8 things you can purchase instead of a Coachella ticket
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Don’t let FOMO influence you to spontaneously purchase a 500 dollar Coachella ticket. Here are eight things you can purchase instead.
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Berkeley Rent and Legislation, From 1978 to Today
Berkeley rent has, in general, increased at a faster rate than the Bay Area Consumer Price Index. The legislation passed through the years appears to have done little to counter or even minimize that, which is especially apparent in the years since Costa Hawkins and reinforced by November 2018’s results,
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Campus must continue to improve students’ access to basic needs
It is critical that UC Berkeley continue to improve the economic, food and housing — basic needs — experiences of our community, especially for community members with disproportionately higher rates of challenges.
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More housing is not the same as affordable housing
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Editors’ note: No place like home
We hope this issue gives some insight into making the often crowded and inaccessible Berkeley landscape into something that resembles home.
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A how-to for finding your next place
After six months of walking to your dorm after long days, it’s time to worry about where you’ll be snoozing away when you miss those 8 a.m.s during sophomore year — a home where you can procrastinate and then do homework into the early morning, and a bed to curl up in for those cold winter nights.
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UC Berkeley student housing stories: Junior year
For the last two years, The Daily Californian has interviewed five UC Berkeley students about their housing situations. This year, The Daily Californian talked with four of those students to follow up on their housing journeys.
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A guide to house hunting and finding the perfect roommate
The road to finding your apartment for the next academic year is long and arduous, but if you start early and take the proper precautions, you’ll be able to find a place that you can survive and thrive in.
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Navigating the Berkeley housing crisis as a transfer student
Coming to UC Berkeley as a junior transfer, there were a certain number of adjustments I felt reasonably prepared for — shuffling through thousands of students in search of a nondescript classroom in Dwinelle Hall, pulling all-nighters and wading through creeks to avoid crossing picket lines.
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We need affordable and market-rate housing
The housing crisis in Berkeley and the greater Bay Area is not an unfamiliar narrative to most. Many residents agree that there is a problem, but they disagree on how to solve it. Last month, Berkeley City Council approved Shattuck Green Terrace Apartments, an 18-story, 274-unit apartment building in Downtown
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