The Soapbox

Beyond the media gabfests and power grabs, the severity of our political issues must garner the attention of a future workable and governing House majority that can effectively negotiate. Without a speaker, the House’s hands are tied during a tumultuous time.

Now, with a presidential election looming on a significantly larger stage with a much louder microphone, this frustrating ambiguity makes electoral predictions that much more onerous. 

Community gardens foster an environment for building community cohesion, as well as provide an opportunity for intergenerational learning when older gardeners share their knowledge with younger agricultural enthusiasts.

It's time we take a closer look at the dangers of CAFOs and explore alternative sustainable solutions to ensure a healthy future for both us and animals. 

With the risk of relying too much on broad generalizations, I see that UC Berkeley students approach their academic seats at this school with an extra layer of complexity.

Having an invisible disability means that oftentimes people won’t believe you or believe the severity of your pain, doubling the time it takes to get diagnosed.

This policy has been in place since 2010. It’s the end of 2022, and tens of thousands of academic workers represented by UAW local unions are on strike because the UC system isn’t negotiating fairly at the bargaining table to make progress on urgent issues of equity. It’s time for the UC system to show it values its workers from all backgrounds.

As I wrap up the third week of the semester as a UC Berkeley senior, I am starting to bear the feeling that studying sociology is hard.

Even though those few weeks were full of leaky ceilings, broken elevators and sleepovers with a dozen strangers, all I felt was romance.