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The Berkeley Police Department has come under fire this week for not responding to a call that evolved into the killing of a man Saturday. Blame for the murder of Peter Cukor, 67 — who was beaten to death outside of his Berkeley Hills home Saturday evening — has been Read More…
Sports
Cal continues Pac-12 title race against slumping Utah
Bears return to Haas Pavilion for three-game skid beginning with Utah
Salt Lake City certainly is a long way off from Canada — the former has an abundance of Mormons, the latter, moose. Yet the leading scorers on the Utah women’s basketball team both happen to hail from that frozen tundra to the north. Sophomores Michelle Plouffe and Taryn Wicijowski rank Read More…
Linsanity has reignited NBA linterest for fans
As if an already over-saturated story needs another loony putting his opinion in print, I am indeed writing about the savior of the NBA: Jeremy Lin. Media members and bloggers have already covered how Linsane and Lincredible this story is (OK, I know that was bad, but it had to Read More…
A&E
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Tyga: Careless World – Rise of the Last King
Tyga is the newest in a line of mainstream rap artists of Young Money Cash Money Billionaires (YMCMB) fame, and his latest album, Careless World: Rise of the Last King, is just as hackneyed and unnecessarily hedonistic as anything the label has ever put out. Don’t get me wrong — Read More…
Grimes: Visions
Claire Boucher, known as Grimes, first started making music through GarageBand sessions in her home in Montreal. Although the 23-year-old artist continues to make her music singlehandedly, her newest album, Visions, ventures out of her bedroom and soars as her most confident compilation yet. In her past two albums Halfaxa Read More…
Opinion
Jon and Kate Plus 8 (phones)
California must go full steam ahead
It is rare that students get to be part of a visionary transportation project that will fundamentally change the future of their state. That is the opportunity that we have, today, as high-speed rail — a train that will shuttle Californians between downtown San Francisco and Union Station in Los Read More…
No thanks, I’m coughing
Yuck, I’m sick. Actually, I’ve now been sick for almost two weeks, and it’s only slowly going away — despite all the DayQuil and codeine syrup. This episode is so gross. There’s the congestion; the sniffly, runny nose; the incessant coughing fits; the headache from the coughing fits; the phlegm in Read More…
From The Blogs
Best Actor: Is Jean Dujardin locked or is it really a three-horse race?
Today we cover Best Actor for the Oscars. Let’s get right to the point. And the nominees are: Demián Bichir, “A Better Life” George Clooney, “The Descendants” Jean Dujardin, “The Artist” Gary Oldman, “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” Brad Pitt, “Moneyball” Who will win? When critics were handing out their prizes Read More…
Onstage: 2012 Oscars Nominees in Theater
With all the Oscars hype (after all, they are coming up this Sunday), I thought I might jump on the bandwagon from a theater-goer’s perspective. So this post is dedicated to some of the 2012 lead and supporting actor nominees that have done memorable work on the stage as well. Read More…
UC Davis students, alumni file lawsuit in response to pepper spray incident
Several UC Davis students and alumni filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the campus in response to the Nov. 18 police use of pepper spray during a campus protest.
Agenda for Feb. 22 ASUC Senate meeting
The ASUC Senate will hold its fifth meeting of the semester Wednesday night, which will possibly include a vote on a bill opposing Proposition 8 and the introduction of several bills that suggest making amendments to the ASUC bylaws. The ASUC Standing Committee on University and External Affairs passed a bill Read More…
