Reflections on technological tools for pandemic control, their risks
Aishwarya Jayadeep/Staff
Far from defending the abolition of these technological tools, foster public debate in order to promote their improvement and adequacy.
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Beyond what’s normal
Stories from the Outside
Hope and imagination — aren’t these the first steps of any movement working toward a reality beyond what we deem “normal”?
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From river to sea: Palestinian students in the UC system
It signals power and privilege to presume that individuals are “terrorists” without first asking what forces them to resort to protests. To individuals who seek to teach us oppressors’ morals, we respectfully say we do not take orders from colonizers.
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ASUC fails students when it comes to free speech
The fact that a morally askew bill such as this was able to make it this far in the ASUC shows that UC Berkeley does not have an anti-Semitism problem like Zerman might claim, but rather a First Amendment one.
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ASUC should condemn Bears for Palestine’s display
How can Jewish students feel supported during these dark times when we walk through a campus every day that has posters of our murderers in its buildings?
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Every UC Berkeley student must recognize anti-Semitism on campus
Moving forward, students must renounce anti-Semitism as passionately as they renounce sexism, Islamophobia, homophobia, transphobia and racism in social justice discourse.
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UC Berkeley Jewish community members express mixed opinions on Berkeley Hillel
While many Jewish students think of Berkeley Hillel as a welcoming community space, some have expressed discontent with how it represents their community.
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You’ve got it mixed up: how my Judaism is separate from Israeli policies
The Half of It
My Jewish heritage alone does not define my viewpoints on the issue, especially because I am not just Jewish –– I am Jewish, Chinese and a mixed-race womxn of color.
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Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions threatens UC Berkeley’s right to hear alternative views
If the signatories of the previous op-ed and others who support their views want nothing to do with Israel, that is their prerogative. But there is no reason why the University of California should permit them to foist their politics and discriminatory attitudes on the rest of the university.
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UC faculty must have right to boycott Israeli academic partnerships
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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