Thousands of UC Berkeley undergraduates from middle-income families will get a helping hand from a new financial-aid plan hailed by Chancellor Robert Birgeneau as the first of its kind at any public university in the United States.
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Emotional differences between the rich and poor, as depicted in such Charles Dickens classics as "A Christmas Carol," may have a scientific basis. Researchers at UC Berkeley have found that people in the lower socioeconomic classes are more physiologically attuned to suffering, and quicker to express compassion, than their more affluent counterparts.
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Getting dressed is a daily adventure for überstylish undergraduate adviser Jane Paris. The College of Letters and Science staffer writes about each new fashion statement in her blog, "What I Wore Today."
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