One of Alana Sanchez-Prak’s larger host families during her trip to the Philippines relied on coconut trees as its primary source of income. The mother of the family remembered watching the roof fly off her home and seeing the trees collapse while trying to get her family to safety. Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines eight […]
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SJP members address divestment resolution at town hall meeting
About 100 students met in a Haines Hall classroom Monday to fine-tune the language of a divestment resolution the undergraduate student government will vote on next week. Students for Justice in Palestine members are drafting the resolution, which may call for the University of California to divest from several companies that some students say profit […]
GSA forum to fill vice president of internal affairs seat
The graduate student government is holding a special election on Wednesday to fill its vice president of internal affairs seat, after former student government officer Hope McCoy resigned in September. The Graduate Students Association forum members will vote on the candidates in their regular meeting, which will be open to the public. Heidi Alexander, Milan […]
Man steals 55 MacBook laptops from YRL
University police are searching for a man wanted for stealing 55 MacBook Pro laptops from the Charles E. Young Research Library early Saturday morning. The laptops were stolen from an equipment loan room on the ground floor that is part of the Campus Library Instructional Computing Commons, police said. The man smashed an east-facing window […]
Students volunteer to combat homelessness on Day of Service
Homelessness has long been an important issue to Anais Munoz, who remembers learning that even her classmates in elementary school had to deal with homelessness. Some of them didn’t have access to indoor plumbing and had to do their homework under streetlights. Over the past few years, the fifth-year Chicana/o studies student said she has […]
English TA incorporates theater in course to expand perspectives
The original version of this article contained information that was unclear and has been updated. See the bottom of the article for more information. A chorus-led court scene with formally dressed actors and a sentimental closing monologue from the play’s protagonist highlighted the English class’s first performance. Capturing the attention of several students walking by, […]
Indus bridges cultural gaps through Diwali, Eid celebration
Small candles surrounded by gold lattice marked the center of each table in the ballroom. As the night began, men and women sat draped in elegantly flowing robes and scarves that shimmered when they caught the light.