Golden Gate Bridge

Air quality conditions in Berkeley and the Bay Area became unhealthy for sensitive groups due to the smoke from fires in northern California and southwestern Oregon on Tuesday. 

This photo essay is a thank you letter to the beautiful campus that became my second home, commemorating a two-day, 24,000 step journey around campus reliving special moments and places.

The BART Board of Directors voted June 30 to support Senate Bill 532, authored by Sen. Scott Wiener, D-District 11, which temporarily raises Bay Area bridge tolls by $1.50 from January 2024 to December 2028 in order to fund public transit. 

One of the most valuable things that being at Berkeley has instilled in me is that I don’t have to be good at something to enjoy doing it. I have taken that in so many different directions and have learned that anything worth doing is worth doing part way versus not doing it at all.

After three months of gloomy weather, last Sunday was finally the day I crossed the Golden Gate Bridge.

Being a Berkeley student can be hard. But it's the little things that can remind us why we chose to go to Berkeley. Here’s a list of some small things I see around Berkeley that bring me joy to help you cope with another long round of midterms. 

The swim club, I later found out, has been there for over a hundred years; for a hundred years, I imagine, this morning ritual has been left unchanged.

When COVID-19 shut off the music through its quarantines and many retreated in their homes, nature's menagerie of life seemed to occupy new spaces. 

Rich diversity of intellect and expression resonated invigorating notes of purpose and progress, orchestrating an ambitious yet tranquil tune to which I was entranced.

Attending my dream school — even if seemingly for only a few hours a day — reminds me how much campus and Berkeley have to offer.