Greek Life

Campus freshman Luca Hadife is running independently for ASUC Senate on a platform of sustainability, Greek life engagement and international student representation. The foundations for his campaign stem from his background as an international student from Lebanon studying sustainable and environmental design. 

Campus sophomore José Massuh is running independently for ASUC Senate on platforms dedicated to Latine representation, Greek life representation and sexual violence and sexual harrassment, or SVSH, prevention and ASUC honesty. 

Running independently for ASUC Senate, sophomore Karima Itayem's platform is one that seeks to build bridges across a variety of communities by listening and responding to both concerns and ideas.

I never imagined myself attending frat parties. College parties were not something I had been looking forward to or valued as a part of the college experience. Despite this, I somehow found myself attending several frat parties in just the first few weeks of school. 

Unfortunately, sorority girls are observant. Like I said, there are no secrets beyond our perfectly manicured lawns and Greek letters.

Yet, here at the poster child for liberal higher education, Greek life persists as a bastion of aging understandings of gender and sexuality.

Ultimately, UC Berkeley will make you a stronger, more confident and more proactive person, and that is something I am grateful for.

He was close with a lot of his neighbors — the skin on skin type of close — as were many of us, both recipients and givers of the “welcome to the neighborhood” gift of fucking.

UC Berkeley sophomore Raymond Hufnagel launched his campaign for ASUC Senate Thursday. 

It wasn’t like I was afraid I would be a total recluse in Berkeley, but I think putting myself out there was an important step toward reidentifying with me being American.