Genocide is one of the most horrific acts of violence that can be perpetrated. It involves the systematic destruction of a particular ethnic, racial, or
May 25, 2021
The University Medal was established in 1871, and this year celebrates its 150th anniversary. Candidates must have achieved a GPA of 3.96 or higher while overcoming significant challenges and making a positive impact on the lives of other people.
This year’s finalists:
Mira Cheng
Major: Molecular and cell biology, minor in global poverty and practice
Extracurricular: UC Berkeley Symphonic Orchestra (viola), Cal Triathlon club, Epsilon Eta environmental service fraternity
What’s next? Stanford University School of Medicine
Wildfires, the pandemic, economic stress, political turmoil what lasting impact will these historic events have on you and your class? “The events of the past four years have affected everyone differently, but I think, as a class, we are graduating with a particularly mature worldview and an intense determination to be agents of change. My own biggest takeaway from these events has been that, in times of crisis, the only thing that
Op-ed: The Truth about Israel’s Struggle for Self-Determination
In recent days, International Christian Concern published a report titled “The Anatomy of Genocide: Karabakh’s Forty-Four Day War.” This report argued: “The strategic planning by Turkey and Azerbaijan show an intent of mass extermination, thereby genocide, of Karabakh’s Armenian residents because of their combined faith and ethnic identity.”
For me, this article had an uncanny resemblance to a report published a couple of years ago by the Center for Constitutional Rights titled “The Genocide of the Palestinian People: An International Law and Human Rights Perspective.” That article claimed: “Prominent scholars of the international law crime of genocide and human rights authorities take the position that Israel’s policies toward the Palestinian people could constitute a form of genocide.”