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Humans identify themselves in different ways; whether it be a physical characteristic or how they are viewed in the social ladder. Everyone has a unique identity that either changes over time or sticks with the individual for the rest of his or her life. An identity is a raw description of what a person is without any makeup or secrets to hide behind. Being physically handicapped is an identity that people allow to define them or prove to everyone that they can conquer. In the essay “You’re…

their counterparts were in the 1990s, researchers report in a new study -- not significantly more, as some have proposed. The study, reported in the journal Psychological Science, analyzed data from 1,166 students at the University of California, Berkeley in the 1990s, and from tens of thousands of students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the University of California, Davis in the 2000s and 2010s. All of the students completed the Narcissism Personal Inventory, the oldest…

Historically, people whose “label” is comprised of conjunctive ethnicities experience difficulty in finding their true identity. Conversely, identity is found when unidentifiable individuals can find a common goal. In the last two weeks, we explored a concept called “Pan-Ethnicity” which deals with the unification of multiple ethnicities. It’s implementation is vital towards the success of a movement, and it’s concept and practice are displayed by Yen Le Espiritu’s “Coming Together: The Asian…

their commuter façade rather than another anonymous face in the crowd. He shows the same is true of himself—though many would assume to know many of his attributes and identifiers simply because of his occupation, Cromartie is actually a graduate of Berkeley and had his own business for a time. His own identity and his behavior towards others reveal the importance of recognizing everyone's internal complexity. The power of empathy is prominently…

New America. She is the product of public higher education, holding an associate degree from Miami-Dade Community College, a bachelor’s degree from New College of Florida, and a master’s degree in public policy from the University of California at Berkeley. In March of 2015 she wrote an opinion editorial entitled College credit? Kill that. In this article Laitinen questions if American education is worth the price and if students and families are getting what they pay for. “As higher education…

The Anti-Rape Movement in the United States The anti-rape movement started in late 1960`s and early 1970`s. According to Gornick and Meyer (1998,p. 375), it emerged from the women`s movement. The anti-rape movement began due to the increasing concern of rape and violence against women in late 1960`s when there was an upsurge in the number of women entering the workforce. The rise of rape cases was first seen as a social problem that pulled the attention of major feminist activist, which…

attached to them to keep bait alive and healthy. While some anglers prefer the lure that live baits provide, others simply prefer the illusion of live bait. Cabela's, a leading name in fishing supplies, offers a line of potent catfishing bait. Their Berkeley gulp chicken liver catfish chunks and crave gravy catfish attractant are two products that use the most appealing parts of bait to attract catfish. In addition to kinds of bait used for catfishing, the types of rigs used also seems to be a…

archaeological discoveries, the descendants of Ham had developed human civilizations that is as old as the history of humanity. The nation of East Africa-Ethiopia had been existing since the creation of the first man and woman (Genesis 2:10-13). The Berkeley anthropologist and a paleontologist Tim White with a team led by the University of California, and Chris Stringer from the Museum of Natural History in London, had confirmed that modern humans evolved from Africa (Stringer). Louis and Mary…

culture. “I spoke English without an accent and was known as Julie, people assumed I was American.” However, she did forget who she was and took back her original name “Firoozeh” until she was looking for a job. Even she graduated with honors from UC-Berkeley she could not have a sole interview as late as she decided to come up with “Julie Dumas” and got a job. We could notice that despite the effort of Firoozeh to impose her name, the society in which she lived will not let her have the last…

The question of whether gender is still an issue in contemporary arts is still a huge issue. Gender inequality and sexism is still a controversial issue in contemporary art. During the nineteenth century in relations to gender, there were very strong and persuasive perceptions of how men and women should conduct themselves. Men and women were expected to fill separate spheres of society. However, after enough women stood in protests, and attended political speeches, women began taking on…