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UC Berkeley faculty members have quite rightly taken the UC administration to task for a recent statement, signed by all the system’s chancellors, that condemns Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions, or BDS. The statement was issued in the name of protecting academic freedom when, in our own view, the only freedom under threat is the bedrock right of faculty and students to engage in political speech.
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Before I knew that I would be going to school at UC Berkeley, the campus lived in my mind as a kind of promised land. My perception of the school was formed by black-and-white photos of students and community members protesting for what they believed in. I expected social awareness
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Here are eight examples of times Alex Trebek has posed questions to contestants in which the correct answer was our good old campus.
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Beatlemania culture was both embedded in and popularized by the hippie movement that sprang out of Berkeley and San Francisco during the ‘60s. The quintessential image of the free-spirited, long-blond hippie can be traced to this eclectic era…
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In thinking about the midterm elections, it is hard to not reflect on the UC Berkeley community’s political activism in response to the current presidential administration, and how such moments compare to the rich history of free speech on campus.
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Will UC Berkeley students go to the polls today? The vast majority probably will not, if a recent poll by the Public Religion Research Institute and The Atlantic on young adult voting patterns holds true for this campus. Only 28 percent of those polled were “absolutely certain” that they
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Founding members of the Free Speech Movement at UC Berkeley spoke Monday on the steps of Sproul Hall — referencing the campus’s past in political activism — to speak about the importance of voting and exercising free speech.
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I’m a UC Berkeley alumna, and I have a favor to ask of all my fellow Golden Bears — this November, when the voting polls open, be there to take collective action. Be there to vote. As a UC Berkeley student, you’re either returning to or arriving at one of
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In the past few years, UC Berkeley has been attacked for being “anti-free speech” and has been portrayed in the media as an institution that is ideologically homogeneous. But our unique history tells us that this is not the case. We are the home of the Free Speech Movement, and
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Sept. 21, National Chai Day, is here, and there are so many cafes around Berkeley that’ll surely satisfy your craving. Here’s a list of the top five cafes that have some of the best chai lattes near campus.
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