Berkeley bops to set your 1st year to
Cheyenne Tex/Staff
What better way is there to kick off freshman year than jamming to a playlist as alternating feelings of terror and doe-eyed curiosity wash over you?
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Health implications of redlining practices highlight need for reparations
This work suggests that the boundaries drawn on these maps more than 80 years ago on the basis of race have sculpted the fabric of our neighborhoods and led to asthma health disparities.
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UC Berkeley needs to provide better accommodations for Muslim students
There are thriving communities that exist well outside of restrictive images of what Muslims should look like or be like, and many of those communities are part of the larger Muslim community here on campus as well — and we are better with them.
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Show your support for Oakland teachers on strike
BAY AREA AFFAIRS: Community members should stand in solidarity with Oakland teachers’ demands to improve public education
Education is a human right — one we wouldn’t have if it weren’t for dedicated educators. So to all Bay Area residents, this is a call to action: Join Oakland teachers in their effort to save public education.
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At my knit’s end: How knitting helped me control my anxiety
Off the Beat
My semester of constant knitting taught me a lot about myself but most of all, it inspired me to look for more creative solutions to my everyday mental health issues.
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Returning to school, leaving home and looking dread square in the face
Dread has a curious, almost funny way of creeping up behind you, of squeezing you tight until its weight around your abdomen leaves you breathless. It’s in these moments, it seems, when all you can think about is the constriction — you lose focus of the original object that brought this unwelcome visitor knocking at your door.
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PG&E power outage affects Berkeley, Kensington residents
A power outage was reported by PG&E at 5:17 p.m. Wednesday, affecting about 1,000 customers in Berkeley and Kensington with workers unsure about when power will be restored.
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Communities of struggle
On the Mark
“Keep Calm and Carry On.” That was the message of my economics professor two weeks ago Thursday, when the UC Berkeley administration callously failed to suspend classes despite the apocalyptic air quality. Anybody who was on campus could feel how bad the air quality was. It hurt to breathe, and
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Music to my years
Work in Progress
I get nervous when people ask me what music I listen to. How do you say, “Literally anything,” without sounding like you’re just a casual listener, especially when I’m anything but casual when it comes to music?
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Around town with Allison: To bean or not to bean? Best local coffee roasters
Friends, join me in the celebration of the wondrous good that the East Bay has to offer with a list of my favorite local coffee roasters!
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