Reflecting on taking the LSAT during the pandemic
Isabella Schreiber /Staff
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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