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<div class="gmail-clear_text gmail-smaller gmail-large_air_below" style="margin:0px 0px 40px;padding:0px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><h1 class="gmail-center" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 20px;padding:0px"><font size="2">Editorial:</font><span style="font-size:12.8px"> </span><a href="http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2018-02-23/article/46496?headline=Can-Another-Children-s-Crusade-Control-the-NRA---Becky-O-Malley" style="font-size:12.8px;font-weight:400;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(119,51,153)">Can Another Children's Crusade Control the NRA?</a><span style="font-size:12.8px;font-weight:400"> </span><i style="font-size:12.8px;font-weight:400;margin:0px;padding:0px">02-23-2018</i></h1><p class="gmail-small_air_around" style="font-size:12.8px;margin:4px 6px 4px 15px;padding:0px"><a href="http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2018-02-23/article/46503?headline=SMITHEREENS-Reflections-on-Bits-Pieces--Gar-Smith" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(119,51,153)">SMITHEREENS: Reflections on Bits & Pieces</a><span> </span><i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Gar Smith</i><span> </span><i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">02-23-2018</i></p><p class="gmail-small_air_around" style="font-size:12.8px;margin:4px 6px 4px 15px;padding:0px"><a href="http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2018-02-23/article/46502?headline=Ban-the-AR15-s---Jagjit-Singh" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(119,51,153)">Ban the AR15’s<span> </span></a><i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Jagjit Singh</i><span> </span><i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">02-23-2018</i></p><p class="gmail-small_air_around" style="font-size:12.8px;margin:4px 6px 4px 15px;padding:0px"><a href="http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2018-02-23/article/46501?headline=The-Most-Recent-Mass-Shooting--Romilla-Khanna" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(119,51,153)">The Most Recent Mass Shooting</a><span> </span><i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Romilla Khanna</i><i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">02-23-2018</i></p><p class="gmail-small_air_around" style="font-size:12.8px;margin:4px 6px 4px 15px;padding:0px"><a href="http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2018-02-17/article/46492?headline=Ban-the-AR-15-Now--Jagjit-Singh" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(119,51,153)"><span class="gmail-green" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:green">New:<span> </span></span>Ban the AR-15 Now</a><span> </span><i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Jagjit Singh</i><span> </span><i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">02-19-2018</i></p><p class="gmail-small_air_around" style="font-size:12.8px;margin:4px 6px 4px 15px;padding:0px"><a href="http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2018-02-17/article/46490?headline=Reducing-Mass-Shootings-in-Our-Schools--Mike-Weimer" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(119,51,153)"><span class="gmail-green" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:green">New:<span> </span></span>Reducing Mass Shootings in Our Schools</a><i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Mike Weimer</i><span> </span><i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">02-18-2018</i></p><p class="gmail-small_air_around" style="font-size:12.8px;margin:4px 6px 4px 15px;padding:0px"><a href="http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2018-02-17/article/46483?headline=Open-Letter-to-Mayor-Arreguin-Regarding-Community-Benefits-and-Development-Concessions--Charlene-M.-Woodcock" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(119,51,153)">Open Letter to Mayor Arreguin Regarding Community Benefits and Development Concessions</a><span> </span><i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Charlene M. Woodcock</i><span> </span><i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">02-16-2018</i></p><p class="gmail-small_air_around" style="font-size:12.8px;margin:4px 6px 4px 15px;padding:0px"><a href="http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2018-02-17/article/46489?headline=Repeated-Horror--Bruce-Joffe" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(119,51,153)">Repeated Horror</a><span> </span><i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Bruce Joffe</i><span> </span><i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">02-18-2018</i></p><p class="gmail-small_air_around" style="font-size:12.8px;margin:4px 6px 4px 15px;padding:0px"><a href="http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2018-02-17/article/46484?headline=The-Taliban-Asks-the-American-People-to-End-this-Deadly-War--Gar-Smith" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(119,51,153)">The Taliban Asks the American People to End this Deadly War</a><span> </span><i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Gar Smith</i><span> </span><i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">02-16-2018</i></p><p class="gmail-small_air_around" style="font-size:12.8px;margin:4px 6px 4px 15px;padding:0px"><a href="http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2018-02-23/article/46504?headline=Whole-Lotta-Shakin-Goin-On--Dennis-Culver-and-Pla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i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">02-16-2018</i></p><p class="gmail-small_air_around" style="font-size:12.8px;margin:4px 6px 4px 15px;padding:0px"><a href="http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2018-02-17/article/46482?headline=ECLECTIC-RANT-North-and-South-Korean-Olympic-Games-mini-detente---Ralph-E.-Stone" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(119,51,153)">ECLECTIC RANT: North and South Korean Olympic Games mini-detente</a><span> </span><i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Ralph E. Stone</i><span> </span><i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">02-16-2018</i></p><p class="gmail-small_air_around" style="font-size:12.8px;margin:4px 6px 4px 15px;padding:0px"><a href="http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2018-02-17/article/46485?headline=ON-MENTAL-ILLNESS-The-Shortened-Lifespan-of-Mentally-Ill-People---Jack-Bragen" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(119,51,153)">ON MENTAL ILLNESS: The Shortened Lifespan of Mentally Ill People</a><span> </span><i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Jack Bragen</i><span> </span><i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">02-16-2018</i></p><p class="gmail-small_air_around" style="font-size:12.8px;margin:4px 6px 4px 15px;padding:0px"><a href="http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2018-02-17/article/46486?headline=Nicola-Benedetti-s-Valentine-s-Day-Concert--Reviewed-by-James-Roy-MacBean" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(119,51,153)">Nicola Benedetti’s Valentine’s Day Concert</a><i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Reviewed by James Roy MacBean</i> <i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">02-17-2018</i><br></p><p class="gmail-small_air_around" style="font-size:12.8px;margin:4px 6px 4px 15px;padding:0px"><a href="http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2018-02-17/article/46488?headline=Herbert-Blomstedt-A-Ninety-Year-Old-Wunderkind---Reviewed-by-James-Roy-MacBean" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(119,51,153)">Herbert Blomstedt: A Ninety Year-Old Wunderkind</a><span> </span><i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Reviewed by James Roy MacBean</i><i style="margin:0px;padding:0px">02-18-2018</i></p></div><div id="gmail-nav_topics" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;width:300px;float:left;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><div class="gmail-large_air_below gmail-wide_box gmail-focus_border1" style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:5px 10px 10px;clear:both;border:10px ridge red;background:rgb(238,255,238)"><h3 style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Links we like:</h3><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.berkeleyartsfestival.com/" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(119,51,153)">www.BerkeleyArtsFestival.com/</a></p></div><div class="gmail-large_air_below" style="margin:0px 0px 40px;padding:0px"><img src="http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/locads/images/ad2.jpg" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;"></div><div class="gmail-wide_box gmail-focus_border" style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:5px 10px 10px;clear:both;border:2px solid"><div class="gmail-center" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 20px;padding:0px"><h3 style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Email to<span> </span><a href="mailto:subscribe@berkeleydailyplanet.com" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(119,51,153)">subscribe at<span> </span></a></h3></div></div></div>

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