UC Berkeley students advocate for tighter regulations as COVID-19 cases surge

Amid surging COVID-19 cases and increases in wait time for test results, students are looking to UC Berkeley to implement tighter restrictions.
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Amid surging COVID-19 cases and increases in wait time for test results, students are looking to UC Berkeley to implement tighter restrictions.
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Greek life has reached a point where reform requires restructuring the system to undo all that society believes it stands for: networking and partying.
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UC Berkeley will begin fall semester fully online, but a possible influx of students is still raising concerns for some local residents.
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I am grateful for what my sorority has given me and the community of women that we are, but I also disapprove of many aspects of Greek life.
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While Greek life has evolved, there is still a long way to go. It is time to put aside the classic stereotypes and step into 2020.
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Pretending like rapists don’t know what unambiguous, enthusiastic consent looks like is on the same wavelength as blaming sexual assault survivors for wearing revealing clothing.
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When people in Greek life and beyond blur hotness and power together — when some bigger institution or body has to tell us who’s hot and who’s not — we perpetuate a culture in which those who don’t have racial, class, gender or body privileges are unable to obtain social and political power, or even just feel sexy.
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In episode three of everything is over, Hanna and Emily have an open discussion about fraternities and greek life as a whole at Cal.
If I decide to show no skin, or if I want to wear the smallest skimpiest dress in the world, that is my decision. A community full of young women shouldn’t treat each other differently depending on their outfit choices. A sorority should be a space in which women are uplifted through sisterhood, and by regulating their dress code and enforcing the concept that a woman’s worth is correlated to her modesty, a sorority is failing to do so.
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My workload that semester had been more than overwhelming, and I was running tight on money, so attending every Greek event wasn’t realistic. Additionally, I hadn’t been excused for missing our sorority’s weekly meeting because I had missed them to study, which didn’t count as an acceptable excuse.
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