What started as a simple four-unit class turned into so much more. Annie Goransson was posed the hypothetical question of “How can we make the campus more sustainable?” in a landscape architecture class last year. Then, the senior on the Cal women’s tennis found her passion. As Goransson continued to Read More…
For the first time as Cal men’s basketball coach, Mike Montgomery won’t have Jorge Gutierrez and Harper Kamp beside him in Haas Pavilion. But he may not need them to reach the NCAA Tournament for the fourth time in his five seasons in Berkeley. “We’ve got a good nucleus of Read More…
With national, state and local elections fast approaching, UC Berkeley faculty members and local activists gathered on campus Oct. 24 to discuss genetically modified foods in relation to Proposition 37, which would require foods containing genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, to be labeled. One topic of discussion was the campus’s Read More…
Is Stanford quarterback Kevin Hogan for real? Granted he was playing against the worst team in the Pac-12 in Colorado on Saturday, but Hogan looked infinitely more impressive than senior and current starter Josh Nunes. The redshirt freshman Hogan looked bigger, faster, and more accurate than Nunes, all of which Read More…
The Cal volleyball team should feel fortuitous that its upcoming matchup against No. 8 Washington is at Haas Pavillion. Despite its top-10 ranking, the Huskies can attribute their success to their home advantage. Of its four conference losses, three came away from home. And with the return of veteran outside Read More…
Wednesday hosts a head-to-head collision between No.3 ranked Stanford, who boasts the No. 2 recruiting class in the nation, and the back-to-back NCAA champions Cal. The Cal men’s swimming team will battle Stanford in the unconventional triple distance format that features six different categories. The rivalry meet will take place Read More…
In anticipation of a hearing to dismiss a lawsuit stemming from the Nov. 9 Occupy Cal protests last year, the plaintiffs of the suit will hold a public forum Wednesday claiming that campus administrators’ involvement in the event led to police violence against protesters. The lawsuit, filed in late November Read More…
Harold “Hal” Johnston, a UC Berkeley professor emeritus of chemistry, died of natural causes at his home in Kensington, Calif. Oct. 20. He was 92. Read More…
With less than 36 hours until the first precincts of the 2012 election close in California, veteran pollsters met with members of the UC Berkeley campus community Monday to discuss what the findings of a late-October voter survey could mean for the imminent election. The surveys were conducted by The Read More…
After a series of devastating losses on the field, the Cal football team has been dealt another blow: Recently released PAC-12 rankings show the team has the lowest graduation rate in the league.
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