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Communities, Faith 2019

Monday, April 29, 2019

UC Berkeley maintains connections with Pacific School of Religion

Samuel Albillo/File

PSR was established in 1866 as the first seminary west of the Mississippi River and has a mission to “prepare spiritually rooted leaders for social transformation,” according to PSR President Rev. Dr. David Vásquez-Levy.
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Campus, Faith 2019

Monday, April 29, 2019

UC Berkeley students navigate intersection of LGBTQ+, Christian communities

Last semester, a campuswide controversy rooted in the ASUC brought to light a rift between the Christian and LGBTQ+ communities at UC Berkeley.
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Back and Forth

Friday, February 22, 2019

‘Bleeding is beautiful:’ Ariel Vegosen on queering ancient Jewish blood culture

Vegosen framed conversation at this event with the modern interpretation of the Hebrew words “taharah” and “tumah.” These words, Vegosen explained, are commonly thought to translate to “pure” and “impure.” They are more often used to distinguish people who do and do not menstruate; nonmenstruators being pure and menstruators being impure.
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City

Friday, November 30, 2018

Pacific School of Religion in North Berkeley reports 2 anti-Semitic incidents

On Nov. 13, a student at the Pacific School of Religion noticed that someone had drawn a swastika in the Bible usually put out for worship. A week later, a staff member noticed that someone had written “Adolph Hitler” on a piece of paper on the bulletin board at the entry of the chapel, as first reported by Berkeleyside.
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Letters to the Editor

Wednesday, May 23, 2018

UC Berkeley must offer housing insecurity solutions as admittance continues to grow

Time for UC Berkeley to be responsible for its students’ quality of life and work on their need for safe places to live, as well as their education. I hope students will take action on this and push our alumni to do so, too.
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Notes from the Field

Wednesday, August 30, 2017

3 UC Berkeley students sworn onto city commissions

The city of Berkeley appointed three UC Berkeley students to city commissions Monday through a student empowerment campaign between UC Berkeley student groups and Councilmember Kriss Worthington.
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City

Sunday, June 25, 2017

Pacific School of Religion puts campus building up for rent

The Pacific School of Religion, or PSR, has put one of its campus buildings, the Seeley G. Mudd Building, up for rent this month, according to commercial realtor Lori Rosenthal, who is handling the property lease for Gordon Commercial Real Estate Services.
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City

Sunday, May 7, 2017

For the fear of shadows: Real estate development under Berkeley’s new City Council

“I don’t want to own rentals in Berkeley, I don’t want to own an office in Berkeley, and I don’t want to build in Berkeley, ever again,” Winkler said.
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Campus

Sunday, March 5, 2017

UC Berkeley discontinues religious studies program

UC Berkeley has discontinued its religious studies program, removing it from the application process so new students will no longer be able to apply for the major.
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City

Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Berkeley Student Cooperative to discuss acquisition of Pacific School of Religion property

In the hopes of expanding affordable student housing, Berkeley Student Cooperative is set to discuss its potential acquisition of underused student housing owned by the Pacific School of Religion in North Berkeley.
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