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Learning in, and from, Korea
Wind the clock back 13 years and look halfway across the globe, and you’ll find me: a curious and eager 6-year-old girl in Seoul, South Korea’s capital. If it’s a Saturday, you’re in luck. My Saturdays...
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SanDisk donates remodeled EECS computing lab to Cory Hall
Kevin Chen/StaffThrough SanDisk Corporation’s $1 million donation to the campus College of Engineering, electrical engineering and computer sciences students now have a revamped space in which to work...
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GOP gubernatorial candidate proposes higher education facelift
A trailing California gubernatorial candidate released an extensive plan to overhaul the state’s education system Tuesday, proposing a major expansion of online course offerings and free tuition for...
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International students on UC Berkeley’s reputation abroad
International House/CourtesyAs everyone knows, UC Berkeley is a very diverse school with students from all over the world. For the fall 2013 semester, international students represented 17.4 percent of...
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ASUC supports soda tax, peer counseling
Ariel Hayat/StaffThe ASUC Senate introduced four bills Wednesday regarding the support of a city soda tax, revisions to the budget, a peer counseling committee and amendments to the fund for the...
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Researchers say a social stigma exists for female undergraduate and graduate students in sciences, technology, engineering and mathematics fields, according to a recent study. The American Institutes...
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ASUC Senate discusses technology office’s aims, advocacy agenda
Mitzi Perez/StaffThe ASUC is working to further its technological initiatives this year — including a restructuring of the course-planning website Berkeleytime — with the help of the newly created...
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A tale of two Berkeleys
Michael Drummond/Senior StaffThe friction between science and the humanities traces back to the inception of Western academia. Science, technology, engineering and mathematics is often discussed with...
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Misdirected anger
I believe some apologies are in order. In my first column, I characterized my experience with the computer science department as positive “in spite of a faculty struggling unsustainably to accommodate...
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University pledges to recruit 1,700 new STEM teachers annually by 2020
The University of California is strengthening its commitment to preparing the next generation of science, technology, engineering and mathematics educators for California’s K-12 classrooms. 100Kin10 –...
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They just don’t understand us
They just don’t understand us Michael Drummond/FileNow that most of us are back home and caught up with friends from high school, we’re again reminded of the many differences between everyone’s...
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The best part of Paris
The best part of Paris Taylor Follett/StaffOne Saturday in mid-June, after months of begging, I found myself standing in the security line at San Francisco International Airport, clutching my passport...
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Breadth or death
Breadth or death Breadth courses have an active role in every UC Berkeley student’s life. Whether you’re one of the chosen few who only have a five-course requirement or a mere mortal who engages with...
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Report shows increase in number of international students enrolling in CA...
Report shows increase in number of international students enrolling in CA universities Micah Carroll/StaffMore international students are choosing to study in California than any other state, with UC...
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Libraries you have to study in
Libraries you have to study in Nicole White/FileAre you ready for finals week to be over? We at the Clog are too, but we have a few ideas to make finals week BEARable, and maybe even a little fun....
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H-1B visa reform assists international students, boosts skilled American...
H-1B visa reform assists international students, boosts skilled American workforce Hannah Cooper/StaffImmigrants wishing to pursue the American dream have been dealt a great amount of uncertainty after...
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Humanities matter, too
Humanities matter, too Humanities majors are unequivocally one of the most underappreciated and undervalued groups of students on the UC Berkeley campus. I make this claim without feeling the need to...
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V&A Cafe brings California Mediterranean cuisine to Etcheverry Hall
V&A Cafe brings California Mediterranean cuisine to Etcheverry Hall Lianne Frick/StaffV&A Cafe, located on the side of Etcheverry Hall across Soda Hall, held its grand opening earlier this...
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Coming home (again) to Wheeler Hall
Coming home (again) to Wheeler Hall Lianne Frick/FileIn the summer of 2015, I was an incoming freshman grappling with feelings of hope, anxiety, excitement, restlessness, pride, fear – all in different...
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Majority of UC Berkeley STEM professors will conduct class during ‘Free...
Majority of UC Berkeley STEM professors will conduct class during ‘Free Speech Week,’ despite faculty boycott Anissa Nishioka/FileOf the 132 faculty members who signed a letter advocating a boycott of...
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