In Mr. Peterson’s letter to the Daily Cal dated Feb. 3, 2012 (under the title “UC must transform People’s Park’s legacy”), I noticed that near the beginning of his letter he uses the phrase “Anecdotally we hear…” and then proceeds to make a number of other bold and untrue statements Read More…
While receiving negative press is a destabilizing experience, what follows doesn’t have to be. After the UC Berkeley College of Engineering was spotlighted in an October 2011 California Watch article that uncovered sexism in its male-dominated student culture, the school has made a heartening start toward a more diverse student Read More…
Words have failed us. The up and down head nod has gone the way of the dinosaur and applause is something reserved only for the State of the Union or the final lecture of the semester. In their place: the snap. No, these snappers aren’t keeping time. They aren’t snapping Read More…
On Saturday, righty Matt Flemer is slated to take the hill at Pacific Klein Family Field in Stockton, Calif., for Cal’s second tilt against Pacific. Unlike most of last season, he won’t be entering late in the game hoping to earn a save. Flemer returns to the starting rotation in Read More…
The accolades just keep on coming for the Cal softball team. After a 4-0 showing at the Kajikawa classic in Tempe, the Bears ascended to the No. 1 position in the ESPN rankings. And now, first baseman/pitcher Valerie arioto has received some accolades of her own. The USA softball national team Read More…
On Friday afternoon, the Cal baseball team dominated Pacific in a 9-1 win to start off the 2012 season. On a beautiful opening day in Berkeley, lefthander Justin Jones threw five innings to earn the win and the Bears’ bats woke up late to pound out 11 hits and take Read More…
UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi survived a no confidence vote by faculty and staff Friday evening.
A task force headed by former state Supreme Court Justice Cruz Reynoso will not release the report on its investigation into the November UC Davis pepper-spray incident Feb. 21, contrary to previous plans.
This weekend in Paris the temperature plummeted and it snowed for the first time all winter. What are the odds that this would be the weekend we had planned for so long to set off to the city? Alas, to keep warm from the biting winds and icy streets, we Read More…
At around 5:30 a.m. Friday, UCPD officers detained 18 Occupy Cal protesters at their encampment outside of Doe Library, campus officials said. The protesters have not yet decided upon a future course of action in the aftermath of the detainments. Seven student and 11 nonstudent protesters were told that “camping Read More…
