Berkeley

  • Community honors Courtney Brousseau

    Community honors Courtney Brousseau

    Grads- Grace O’Toole, Michelle Saremi, and Courtney Brousseau (left to right) pose for a picture after the 2015 NPHS graduation. “Courtney taught me what it meant to be brave. He stood for so much and he never backed down, he was so diplomatic and mature and intelligent that his level of persuasion surpassed mine…

  • Legislation saves UC Berkeley’s diminished admissions allowance

    Legislation saves UC Berkeley’s diminished admissions allowance

    The University of California, (UC) Berkeley will be accepting more than 5,000 first-year college students this year following changes to admissions resolved by Governor Gavin Newsom. A court order issued over housing issues would have cut some admissions and forced several thousand students online or deferred admission offers. However, new legislation signed by Newson…

  • Alumni join Berkeley protests in response to police brutality

    NPHS alumni joined protests at the University of California, Berkeley in response to the recent wave of police brutality starting with a string of fatal police shootings over the summer. According to 2013 alumna Sravya Singampalli, protesters have organized marches from Berkeley to Oakland with crowds of about 1,000 students and residents. “You feel…