Auden Meyer

Auden Meyer is a recent Political Science graduate from UC Berkeley, with experience in political affairs, public relations, and operations. She currently interns for a political communications and public relations firm and is hoping to build a career in political advocacy, research, communications, or consulting.

Auden Meyer is a recent Political Science graduate from UC Berkeley, with experience in political affairs, public relations, and operations. She is passionate about hearing from diverse voices and educating others in order to protect democracy, especially the young people who are the newest generation of change makers. Auden has interned at the district office of California Assemblyman Jesse Gabriel, as well as with the family law firm Shebby Hirashima, LLP. She was the Assistant Manager of the Cal Men’s Ice Hockey team and was a researcher at The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life in Berkeley. She currently interns for a political communications and public relations firm and is hoping to build a career in political advocacy, research, communications, or consulting. In her free time, she likes to watch sports, volunteer with dogs, and puzzle.

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The Exception to Exceptional Universities

National Policy

Auden Meyer

In this piece, I argue that UC Berkeley’s political polarization was worse than I expected when I first started there, and that the ideological homogeneity poses dangers to the young people who are supposed to be preparing to enter the diverse political sphere. My article weaves together my own thoughts and worries about the political atmosphere of UC Berkeley, experts’ explanations of the danger of political polarization in education, and steps universities can take to solve this issue. Ultimately, I want to remind readers that civil disagreement is essential to democracy and even society as a whole and work needs to be done to bolster it, starting at universities like UC Berkeley.

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