UC Berkeley’s Free Speech Identity Crisis

“Speech is not violence. The Left conflates the two in order to justify its own violent reactions to differing points of view.” Michael Knowles “I go to UC Berkeley…” Usually, when a Berkeley student utters these words to those who aren’t lucky enough to attend our university, they are met with praise about how they […]

A House Divided: What Must Be Done to Achieve Campus Détente

Note: The views in this article are those of the author alone, and do not represent the views of any organization in any official capacity. A favorite talking point of the Right is that students at liberal universities, Berkeley especially, live in a bubble. Whenever the students of UC Berkeley embarrass themselves in front of […]

A Dance with the Devl(in): Insight to the Fracturing of the Berkeley College Republicans and How It’s Still Dangerous

Note: The views in this article are those of the author alone, and do not represent the views of any organization in any official capacity. Even to outsiders, it is hard to miss the drama surrounding the Berkeley College Republicans that has drawn national attention by inviting controversial speakers and giving rise to protests that […]

With Liberty or Justice For All

        At the call of the speaker, the room rose to its feet. “We begin every meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance,” explained Jose Diaz, president of the Berkeley College Republicans. He addressed a room packed to capacity with several dozen people, including news media clustered at the back. In chorus, the group began.         […]

Protecting the Perverts

This article is part of a series examining the anti-Milo Yiannopoulos protests and their aftermath — a campus event that has since pierced and provoked people nationwide — from various different perspectives. Several of these pieces include first person testimonies and narratives that illuminate facts of the protests not necessarily highlighted in mainstream media coverage. […]

Aftermath: The Milo protests and where Berkeley went wrong

This article is part of a series examining the anti-Milo Yiannopoulos protests and their aftermath — a campus event that has since pierced and provoked people nationwide — from various different perspectives. Several of these pieces include first person testimonies and narratives that illuminate facts of the protests not necessarily highlighted in mainstream media coverage. […]