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Tuesday, April 20, 2021

Reflecting on taking the LSAT during the pandemic

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When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in March 2020, I was still just deciding when I would take my Law School Admission Test. Here’s how my test-taking experience went.
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Campus

Wednesday, April 14, 2021
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UC Berkeley College of Letters and Science extends pass/no pass policy through summer 2021

The UC Berkeley College of Letters and Science will extend the modified pass/no pass, or P/NP, policies in place for the 2020-21 academic year through summer 2021.
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Campus

Tuesday, April 13, 2021
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UC Berkeley mental health awareness club hosts 10th annual suicide prevention walk

The goal of the UC Berkeley Out of the Darkness suicide prevention walk was to finance mental health research and raise awareness about suicide prevention.
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College Life

Tuesday, March 30, 2021
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I deleted social media for a week: Lessons learned from its app-sence

In an attempt to see how badly the infinite scroll was affecting my day-to-day life, I deleted all of my social media for a whole week.
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Alameda County

Thursday, March 18, 2021
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Moscone vaccine hub in San Francisco distributes leftover vaccines daily

Amid statewide efforts to increase the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, the vaccination hub at Moscone Center in San Francisco has distributed leftover vaccines at the closing of each daily vaccination period to individuals who do not have appointments or eligibility.
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A Year of COVID, College Life

Thursday, March 11, 2021
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Make new friends in quarantine, keep old ones too

We’re at the year mark since the pandemic started, and you might be losing hope in making new friends and motivation in keeping old ones.
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Bear Bytes

Tuesday, March 9, 2021
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Jeremy Lin calls for cross-cultural solidarity in wake of anti-Asian racism

In light of the coronavirus and the growing hate aimed at the Asian community, Lin learned to use his experiences with racism — experiences he previously internalized — as opportunities to call for change.
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Features

Friday, February 26, 2021
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Social media and democracy: The hard questions

Unlike public discourse in a real-life setting, the social media environment is not a self-regulating one.
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Student Life

Friday, February 19, 2021
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UC Berkeley alumna launches GoFundMe page to teach women coding in Africa

UC Berkeley alumna Gloria Tumushabe launched a GoFundMe campaign to purchase internet and laptops for women in sub-Saharan Africa as part of a larger effort to empower and teach young women to code.
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Campus

Thursday, February 11, 2021
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Cal Performances hosts Tristan Harris from ‘The Social Dilemma’

Cal Performances partnered with UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism on Wednesday to host Tristan Harris, star of the hit Netflix documentary “The Social Dilemma,” who spoke about social media’s disinformation crisis and how to combat it.
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