From 12:00 am on April 4th to 11:59 pm on April 6th, UC Berkeley students will have the opportunity to vote in the 2022 ASUC Elections online via Calink and at physical polling stations across campus. This year’s ASUC election is the first since in-person instruction has resumed. As an undecided voter, the author interviewed […]
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The Image and the Fury
In 2011, the Pew Research Center reported that 64% of the silent generation believed that the U.S. is the greatest country in the world, while only 32% of the millennial generation shared the same opinion. This generational divide over American exceptionalism has been brought to light, especially in recent months. On March 5, by a […]
The Empty Ballot
On House of Cards, Frank Underwood quipped, “Politicians can’t resist making promises they can’t keep.”[1] As the ASUC elections dawn upon Berkeley, our fledgling politicians await unknowing freshmen on Sproul Plaza, hoping to sell overambitious platforms and promises they won’t be able to fulfill. Those who have survived this rite of passage in previous years avoid […]