Hungry students and their supporters sit for the seventh day in front of University of California at Berkeley’s California Hall. The students asked University Chancellor Robert Birgeneau yesterday to reinstate fired ethnic-studies staff members. “We’re still here, we’re still fighting and basically, we’re not going anywhere,” said a weary- looking, third-year Native American studies major,…
DetailsAs of May 4, students and supporters at UC Berkeley have engaged in a hunger strike that has lasted 176 hours. The hunger strike is to protest the firing of several ethnic-studies staff members. The staff members were fired in response to an audit of university-wide operations carried out by consulting firm Bain and Company.…
DetailsI logged onto URSA and checked the cost for next year. The total was $27,000+. Some people are worried about Judgment Day on Saturday, and all I can think of are fee increases and another huge student protest next year. I am a student. I am involved in extracurriculars. I have to work more than 20…
DetailsSpring time is here and it gets feisty—it’s the race for student government positions. We have four people running for president. Two slates Bruins United and Students First! have the most exposure on campus and online, so people tend to not hear about independent candidates. This isn’t a popularity contest. It’s not like ASB in…
DetailsSo I’ve been trying to branch out in my comics reading, by which I mean I’m trying to read things not having to do with the Bat family. This is also because I still haven’t managed to get my hands on any of the Cassandra Cain trades (goddamnit). One of the comics I’ve been reading…
DetailsEvery class, my professor provides his students with response sheets about the documentary we’ve viewed during class. Yesterday, he mentioned how he can measure if a student in class is actually invested in our topics through his questions: depends on how in-depth, critical, and well thought-out the answers. He pulled out three sheets, telling the…
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