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UC Berkeley permits outdoor recreation, exercise for sequestering students Katie Lee/Staff According to a UC Berkeley student affairs email, students living in campus residence halls are allowed to leave their rooms for outdoor recreation and exercise given that they are not in isolation or quarantine. Students in residence halls are still required to self-sequester until Monday. Last Updated February 12, 2021 Though UC Berkeley students living in the residence halls are required to self-seques...

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Campus administrators seek to divert blame for the latest COVID-19 outbreak onto students and away from themselves.

Students picking up food in UC Berkeley dining commons are now required to show that they are compliant with campus COVID-19 testing requirements. Beginning Monday, to check for compliance, student employees known as health ambassadors have started to use an online eTang badge system that assigns colors according to the student’s testing status, according to an email from Cal Dining and Cal Housing. Students will be required to use their phones or a provided iPad to show their badges. A green...

After the week of Jan. 24 saw 147 confirmed COVID-19 cases as reported by UHS, UC Berkeley released an update urging students to avoid indoor gatherings.

Despite UC Berkeley’s reputation for emphasizing environmentalism and sustainability, the campus seems to do little to promote an environmentally conscious approach to our future, exemplified by its failure to eliminate usage of animal products. A lifestyle free from the consumption of animal products is not only sustainable but also affordable. Animal agriculture, on the other hand, is both immoral and destructive to the environment. Animal agriculture, which refers to the “mass industrial...