People’s Park: Where we are now
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We must also recognize those with Ohlone ancestors that populated the land long before all privatized land ownership.
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Save People’s Park: A follow-up
Ultimately, no matter the city’s work to provide supportive housing for residents of People’s Park, the park’s decades worth of history and culture will not be preserved.
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Destroy chancellor’s mansion, not People’s Park
Deconstruct the chancellor’s mansion, a symbol of division between students and administration, and of racial capitalism wrapped in plantation architecture.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom signs bill to increase affordable housing for college students
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 290, or SB 290, into law Sept. 28, to support affordable housing for low-income college students.
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In defense of People’s Park
People’s park supports an active community that remains entirely connected to the larger Berkeley community: materially, historically and presently.
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Student attitudes must shift as People’s Park housing development continues
CITY AFFAIRS: Respecting history, community of People’s Park must be prioritized by UC Berkeley, students
If students move into the housing at People’s Park, we will be occupying appropriated land — land belonging in spirit and symbol to the Berkeley community.
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Student housing 101: How to always have a backup plan
Besides keeping one’s options open, what may be lacking in an often hectic search for housing is a savvy, resourceful and calm mentality.
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To UC Berkeley: Students deserve far better than bedbugs and broken washing machines
CAMPUS ISSUES: Students cannot be expected to succeed academically while living in appalling campus housing conditions
Last month, an anonymous Facebook post on the Confessions from UC Berkeley page exposed abysmal living conditions in Stern Hall, the only all-women undergraduate residence hall on campus. Despite numerous complaints by students alleging issues of vermin on site, cold showers and broken washing machines, these concerns have yet to be completely resolved.
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Stern Hall residents speak out on living conditions
With the end of spring break, Stern Hall resident Elaine Calzada left behind her cozy bed in Montebello to return to the thinly-carpeted concrete floor that, since February, has been her bed at UC Berkeley.
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Group living amendments are a testament to the power of student activism
CITY AFFAIRS: The amendments to the Group Living Accommodations Ordinance are a step in the right direction for student housing. But now it’s up to the city to follow through.
The recent amendments to the Group Living Accommodations, or GLA, Ordinance, are significant examples of how student activism can give rise to much-needed change. Berkeley is in a housing crisis that students are anything but sheltered from. The campus has time and again fallen short on providing sufficient solutions
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