The epidemic of racial transgression has yet to depart from our campus. Last week, the ASUC Senate passed a bill condemning the hanging zombie decoration that Theta Delta Chi — a fraternity at the corner of College and Durant avenues — placed over its lawn. Though the ASUC did bring Read More…
The truth is, I probably don’t agree with you. On one issue or another, I hold beliefs that fundamentally differ from those of my family members, roommates, other Cal Bears and fellow Americans. And this difference of opinion is the pride and joy of the American social makeup — we Read More…
Saturday’s 7:30 p.m. bout at Memorial Stadium pits a team playing for a national championship against a team playing for pride. The Cal football team cannot make a bowl game, yet the losers of three straight are brimming with confidence as No. 2 Oregon comes to town. The least amount Read More…
Before he ever coached a game in Memorial Stadium, Jeff Tedford said he planned to take his inaugural season “one day and one week at a time.” Before he ever coached a game in the newly renovated Memorial Stadium, Tedford said that same exact thing about his 2012 campaign. In Read More…
Grantland’s John Brandon put it best: “Well, Cal can’t win this game.” A Bears win over the No. 3 Ducks is as inconceivable as Mitt Romney winning California’s electoral college votes. How about the defensive matchup? Cal ranks 74th in the country in defending the run. USC’s run defense is Read More…
Moments before Cal ran onto the field at The Horseshoe to challenge No. 12 Ohio State, Christian Cornelius McCain addressed his team in the locker room. With the fervor of an army commander heading into battle, he promised his teammates that he would fight for them and put his body Read More…
Richard Rodgers knows exactly where’s he going, and he’s not afraid to talk about it. “That’s what I’m here at Cal for,” Rodgers says. “They send players to the NFL.” The sophomore is an anomaly at the tight end position. At 6-foot-4 and 265 pounds, his size generally implies he Read More…
The Era Begins In December 2001, Jeff Tedford inherits from former coach Tom Holmoe a Cal football program that went 1-10 in 2001 and hadn’t earned a winning season since 1993. In Tedford’s first game at the helm, the Bears blow out Baylor, 70-22. Tedford later takes the team to Read More…
Both the Cal men’s basketball team and CSU Bakersfield lost in the first round of the postseason last year. That’s about where the similarities end. Just over 2,000 fans were on hand to witness the Roadrunners’ six-point loss to Utah State in the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament. The Bears, meanwhile, fell Read More…
After a top-15 preseason ranking, the Cal women’s basketball team has a lot of hype to live up to. A win against Lehigh should get the ball rolling. The No. 13 Bears will host the Mountain Hawks on Friday night at 7 p.m. in Haas Pavilion in their season opener. Read More…
