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On Monday morning, UCPD removed crops planted by Occupy the Farm demonstrators on a portion of UC Berkeley owned land in Albany. Read More…
Sports
Cal softball team’s season ends against Michigan at NCAA Regional
Cal women’s tennis falls to No. 1 Florida in Elite Eight
Close just doesn’t cut it in sports. In the end, that’s where No. 8 Cal came against No. 1 Florida in the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament on Sunday. The Bears nearly pulled the upset in a much more competitive match than the final 4-2 score would suggest. But Read More…
Cal men’s tennis swept by Virginia in Sweet 16 rematch
The Cal men’s tennis team experienced a dose of deja vu this past week at the NCAAs. The Bears ended their NCAA team championship run the same way they ended it last year — with a Sweet 16 loss to Virginia. At the Khan Outdoor Tennis Complex in Urbana, Ill., Read More…
A&E
Assayas’ ‘Something in the Air’ is more style than substance
Star-crossed fandoms
About halfway into the surprisingly enjoyable “Star Trek Into Darkness”, there is an engine problem aboard the Starship Enterprise. Dr. Bones (Karl Urban) tries with all his might to make Captain Kirk (Chris Pine) understand how serious it is, bombarding Kirk with metaphors that prove cringe-worthy. Yet Pine saves the Read More…
Fortunes told at Impact Theater
In 2006, Impact Theatre debuted the very first edition of “Jukebox Stories” — a two-man show featuring stories and songs performed and written by playwright Prince Gomolvilas and singer-songwriter Brandon Patton, respectively. What began as an experiment in the basement theatre underneath La Val’s Pizza, which Impact calls home, is Read More…
Opinion
Oakland Art Murmur Summer
Cal students need a voice
UC Berkeley students are on the verge of achieving a dream decades in the making. On May 7, Berkeley City Council chose to narrow the field of submitted redistricting proposals from seven to two — one of which was proposed by the Berkeley Student District Campaign. Established three years ago Read More…
Off the beat: That tingly feeling
I’m sitting in a restaurant in Lisbon waiting for lunch. I’m weary from wandering the city with a friend, and a Fado band is playing on the television by the door. In the corner of the screen, I notice a woman translating every lyric into sign language. Her hands move Read More…
From The Blogs
Three things we learned not to do as freshmen
Freshman year is a universal learning experience. We tend to try many new things for that quintessential “college experience,” even if we end up regretting them in the end. We’ve gathered the wisdom — if you could call it that — that we’ve gained throughout our freshman years to give Read More…
20 Berkeley memories to make before your 21st birthday
Some of us at the Clog turned 21 this year, and we think we’ve accomplished some pretty awesome things in the past 20 years — especially here in Berkeley. Here are 20 things from our plethora of experiences that we think you should consider adding to your Berkeley bucket list before Read More…
Berk to Breakers: Berkeley students flock to annual 12K and citywide party
The 6:50 am Daly City BART this past Sunday morning was packed with Berkeley students covered in body paint heading to the annual Bay to Breakers race. What starts out each year as a simple 12K through the streets of San Francisco quickly turns into a raging, moving dance party Read More…
What Jericho! does in Main Stacks
Some of your are probably still held captive in the finals prison that is Main Stacks(hang in there!), and the rest of you are probably finished and eager to get out of Berkeley. But if you’re at a loss as to how to spend the rest of finals week (besides Read More…