Our arts staff brings the bands, acts and events to look forward to this weekend (August 10-12) at the 5th annual Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival. Reggie Watts There isn’t an easy way to introduce the wildly enigmatic comedian/musician Reggie Watts. He’s a strange act, a dabbler in the Read More…
If a man fights off a hungry wolf with his bare hands in a movie, is there any possible way that movie could be boring? Before this, I would have voiced a strong “Hell no!,” but today I am a changed person. I have seen “The Bourne Legacy” and have Read More…
“I like to call it a comedy about a broken heart,” said Will McCormack of the new comedy “Celeste and Jesse Forever” — summer’s freshest independent film on what it’s like to be in love and the manifestations after it’s all over. It questions what it’s like to have your Read More…
As we maneuver our way through life, we’re constantly giving massive amounts of advice to one another every day — from what to wear to what music to download, from which classes to take to which books to read; the influence we have on one another is inescapable. Read More…
After suffering a painful loss at the hands of the Japanese women’s soccer team just one year earlier at the Women’s World Cup, Alex Morgan and the U.S. were undoubtedly eager for a chance at revenge at the London Olympics. With a 2-1 win over Japan on Thursday, the U.S. got its revenge. Read More…
The UC released its 2011 payroll report Thursday, showing that while payroll increased from 2010, UC employee compensation lagged below market levels. Systemwide payroll increased from roughly $10 billion in 2010 to $10.6 billion in 2011. This increase was attributed to a “combination of factors, including restoration of furlough reductions, increased Read More…
Gold medals (11) Nathan Adrian (USA) — Men’s swimming — 100 free relay Nathan Adrian (USA) — Men’s swimming — 400 medley relay Erin Cafaro (USA) — Women’s rowing — Eight Rachel Bootsma (USA) — Women’s swimming — 400 medley relay (swam in heats) Jessica Hardy (USA) — Women’s swimming — 400 Read More…
Due to coding issues with the new facility at the campus Hearst Gym, the Aug. 9 to 10 move-out dates for the ASUC offices and campus student groups have been postponed. Read More…
Berkeley residents Judy Appel, Norma J.F. Harrison and Tracy Hollander are challenging incumbent School Board Director and Clerk Beatriz Leyva-Cutler for the two seats. Read More…
