founding with a two-day symposium Thursday and Friday, which included panels presented by ethnic studies scholars.
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Eastwind Books: A unique space empowering Berkeley’s Asian American literary community
What renders the store unique among myriad independent bookstores in Berkeley — or even booksellers in general — is its niche focus.
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UC Berkeley researcher examines climate change effects in indigenous Guatemalan farming community
Michael Bakal, a UC Berkeley doctoral student funded by the Center for Latin American Studies and a researcher taking part in an ongoing project in Guatemala, has suggested that climate change could fuel currents of northward immigration in his research.
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Third World Liberation Front activists speak on 50th anniversary of movement
One hundred and thirty people gathered Saturday at the campus Multicultural Community Center to commemorate the TWLF strikes that first took place in 1968 at San Francisco State University and then at UC Berkeley in 1969.
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A lesson in democracy
Berkeley Got Back
DeCals create a space for diversity in teaching — a space where student voices can be heard in regard to what they believe is pertinent, important and largely ignored in academia.
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From the archives: ‘STUDENTS ARRESTED IN BUILDING STANDOFF: Ethnic studies supporters take over Barrows Hall’
It began when students who held a rally commemorating the 30th anniversary of the creation of UC Berkeley’s ethnic studies programs moved in mass to Barrows and locked its front doors with chains.
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With Carol Christ in charge, campus police used chokeholds to dismantle 1999 protest
Today, Christ says that she wouldn’t have addressed the protest in the same way.
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Looking into UC Berkeley’s history of activism
UC Berkeley has a long history of student activism, from the Free Speech Movement to the campaign for divestment from apartheid South Africa.
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Campus administrators in process of reviewing all campus building names
UC Berkeley senior administrators are conducting a “comprehensive assessment” of all campus building names, according to campus spokesperson Dan Mogulof, amid recent students concerns about some building names.
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