A torrent of words and information — PowerPoint slides, textbook pages, text messages, Tumblr posts — pervades every moment of a college student’s day. The act of reading consumes class and homework time, and perusing blog posts and Facebook messages fills leisure time. Understandably, this endless stream of letters has left Read More…
I was deeply disturbed by the admission to undergraduate status of Khairi Fortt, a Penn State football player, only a few days before the new term opens. From all indications, he was “admitted” by the Athletic Department, without application or the critical vetting that thousands of other would-be undergraduates went through nearly a year ago. Read More…
Punishments don’t always fit their crimes. At the end of finals week in May, students at the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity house were cited for underage drinking. We are not disputing the illegality of underage drinking — but the circumstances surrounding the incident are strange, suspicious and cause for alarm. Read More…
Mail remains an essential service in this country, so the U.S. Postal Service is making cuts in an effort to save money. It is because of this that we disagree with the Berkeley City Council’s decision to mobilize against the sale of the city’s main post office, currently located in Downtown Berkeley. Read More…
Besides Elsie Windes and Heather Petri, who took down Italy, 9-6, no other Calympians were in action on Sunday. The dearth of Cal athletes in action provides a rare opportunity for fans to sit down and contextualize Cal’s accomplishments from the first week. Read More…
Nathan Adrian wrapped up his Olympics with his second gold medal — and third overall — of the London Games, anchoring the American team with a time of 46.85 in the freestyle leg of the men’s 400 medley relay. Dana Vollmer and two other Cal swimmers won gold medals for their performances in the women’s 400 medley relay. Read More…
Former Cal soccer player has always dreamed of a career playing professional soccer, and last year he achieved it when he was drafted by Toronto FC in the MLS Draft. Now the only player with MS in league history has turned his attention to raising awareness for the disease, becoming a symbol of hope for MS patients everywhere. Read More…
The Summer Olympics are essentially to the rest of the world what the FIFA World Cup is to America: an excuse to adopt some crazy fanaticism about sports one knows absolutely nothing about. There are, of course, countless “hell yeah!” moments in any given Olympics — most of which involve Team USA. But for every “hell yeah!” moment, there’s at least one that takes you by surprise and makes you stammer, “What the hell?” Read More…
At last Tuesday’s meeting, the council approved sending a letter to Alameda County authorities requesting a meeting to discuss the possibility of using eminent domain in order to help people refinance their homes. Read More…
After three years of work by students and scientists from UC Berkeley and several higher education institutions around the world, a miniature satellite is to be launched into space this month. Read More…
