In response to “A Tale of Two Campuses: Berkeley and
Davis respond to Occupy movements.” By Alan Markow
This article juxtaposes the two responses to Occupy
movements by UC Davis and UC Berkeley. While UC Berkeley responded by promising
to help the needy and the middle-income families, UC Davis complained that the
occupiers has cost the school a lot of money in the repairing of damage and
cleaning of Dutton Hall. Berkeley’s response sharply contrasted Davis’
response. Berkeley decided to help in levitating the problem of inaccessible education
due to high costs by promoting the MCap plan. Davis, on the other hand, decided
to completely ignore the problem at hand and instead focused all of their
attention on something so insignificant to the large picture.
Davis’ action
surprised me, because I didn’t expect our school to ignore the voice of the
students and instead directed their attention to something so petty. In my
opinion, the school as a whole is not run by administrators; it is run by the
students. Without the students, there wouldn’t be a school. If the students’
voices are not heard and their questions not answered, there would only be more
clashes between the students and the school. My question is, why wouldn’t UC
Davis negotiate with the student body to help fix problems that is hurting the
school as a whole?
Xishan (Lucy) Ye
Section A02
Reading Reflection Week #4
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