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The Daily Californian spent 24 hours with the encampment’s residents beginning at 5 p.m. Tuesday to better understand the motivations of the protesters leading Berkeley’s participation in a national movement for university divestment.

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Whereas the likes of Fiona Apple and Sinéad O'Connor can hold their own against traditionally celebrated musical poets such as Leonard Cohen or Bob Dylan, Swift is in a position where she is unable to express herself without an extensive history of easter eggs and lore. She is the Marvel Studios of musicians.

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The ideas for my articles don’t come to me when I see a bowl of rice, a pair of feet or a toilet — my eyes aren’t able to see the magic that’s hidden in each of these ordinary items. Instead, I’m able to hear the magic in them through their names.

Think of trivial takes as training wheels before moving onto the opinions you really care about. How can you expect yourself to feel confident defending or even voicing the things that really matter to you if you’ve never owned your opinions on things such as whether or not flip-flops should be worn to class?

Although I do believe that Bangladeshi rice is far better than its American counterpart, the quality of the product is not what causes this difference in opinion. Instead, it’s a result of how people approach food in both parts of the world.

As dead week approaches and everyone starts to stake their claim on a spot at Moffitt, I thought I’d share the things I want to experience in and around campus that don’t revolve around studying. 

TikTok is one of the leading social media platforms in the U.S, and it’s potentially getting banned. Is that such a bad thing? As a user since day 1, I can attest that the quality of content on TikTok has significantly diminished. Here is my reflection.