The University’s low-cost health insurance plan keeps many students insured, but it may not work on a national level.
BY EMMELINE SUN
The health care debate is producing so many newsworthy soundbites that even the CNN ticker is struggling to stay apace. While the rhetoric of the debate may have degenerated, at stake are issues that [...]

A student’s experience with SHIP demonstrates why we need a public health insurance option.
BY ASHLEY LYSTNE
Ashley Lystne is Editor-in-Chief of Cal Literature and Arts Magazine.
By now, I’m sure my roommates are sick of hearing me talk about how sick I am. They’ve got to deal with the woes and worries that unfold every time I [...]

The campus has taken steps to prepare for the pandemic, but is far from alarmed.
BY NATALIE MARSH AND KATHLEEN ZARATZIAN
Berkeley students already have it rough this year — state budget cuts have led to fewer courses, larger classes, and higher student fees; a slow economy will make it harder for college grads to find [...]

Why solving the university’s financial crisis needs more than a Walkout.
Last month’s Walkout against the UC Regents’ and their emergency financial measures shows that Berkeley can still draw the crowds when it needs to. Thousands strong, the protestors rallied around the charge that the Regents were using the state’s financial crisis to transform the [...]