A date has been set for a public conversation between comedian W. Kamau Bell and the owner of a Berkeley café where Bell says he was the victim of racial abuse. The forum will be held on Friday, March 13 at 7:00-8:30 p.m. at Willard Middle School at 2425 Stuart St. after Berkeley Unified offered to provide a venue. The […]
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For black students at UC Berkeley, protests are about Ferguson — and their own lives
By Mara Van Ells Over the last month, the Black Student Union at UC Berkeley has organized three separate events to protest police killings of unarmed black men. Students have marched on the streets, through local businesses, and sat in at cafés. The demonstrations have allowed students to grieve, heal, and show solidarity with protesters in […]
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Tips to get fit in 2011
By Susan Helmrich It’s four days into the New Year. How are you doing with your fitness goals? As a health and wellness coach in Berkeley, I have seen every type of resolution, from people vowing to eat fewer fatty foods and to increase their intake of fruits and vegetables to planning to work out […]
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Astrophysicist strives to add more diversity to UC
Gibor Basri is a professor of astrophysics at UC Berkeley, as well as the first Vice-Chancellor for Equity and Inclusion. The New York Times ran a story recently about what Basri does on Sundays, which briefly touched on his work with the Kepler telescope and his co-discovery of brown dwarfs, which are celestial bodies the […]