Read how UC Berkeley should prioritize supporting its students and their success.

Read how schools can be more welcoming by allowing students to celebrate their identity. There are more topics of discussion for school board members to concern themselves with than whether or not the Pride flag makes straight students feel excluded.

Read another LTE from our staff about how it should not be the responsibility of parents to pay for their children’s public education!

Billionaire-backed organizations are pushing for returning to at-large elections. What really is their main reason for doing this?

Read about how it should not be the responsibility of parents to pay for their children’s education when it should be covered already.

Another letter from our staff about, again, how it should not be the responsibility of parents to pay for their children’s public education!

The realities of public school in California means parents—not just teachers—have to dip into their own pockets to help provide basic resources. Maybe it’s time we think about reforming Prop. 13, for our kids.

Read how we can keep our schools open. Hint: it’s reforming Prop. 13

People in the Bay are always complaining about our housing crisis, but when affordable housing is on the table people get up in arms about destroying their neighborhood…

Jules is over us not doing anything about the climate emergency and investing our time and energy into less important issues.

Read why Sarah thinks the new regulations SF has allowed for affordable housing won’t benefit anyone but the real estate industry.

Read Neftaly’s opinion, being a UC Berkeley student, on the university’s penchant for keeping historic artifacts.

Read Gillian’s take on why London Breed’s outburst is unacceptable to SF residents.

Read Olivia’s article on why increasing police budgets is not the answer.

Read Ciara’s take on why BART is vital to the Bay Area community.

As a student in California, I am well aware that our public universities and community colleges are suffering from a significant lack of funding. While companies like Chevron pocket heavy tax breaks our community colleges, especially those in already under-resourced districts, are left behind.

The recent discussions of Proposition 13 have completely ignored its devastating and lasting impact on our schools, especially for marginalized students.

Yes, Proposition 13 is vital to the senior community of homeowners, but Proposition 13 is also unfair to them and others, as well. In fact, Proposition 13 has been exploited by the community of big businesses while also harming the senior community and others.

I am proud to use the tools I have been taught at UC Berkeley to engage in informed activism, join the picket line and support the graduate student instructors who formed the foundation of my learning experience at Cal.

Student workers are the backbone of the UC system. As a fourth-year student at UC Berkeley, I’ve worked closely with almost 30 graduate student instructors during my time as a student and, frankly, the work they put in is the only reason I’ve been academically successful.