My Asian American identity and the student newsroom
Anthony Angel Pérez/Staff
We are not the “model minority” that sits patiently and waits to be told what to do. We are not the people who can be relied on to stay quiet and feeble.
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When I was furry
Confessions of a moderator
Overheard at UC Berkeley has never endorsed an ASUC candidate. Except for one time.
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UC fossil fuel divestment is long overdue
Fossil Free UC has stated that continued fossil fuel extraction placed the climate, and millions of the world’s most vulnerable people, in harm’s way, but the UC Board of Regents continued to invest in them.
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2 UC Berkeley alumni recognized as 2019 Pulitzer Prize winners, finalists
This year’s Pulitzer Prize winners and finalists include two UC Berkeley alumni who found their roots in journalism at The Daily Californian.
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UC Berkeley journalism school hosts New York Times executive editor
Hundreds of UC Berkeley students, faculty and aspiring journalists filled Sibley Auditorium on Friday to hear New York Times, or The Times, executive editor Dean Baquet discuss modern journalism and the rapidly changing journalism industry with UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism Dean Edward Wasserman.
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UCLA professor files lawsuit against UC Board of Regents for allegedly withholding admissions data
This lawsuit comes amid a federal lawsuit against Harvard University, which is similarly accused of discriminating against Asian American students in its admissions practices.
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UC Berkeley alumnus Jake Cannon uncovers Hollywood’s hidden histories with ‘The Look Back Machine’ podcast
Jake Cannon is a UC Berkeley alumnus and host of the podcast “The Look Back Machine,” which features documentary-style retellings of various forgotten Hollywood stories, tales described as “the overlooked, the disregarded, and misremembered.”
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Tragedies of Vietnam War crushed under miniature copter in ‘Miss Saigon’
Following, even perhaps overshadowing, the long thread of issues with “Miss Saigon” is its appraisals — the dazzling show tunes and choreography, sumptuous stage design and the undeniable technical feat of the production.
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YouCaring page for homeless UC Berkeley student raises more than $75K
After living in a trailer with his family for about four to five months, campus senior Ismael Chamu was evicted from his Hayward home Tuesday.
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Trump threatened thousands of undocumented students with decision to rescind DACA. UC Berkeley must fight back.
NATIONAL ISSUES: There shouldn’t be any question of an immigrant’s right to go to school here or to make a home here, but the political reality continues to undermine students’ legal statuses and lives.
There shouldn’t be any question of an immigrant’s right to live here, to go to school here or to make a home here. But because the political reality continues to undermine students’ legal statuses and lives, the University of California and the Berkeley campus must step up and expand their support services.
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