Home sweet home: Ways to make a place feel like home
Sarah Pi/Staff
It’s crazy to believe that we are in the midst of midterm season, swarming in the constant rush of wrapping up our academic year and planning for the summer.
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Editor’s note: Till the bears come home
While many struggle to find a perfect – or even decent – place to live, for hundreds of Berkeley residents, housing is entirely inaccessible.
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Follow a freshman: A look at sophomore year housing
Last year, The Daily Californian interviewed five UC Berkeley freshmen about their housing situations. This year, The Daily Californian followed up.
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Berkeley’s lack of affordable housing fuels student contributions to gentrification
Removing Black community members from their homes as a result of gentrification is not a solution to a problem. It’s a problem itself.
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How the university and the city are trying to solve Berkeley’s housing crisis
Students go to great lengths to be able to study at UC Berkeley. Ultimately, housing should not be what is keeping devoted students from higher education.
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Spooky stuff that maybe happened in UC Berkeley buildings (but definitely did not)
In this city of wild characters, activist spirit and rich historical background, Berkeley is flush with possibly true (but definitely fake) scary shit.
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Berkeley basics: Q and A with Jay Kelekian of the Rent Stabilization Board
With experiences ranging from counseling renters on how to navigate the rental market to helping oversee mediations between tenants and landlords, Jay Kelekian, executive director of the Rent Stabilization Board, has seen just about everything in Berkeley’s housing world.
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The different types of housing in Berkeley
Campus residence halls Campus residence halls are all about convenience. Their full cleaning staff, close proximity to campus and included meal plans mean reduced obligations that will give you that much more time to worry about your upcoming midterm. But all this convenience comes at a cost. With rent ranging
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How to give your apartment better feng shui
An ancient practice developed by the Chinese more than 3,000 years ago, feng shui aims to cultivate a relationship between you and your environment to achieve an improved life. Even without special feng shui tools, any Berkeley student has the potential to get good qi flowing. You (and your roommate)
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Summer Rites of the Delta Upsilons
Last spring, my friend and I made the decision to dwell among the Delta Upsilons during the summer. When initiated, we prepared ourselves for a foreign living experience. Located on the south side of town, the Delta Upsilon tribe, Greek letters ΔΥ, is an all-male group that resides between the
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