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Campus student Danna Avila awarded $25K scholarship by Chick-fil-A
2+ hour, 18+ min ago (338+ words) Campus student and Chick-fil-A employee Danna Avila thought she was meeting with Chick-fil-A CEO Andrew T. Cathy to share her experience as a first-generation college student. Instead, he surprised her with a $25,000 scholarship. When Avila arrived, she spoke with Cathy, who…...
UC Berkeley students struggle to access ADHD medication after stock runs dry at campus pharmacy
2+ week, 2+ hour ago (687+ words) Classical Indian music trickled through Faculty Glade where " The Iranian Students" Cultural Organization canceled its ann" Numerous students told The Daily Californian that they have been unable to obtain their prescribed ADHD medications from the University Health Services Pharmacy. Before…...
Iranian student group cancels annual Norouz show due to nationwide protests, demand for reform
3+ week, 5+ day ago (544+ words) Norouz is a 3,000-year-old celebration of the Persian New Yearand falls on the day of the spring equinox. Following weeks of escalating protests in Iran'and thousands reported dead,'the Iranian Students" Cultural Organization, or ISCO, canceled its annual Norouz Show…...
Berkeley High students walk out demanding instruction on Palestine
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (386+ words) The demonstration took place during the students" third period of classes and featured various student and alumni speakers. Berkeley High School, or BHS, students staged a walkout Tuesday morning over concerns that teachers are allegedly not allowed to teach about…...
UC Berkeley baton twirlers make history at Memorial Stadium
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (488+ words) Cal Twirlers is UC Berkeley's first-ever baton twirling team. Baton twirling is a sport similar to dance and rhythmic gymnastics, where athletes use batons to create choreography. At Cal football's unexpected upset against Southern Methodist University on Saturday, the team…...
‘Recognize the history’: UC Berkeley Law students host Orange Shirt Day event
5+ mon, 3+ day ago (466+ words) Native American Law Students Association members celebrate the Orange Shirt Day event. When Erin Woodell of UC Berkeley School of Law moved to Canada a few years ago, she had no idea what Orange Shirt Day was, which comes every…...
‘No sleep’: Pro-Palestinian organizations protest UC Regents at San Francisco hotel
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (329+ words) Many demonstrators carried their own pots and pans from home, which they banged on repeatedly to produce sound, as well as shouting call-and-response chants such as "There is only one solution: Intifada Revolution." Pro-Palestine student organizations conducted a protest in…...
Higher education’s performance culture paved the way for AI takeover
7+ mon, 4+ day ago (467+ words) The use of AI in the college classroom has become an elephant we've learned to ignore " omnipresent, yet as silent as it is necessary. The line between assistance and authorship blurs, and the machine's voice dissolves into something plausibly human....
Small Steps to Progress: Building Better Financial Habits in College
8+ mon, 5+ day ago (761+ words) College is more than lectures and late-night study sessions'it's your first real test in managing life on your own. Between classes, social events, and new responsibilities, keeping track of your finances might not seem urgent. But building smart money habits…...
Study finds link between addictive screen use and teen suicide risk
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (383+ words) UC Berkeley associate research professor Timothy Brown is part of a team that analyzed social media and mobile phones" risk to teen mental health. Addictive patterns of screen use were associated with higher risks of suicidal behaviors, suicidal ideation and…...