UC Board of Regents talks budget, financial aid, diversity in 2nd day of meetings

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The UC Berkeley Foundation, which is on track to surpass its $6 billion goal for the year, noted the top three uses of donations are support of students, academics and faculty.

The UC Board of Regents kicked off its second day of meetings Wednesday on UCLA’s campus to discuss topics concerning academic affairs, governance, equity and public engagement.

The day started with a full board meeting, which included a 30-minute public comment period. Stakeholders were given time to express concerns, either in person or remotely, on a variety of subjects including nurses’ contracts at UCLA, the UC system’s war-related investments and low admissions rates across several of the UC campuses.

Among the speakers was UC Berkeley senior, university affairs chair for the UC Student Association and campus Academic Affairs Vice President James Weichert, who spoke about academic burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

“We are at risk of losing so many students to burnout and to drop out if the UC doesn’t adapt its policies to promote a more healthy school life balance,” Weichert said during the meeting. “Our current path doesn’t promote academic excellence; it promotes academic exhaustion.” 

To finalize the first meeting of the day, the regents heard remarks from UC President Michael Drake, who spoke about the passing of former UC Santa Cruz chancellor and campus professor emeritus Karl Pister. Drake also spoke about maintaining comprehensive reproductive healthcare and abortion services for students in light of the potential overturning of Roe v. Wade.

The Public Engagement and Development Committee met next to discuss philanthropic support, campus foundations and alumni engagement.

“Each of our campuses has an associated foundation that’s dedicated to the advancement of the campus and has a mission to promote philanthropy,” said Heather Kopeck, UC Office of the President director of development policy and advancement relations, during the meeting. “Campuses have really made concerted efforts to focus on student support.”

According to incoming chair and trustee of the UC Berkeley Foundation Board Bettina Duval, the UC Berkeley Foundation is focused on recruiting younger and more diverse trustees. Duval added that the foundation is on track to surpass its $6 billion goal for the year, and noted the top three categories for where donations go are student support, academic support and faculty support.

Patricia Nguyen, director of systemwide alumni engagement, introduced the alumni-focused discussion to the committee. Nguyen emphasized the importance of alumni, but also noted the potential for the UC system to better support the younger and more diverse alumni community.

“UC has an opportunity to approach alumni engagement differently, flexing our innovative and equity-minded spirit,” Nguyen said during the meeting. “Today’s presentation offers an invitation to think deeper and differently about how we engage our alumni and the role of our 10 alumni associations.”

Members of alumni associations from UC Santa Barbara, UCLA and UC San Diego agreed, noting the importance of building meaningful relationships with alumni and answering regent questions.

The committee ended with a brief update on state-governmental relations from Kieran Flaherty, associate vice president of UCOP State Governmental Relations, who emphasized strong state revenues and “aggressive” goals for education.

The Academic and Student Affairs Committee began its meeting by approving amendments to the UC system’s undergraduate financial aid policy.

Among the reforms included an emphasis on part-time work, rather than taking out loans, as a pathway for students to pay their cost of attendance.

“I applaud these efforts in attempting to make sure that students minimize their loan debt as they graduate, because it sets the students back in life,” said UC Regent Jose Hernandez during the meeting. “It was five years before I was able to plan for buying a house, plan for retirement, all these things because I wanted to get student debt out.”

Following the action items, the committee discussed its status report on the Advancing Faculty Diversity program, or AFD.

According to Vice Provost for Academic Personnel and Programs at the Office of the President Susan Carlson, 33.6% of the AFD hires made since the program’s launch were members of underrepresented groups, compared to 18.7% of total hires. She noted that all of the AFD hires brought a “demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion.”

The committee also discussed how the UC system could best support first-generation college students, who make up two-fifths of the total undergraduate population. 

John Matsui, the co-founder of the Biology Scholars Program, spoke on how the program avoids a “one-size-fits-all” approach on navigating UC Berkeley to encourage first-generation students to think differently about managing their success.

The meeting concluded with a review of the final report produced by the Mitigating COVID-19 Impacts on Faculty Working Group. The report proposed five recommendations for UC campuses to implement and sustain over the next five years to support faculty through challenges they have faced during the pandemic.

“I am really grateful that there’s been so much proactive work going into this,” said UC Regent Lark Park during the meeting. “I don’t think we thank our faculty enough for the heroism in trying to keep things together for students.”

During the Finance and Capital Strategies Committee meeting, the regents discussed projects and long range development plans for several UC campuses, the fiscal year 2022-23 UCOP budget and the UC system’s debt policy.

Among the approved projects includes the Ocean Road Housing Project at UC Santa Barbara. UCSB Chancellor Henry Yang said this project would add 540 “critically needed” for-rent and for-sale units to faculty and staff. UC Regent Richard Leib emphasized the need to put “conditions on the development regarding affordability” as negotiations continue.

UC Davis Chancellor Gary May presented the proposed Sacramento Ambulatory Surgery Center, or SASC, advocating that the development would address a shortage of operating surgery capacity.

“The project will meet four primary objectives for us: moving outpatient surgical cases from the main hospital to free up inpatient resources, enhancing ambulatory surgery capacity to accommodate existing demand and expected growth, enabling expansion of complex surgical lines and therapies and, finally, enhancing patient experience,” May said during the meeting.

David Lubarsky, vice chancellor of human health services and chief executive officer of UC Davis Health, said construction on the 262,000-square-foot center will begin in October and is scheduled to open in March 2025. According to Lubarsky, the center will consist of 12 major operating rooms, five minor procedure rooms, 60 prep recovery bays, a 23-hour stay unit and seven outpatient clinics.

For the Kresge College Non-Academic project at UC Santa Cruz, which seeks to upgrade and provide more campus housing, Chancellor Cynthia Larive requested from the regents an additional $28.5 million, which is 14% of the current project budget.

UC San Francisco Chancellor Sam Hawgood sought the regents’ approval for a new 875,000-square-foot hospital at the UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center, the renovation of existing space and the demolition of the Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute to make way for the new hospital. The budget for the new hospital and the renovations is over $4 billion.

“My hope … is that we find ways to even make a fraction of that investment in places like Merced or Riverside that desperately need the same kind of medical support,” said UC Regent Eloy Ortiz Oakley during the meeting.

Pradeep Khosla, chancellor at UC San Diego, provided updates on rental rates for the Pepper Canyon West Housing project, noting that its rates were 33% below market within a three-mile radius of campus and 25% below market for all neighborhoods.

UCOP’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2022-23 is $1.035 billion, a 2.9% increase from the previous year. This change is due to the systemwide program investments, in order to enhance the pension administration system and the Retirement Administration Service Center.

“This budget proposal is fiscally conservative and reflects the priorities of UCOP and the campuses,” said UC Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Rachael Nava during the meeting.

The regents rounded out the day with the Governance Committee addressing the future of in-person meetings amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Leib said it is important for certain people, particularly those making presentations, to be physically present at board meetings. He noted how presenting over Zoom can become “awkward” and make it difficult for the audience to interact or start discussions.

“People should be here unless they’re not central to the discussion,” Leib said during the meeting. “Sitting here, listening to people make full presentations and they’re doing it on Zoom, is just not the right way to go.”

While other regents agreed with Leib, UC Regent Jonathan Sures raised the question of what would happen in the case of another wave of COVID-19 cases. Drake responded and noted that any policy would take the pandemic into consideration.

Committee members then turned to the topic of attendance for regents and advisors. Leib said there should be an expectation for regents to attend meetings in person unless they had a clear medical excuse.

“If someone is just not interested in coming because of concerns of COVID but they’re not suffering from COVID or anything like that, it seems to me we should try to have people here,” Leib said during the meeting.

Anna Armstrong, Aditya Katewa, Aileen Wu, Vani Suresh and Zachary Khouri contributed to this story. 

Contact The Daily Californian News Staff at newsdesk@dailycal.org.

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Elon Musk should not have the power to control Twitter. As a billionaire and the CEO of Tesla, Musk’s influence over the app will lean towards benefiting people like him and creating an unregulated environment. 

Social media is one of the biggest tools that companies use to gain an upper hand in a competitive market. With Elon Musk acquiring Twitter for $44 billion dollars, many are worried about the changes the billionaire will make to the app. 

One of the things Elon Musk plans to do on Twitter is to lessen the censorship present on the app and allow for more free speech. 

Although this might sound like a good idea at first, free speech is not just saying whatever you want whenever you want. 

Free speech in the world of billionaires would be influencing their large followings regardless if the information is correct or not. 

If people with large followings will no longer be held accountable for the things they say online under the guise of free speech, the consequences will trickle into the real world. 

For example, the pandemic was one of society’s peaks where misinformation was rampant and caused lives to be lost. 

Researchers found that 67 percent of people actively spent more time on the news which made them vulnerable to myths and false remedies regarding COVID-19.  

In a study where people were shown true and untrue articles regarding COVID-19, people chose to share 40 percent of the untrue articles. 

This comes to show that people are unable to differentiate what is true and what is false. 

In a recent incident, an 18-year-old white man committed an act of terrorism that killed 10 Black people. 

He was motivated by theories he found online that promoted white nationalism. These theories were pushed by conservatives on several platforms for years including Twitter.

Social media is one of the biggest influencers of thought and if billionaires have the ability to buy their way into these platforms to push free speech without restrictions, it creates a dangerous environment. 

A lot of the people who push for free speech do not have the right intentions in mind.

With that in mind, billionaires like Elon Musk should not be given the power to control a social media platform as influential as Twitter. 

Elon Musk’s intentions with the platform will not make it a better place. It will only give power to the wrong hands. 

Cindy Rivas Alfaro is a journalism sophomore who can be reached at opinion@thedailycougar.com

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No. 13 men’s tennis competed in a hard-fought battle against No. 4 Ohio State in the Super Regionals of the NCAA Men’s Tennis Championship in Columbus on Saturday but ultimately fell to the Buckeyes 2-4. 

Following a 4-0 sweep against Nevada in the first round and a 4-1 victory over No. 17 San Diego in the second round at Marks Stadium in Los Angeles, the Trojans advanced to the NCAA Round of 16 for the 15th straight time. The loss to Ohio State snapped a 12-match winning streak for the Trojans. They finished the season with a record of 23-6.

Head Coach Brett Masi said the team came a long way this season and expressed his pride in his players. 

“I thought we were a very lethal team,” said Masi in an interview with the Daily Trojan. “They were playing their best tennis come April … We fought hard, but we just came up short.”

USC won its third-straight Pac-12 Tournament title at Libbey Park in Ojai, Calif. which gained it an automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament. It defeated No. 53 California, No. 18 Stanford and No. 40 Washington to clinch its sixth overall trophy at the conference tournament. Stanford and Washington also made the NCAA tournament but lost in the Round of 16 and first round, respectively.

“It definitely feels good to feel like we’re making our mark in the Pac-12 and saying that the road has to go through us,” Masi said. In the match against the Buckeyes, the Trojans fell in doubles for the first time in eight matches. No. 7 ranked junior Stefan Dostanic and senior Bradley Frye opened with a 5-0 start against Buckeyes’ No. 2 ranked pair graduate student Matej Vocel and junior Robert Cash in doubles competition. When USC fell to Ohio State 1-6 on courts two and three, play was suspended on court one, and the Buckeyes took the first point of the match. 

“[Frye and Dostanic] are our captains,” Masi said. “[Dostanic’s] relentless … He wants to see everyone be successful and work hard … [Frye] can come and work hard and improve and get to a place where he’s playing number two in the lineup on a top 10 team. It’s just very impressive to see.” 

The Trojans came out strong for singles play, winning the first sets on four courts, but the Buckeyes bounced back to reclaim second sets on three of those four courts. On court six, Ohio State junior Justin Boulais took down USC junior Ryder Jackson 6-4, 6-1. On court five, however, USC sophomore No. 121 Lodewijk Weststrate defeated Buckeye senior James Trotter 6-0, 6-4 to make the match 2-1 in favor of Ohio State.

No. 7 Dostanic’s 19-match win streak came to an end in a three-set battle against Ohio State junior No. 9 Cannon Kingsley. Kingsley came back for a 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 win giving the Buckeyes a 3-1 advantage over the Trojans. No. 105 Frye came back to extend the match against No. 13 Vocel winning 5-7, 6-4, 6-2. The match point came on court four. Ohio State graduate No. 122 Jake Van Emburgh took down USC freshman Ryan Colby 4-6, 6-4, 6-4. 

“I think it’s really exciting, and it’s a good experience for everyone on our team,” said Frye when asked about the environment in Columbus. “That made us look forward to next year. To see how we finished off with the group that we had, three freshman, I think it’s really special.”

Masi said he thought this match was a great environment for the young team to experience a quality opponent and the atmosphere around it.

Next season, the Trojans are “going to play a lot tougher schedule than we did this year,” Masi said. “If we can win some of those [matches], we’re going to put ourselves in that top eight and give ourselves a great seeding. I’m looking forward to that road for us for sure.”  

Although USC has finished the NCAA team competition, the season is not over yet. Dostanic, Makk and Frye will compete in NCAA Individual play next week. Dostanic and Makk qualified for the NCAA Singles draw, and Dostanic and Frye will compete in the NCAA Doubles. They compete May 23-28 in Champaign, Ill. 

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Netflix’s ‘Heartstopper’ is delightfully pure, joyful queer love story

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While representations of queerness on television have grown in the last decade, shows have varied significantly in their accuracy of portraying the queer experience, especially for Gen Z. Scoring a rare 100 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes and gaining immense Twitter popularity immediately after its release, “Heartstopper” has quickly become one of the most cherished recent releases on Netflix. Thankfully, the show masterfully lives up to the hype it has received, finding success as a delightful coming-of-age story that builds excitement with every episode.

Based on Alice Oseman’s graphic novel series by the same name, “Heartstopper” follows the budding relationship between two British secondary school students, Charlie Spring (Joe Locke) and Nick Nelson (Kit Connor). While Charlie is already out as gay and comfortable with his identity, he questions whether his feelings for Nick are reciprocated, especially as he knows how hard it can be to deal with the stigma of being in a queer relationship. In contrast, Nick struggles with coming to terms with his bisexuality, facing pressure as his fellow rugby teammates expect him to date exclusively girls.

As this relationship builds, Charlie’s friend Tao (William Gao) grows suspicious of Charlie’s new friendship with the rugby lads, worrying about his well-being at school because of his past bullying. However, Tao’s well-meaning intrusiveness is calmed by their friend Elle (Yasmin Finney), as her saccharine optimism and contrary perspective often help neutralize the group. 

Outside of Nick and Charlie’s story, the friend group that forms around their relationship is a pure, accurate representation of young queer people; “Heartstopper” showcases a wide variety of queer identities, doing so with equal parts intention and ease. Elle’s classmates Tara (Corinna Brown) and Darcy (Kizzy Edgell) also share illuminating perspectives on the queer experience, with their relationship as a lesbian couple offering its own unique conflicts absent from Nick and Charlie’s story. In particular, Elle’s identity as a transgender girl is one of the first of its kind, as media representation of transgender teenagers is rarely this poignant yet authentic. While the show references her previous experiences with bullying at a boys’ school, Truham Grammar, Elle’s past trauma is never central to her story. 

In this way, “Heartstopper” doesn’t shy away from showing the stigma surrounding accepting one’s queer identity, portraying coming out with positivity and avoiding capitalizing on queer trauma. Rather than centering the relentless bullying Charlie and Elle have experienced, the show beautifully emphasizes the importance of the love in their romantic and platonic relationships.

However, what most separates “Heartstopper” from the plethora of queer teen dramas is the unmistakable whimsicality of the series, as it doesn’t try to be unnecessarily gritty or edgy. Elements of the graphic novel, such as the same cartoon leaves as the book’s cover and other colorful animated doodles, populate the frames of particularly meaningful moments, making these scenes all the more impactful. For instance, the pastel colors and milkshake-sugary sweetness from the friend group’s milkshake truck triple-date are strikingly dreamy. While other teen dramas attempt to tap into the lure of adulthood present in teenage life, “Heartstopper” delightfully cherishes the wholesomeness of youth, especially as it relates to budding young love. 

A binge-worthy pleasure, “Heartstopper” fully deserves the fanbase that it has amassed. In all of its glory, “Heartstopper” is the epitome of a young queer love story that is incredibly entrancing, joyfully pure and a magical portrayal of one’s first relationship.

Contact Caitlin Keller at ckeller@dailycal.org. Tweet her at @caitlinkeller20.

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The latest addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” premiered last week, raking in $450 million open- ing weekend globally. The film sees Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) face off against Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) in full Scarlet Witch mode. Watching Wanda live up to her full villain potential does not disappoint; the film takes the Marvel villain role farther than it has ever been before.

Doctor Strange trades in his independent and highly sarcastic nature to save a girl from malev- olent forces that want her pow- ers. This is the introduction of America Chavez (Xochitl Gomez), a teenager capable of jumping be- tween multiverses when she is in fear. Gomez is endearing and nat- ural in her role as Chavez, but the introduction of the new character is hard to fully embrace amid the

outrageous twists of the film’s plot. Audiences get an entertain- ing taste of Cumberbatch’s acting range as they encounter different versions of Dr. Strange in alter- nate universes with some splashy cameos that are just as random as they are comical.

Sam Raimi, who made his MCU directorial debut with the film, sets himself apart from other di- rectors as he does not include all the signature tropes and stylistic choices that usually come with a

Marvel movie. Known for his di- rectorial work with both the origi- nal Spider-Man films and the Evil Dead franchise, audiences were met with a surprising amount of horror-genre elements, much to the shock and delight of fans.

Olsen is quite literally a mon- ster. Her portrayal of the Scarlet Witch takes the Marvel villain archetype to a new level with a shocking death count for an

MCU film. With black-stained fingers and the iconic, blood-red crown headpiece, Wanda’s pain and suffering from the loss of her self-fabricated children from ‘Wandavision’ shine through the character’s alter ego thanks to Olsen’s powerful acting skills.

Danny Elfman brings some nostalgia to the film with a spooky and thrilling score that serves as a breath of fresh air in the MCU. One particular track towards the end of the film involves a tribute to classical composers in the midst of a mind-blowing battle scene between Doctor Strange and his evil alter ego from another universe. It’s fun to have such an unpredictable inclusion of classical music in such a massive superhero franchise film — indeed, at certain points, it’s easy to forget that this is an MCU film at all.

The atmosphere and tone of the film is so eerie that it becomes bizarre and hilarious when Raimi’s cheesy horror elements and ‘80s-esque dialogue ensue. The film’s sentimentality is often corny, attributing back to Raimi’s

emotional Spider-Man films and their ruminations on responsibility. Raimi incorporates a lot of this contemplation of morality in the film as Doctor Strange explores what is truly important in life. He battles with his past failures, especially his decisions in “Avengers: Infinity War” and “Avengers: Endgame” and his relationship with Dr. Christine Palmer (Rachel McAdams). The scenes between the two are as cliché as ever, and audiences experience a softer side of Doctor Strange — the relationship arc as a whole is reminiscent of the central couple from the original Spider-Man films.

In the end, “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” isn’t as much of a Marvel film as it is Raimi’s game. It seems he had the time of his life taking the MCU on a cheesy and pretty gorey spin, despite the leg- endary franchise having no history with such elements. The question remains whether it was refreshing and shocking for fans or if they are just too far removed from the iconic themes of the MCU.

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All aboard the champion-ship! Men’s crew takes home Pac-12 title

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Men’s crew:

There is truly no place like first. This Sunday, on Dexter Lake, Oregon, Cal men’s water polo delivered at the Pac-12 championships: a top finish with 72 points. As expected, all five races came down to the Bears and Washington. To the Huskies’ demise, Cal ended its four-year reign, bringing home the blue and gold’s 16th Pac-12 title.

Setting the precedent for the day, the novice eight boat started the morning with a win. Despite a weaker start to Washington in the first 500 meters, the Bears dominated the remainder of the race, winning with a time of 5:44.98.

“When you see other members of your team win from behind, like the freshmen did, that just adds an element of confidence,” said Cal head coach Scott Frandsen.

The third varsity race started in a similar manner as the N8+, with an early Husky lead. This time however, the 3V8+ boat was unable to overcome the difference, finishing at second-place, less than a second behind Washington.

Luckily for the Bears, the varsity four boat snapped the team back into place. Maintaining a lead throughout the whole 2,000 meters, Cal made rowing look easy with a comfortable finish of 6:28.85, 13.6 seconds ahead of second-place Huskies.

It wouldn’t be a championship without a flare of drama, and the second varsity eights brought just that. What looked to be a Washington win for the first half, the Bears did not allow. Coming back to life in the second half, Cal made sure that the race came down to the last stroke. The Bears secured a win about 1/10 of a second ahead of the Huskies.

For the most important and final race of the day, the varsity eights rode the winning wave. Starting off strong with an early lead, Cal increased its advantage throughout the course, finishing the race with an open-water win.

In addition to a Pac-12 title, the Bears still have one opportunity remaining to continue its winning streak this year, at the IRA National Championships, the first weekend of June.

“The majority of the training is done,” Frandsen said. “We will just try to refine and get a little more efficient for a better time, and then we get ready to race. The next three weeks are going to fly by.”

Women’s crew:

The women’s team also showed up in Dexter Lake, but was unable to take down Stanford and Washington, finishing third overall.

Starting the day off with the novice eight race, Cal took an early lead. Unfortunately, as many good things do, the Bears’ dominating start quickly came to an end with the Cardinal and Huskies speeding past. Although Cal finished 10.79 seconds behind Washington and 10.83 seconds behind Stanford, it came in a colossal 46.45 seconds ahead of Washington State.

The 3V8+ boat also finished third, after overtaking the Trojans in the last stretch of the race. The varsity four mixed it up with the Bears’ only fourth-place finish of the day.

As if Cal had an attachment to the number three, the team placed third in its remaining 2V8+ and V8+ races of the day. This led to the Bears finishing the championships at third with 31.5 points. Even after this weekend, Cal has no time to rest. Qualifying for the NCAA championships from an at-large selection, the Bears will compete in Sarasota on May 27.

Madison Lee covers men’s and women’s crew. Contact her at madisonlee@dailycal.org.

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The steps of Utah’s State Capitol were crowded with demonstrators on Thursday, May 5, 2022 in protest of the Supreme Court’s potential overturn of Roe v. Wade.

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Upon graduation, there are still a number of students who have yet to secure a job. Below are ways for students to improve their social media as they search for a position.

LinkedIn

Many use this platform to network, but a common mistake is not having their profile completed. Having a completed profile and including your interests and achievements are a great way to catch the eye of a future employer.

Facebook

This platform may be the first social media a graduate has ever had, which is why they need to search it and find if their current values align with everything posted.

 It can be easy to forget something is posted online, which is why a good review of your account could prove to be beneficial. 

Additionally, don’t be afraid to update your followers on all your relevant life and job prospects. It could impress a future employer to see such a dedicated person. 

Instagram

Be engaging. Some employers may be looking for consistency in the graduate’s hobbies or involvements depending on your job prospects.

 It never hurts to brag a little. While you don’t have to post every day, a good consistency could include monthly posts.

Twitter

Share your ideas and make sure to keep them relevant. It can be easy to type out a tweet and send it out onto the internet, but it is important to think twice before posting. 

Make sure that your online presence is something that impresses future employers rather than deters them.

General Tips

Be yourself and be genuine. It can be daunting for many graduates in their job search, but many other students go through the same path. Reach out to your professors for letters of recommendation. Don’t be afraid to use connections with friends or former classmates, start a personal blog/website and make it fun. Good luck.

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