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I’m here to look into and fully explain some common phrases and concepts we now use in everyday speech that were so infrequently used before 2020.
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The campuswide reaction to this mandate lift has been divided, but beyond the controversy, the lifting of the mask mandate has another side effect: It causes many difficult conversations to be had between people with different opinions about masks.
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My hair is what you might call straw-like, over-bleached and basically dying. I started highlighting my hair in seventh grade out of a fear of losing my natural blond to my ever-encroaching brown roots. Since then, I’ve gotten highlights probably every three to six months — I’m 20 now, so
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Remember through poetry how far you’ve come with the months and moments of 2021.
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We have all felt some form of loss from the pandemic. Life, loved ones, whatever it may be, we are all entitled to our emotional responses to loss and to trauma.
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When people tell me that they think Halloween is a peculiar date for an anniversary, I think I’ll start responding by saying: “Is it really?”
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Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguín was overwhelmingly voted in to his second term in office, and while The Daily Californian endorsed him in 2020, nobody is perfect.
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The prospect of returning online again this semester is a serious reality the administration may follow through with — despite the fact that they shouldn’t.
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I came back to Berkeley after almost 17 months of doing my “study abroad” during the pandemic. Despite the strange transition period, I’m grateful to finally be back.
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Whether you’re flying from halfway across the globe or driving through the Bay, music can always accompany the emotions we might feel on our journey.
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