Reflections from my time as a Golden Bear
There is an unspoken tension between the number-crunchers and networkers, and the arts and humanities majors in that the former look at the latter with disparaging disrespect.
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Stop devaluing the humanities
I’m tired of the humanities being viewed as more feminine and therefore less valued than STEM fields. I’m tired of being told I should drop my major in English to a minor so I can focus on CS, when in reality, I am more committed to my English degree.
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Why not both?
How the Daily Cal threw a wrench in my best-laid college plans
Many freshmen arrive at UC Berkeley and are faced with difficult choices — with numerous open roads and routes to pursue in college, all encompassed by the feeling steeped in the word “undeclared.” I was not one of those students.
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Ten majors at UC Berkeley you probably haven’t heard of
Among all the MCB, EECS and pre-Haas-or-maybe-econ majors, it can be easy to forget that there are dozens of different majors available to choose from.
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Why the humanities should be one subject
The Campus on a Hill
The very soul of UC Berkeley — the humanities — is more and more caught in a crisis of identity.
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Breadth or death
Breadth courses have an active role in every UC Berkeley student’s life. Whether you’re one of the chosen few who only have a five-course requirement or a mere mortal who engages with the other plebeians in the seven-course quest, nearly every semester each and everyone of us is given the chance to
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A tale of two Berkeleys
The friction between science and the humanities traces back to the inception of Western academia. Science, technology, engineering and mathematics is often discussed with awe, while jokes are told sardonically in bars and student lounges about the flimsy humanities degree. People engage in friendly and not-so-friendly debates over notions of
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Top 5 most attractive majors at UC Berkeley
As much as we try to steer away from the stereotype that some majors have better-looking students than others, these stereotypes have to have developed from somewhere. We hate to break it to you, but certain majors and classes just look better walking out of the lecture halls than do
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Study reveals that humanities majors at UC Berkeley earn the most right out of college
Recent reports from very reputable newspapers around the nation show that humanities majors at UC Berkeley have been cashing it in after graduating. A certain famous UC Berkeley professor of public policy explained to the Clog his surprise about these recent studies and his excitement for humanities majors across the country.
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A book recommendation for every major
With reading lists for classes keeping us busy all day and up all night, it can be hard to think about taking time away from our assigned reading to read for pleasure. It’s unfortunate that it is so hard to find the time to read for fun anymore. This is
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