This post was updated Dec. 2 at 3:58 p.m. Last year, I watched “The Graduate” for a class about America in the 1960s. It was a movie I’d been wanting to see for years, but somehow I’d never gotten around to it. Read more...
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This post was updated Nov. 30 at 8:40 p.m. On Nov. 14, graduate student employees, postdoctoral scholars and student researchers began our strike. This strike is a response to unlawful bargaining actions – we demand that the University of California address our requests for higher wages, better support for international students and families and more. Read more...
It’s been two weeks since the beginning of the University of California academic workers’ strike for labor rights. From nearly every corner of campus, one can hear picketers over megaphones chanting slogans such as “Shut it down!” I learned quite a few things during my week following the strike around campus and springing out of bushes to pepper groups of strikers with questions. Read more...
Photo: A large crowd of striking academic workers holds a rally near the Evelyn and Mo Ostin Music Center. (Myka Fromm/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Nov. 27 at 8:29 p.m. I know firsthand what it feels like to have my culture and history tacked on to the end of a social studies unit. Read more...
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This post was updated Nov. 22 at 7:21 p.m. to remove sensitive information. “As a land grant institution, the University of California recognizes its presence on traditional, ancestral Native American territory.” When students, faculty and administration hear this land acknowledgment, they are reminded that the land has greater cultural, historical and ecological significance than merely a place of education or work. Read more...
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