Daily Cal Weekender

11/14/2024

“Reorienting syllables to fit the conventions of the language that lies over my existing vocabulary is an iterative, familiar process for me. I speak Pennsylvania Dutch and I’m learning Standard German, the linguistic ancestor of my language.“

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11/12/2024

“Too much honesty hides in that corner of my closet, and it’s past time to clean my clothes in the washer, and my mind through writing: Laundry day, after its hiatus, has caught up to me.”

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02/11/2023

“I am so sorry I ever pretended to be sunlight / I am the furthest thing from it.”

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✍️: nishat sheikh l
🎨: vivienne lin

01/28/2023

Applications for the Daily Cal are now open! Please visit apply.dailycal.org for more details about joining our editorial and business departments. Applications are due Friday, Feb. 10, at 11:59 p.m.

12/17/2022

Final issue of fall ‘22 is online! 🎉 So many great pieces went into this issue, maybe give them a read to relax after finals? ☺️📖Thanks so much to all our amazing editors and staff writers this semester! Can’t wait to catch up with yall after winter break. ✌️☃️❄️

12/09/2022

In the Weekender winter issue, read “The power of smells” by .bc 🧼🧺
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12/06/2022

In the Weekender winter issue, sink into the sounds that lull us asleep. Read “Lullaby: An etymology” by 🌨️✨
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12/04/2022

In the Weekender winter issue, sit around the dinner table and indulge in “Cranberry Sauce” — a poem by 🍷🥀
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12/03/2022

Jesus is… a squirrel? 🐿️ From Andrés Latorre’s short story in this week’s issue. Link in bio!
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12/02/2022

So stressed out! 🥵 But what is stress, exactly? Can we establish a healthier relationship with stress?

Read more from this week’s commentary by Megan Le on our website. Link in bio!
📸: megan le
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12/01/2022

In this week’s issue, read “A love letter to American football” by 🏡🏈
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11/29/2022

“When I graduate, one of the things I’ll miss most about Berkeley will be how walkable it is.”
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Read Sanjana’s commentary on walking, mindfulness and the benefits of slowing down. 🍂
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11/23/2022

In this week’s issue, read “Blurred reality” by 🫧
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11/21/2022

“In the last week, all 10 University of California campuses statewide have been rocked by what organizers call the biggest academic strike in U.S. history. About 48,000 graduate student researchers, graduate student instructors, academic researchers and postdoctoral scholars have walked off their jobs demanding, among other things, an end to the rent burden they currently face.

The Daily Californian senior staff writer and editorial board member Lee Xuan sat down with two members of UAW 2865 to discuss the university’s bargaining practices, the solidarity the strike has enjoyed and how undergraduate students might endeavor to make sense of it all.”
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11/21/2022

In this week’s issue, read “The woman who outwitted death” by .muthukumar
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12/10/2021

"Somehow there’s warmth in the gray sky

No heater in a building that’s 200 years old" — Isabelle Ritter

Impostor syndrome fades away. These are the big moments we dreamed of as kids. With aspirations for a place like this. This place we can now call ours.

12/10/2021

"As college students, it can be easy to confine ourselves to campus and the areas directly adjacent to it, but there is so much to see beyond its borders." — Lia Keener

When I am upset, I like to go up to the Fire Trails east of campus. From the vantage point of the Fire Trails, I find context. I find clarity.