Tech & Ideas

ResComp handles the highs and lows of student computing

All students, like Patrick Chen, above, will be able to access bConnected by June 2013 at the latest.
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All students, like Patrick Chen, above, will be able to access bConnected by June 2013 at the latest.

UC Berkeley students who have lived in the residence halls are all undoubtedly familiar with Residential Computing, otherwise known as ResComp. The ResComp Residential Computing Consultants provide support for all students’ “digital security, operating system troubleshooting, device configuration, networking, and data recovery” needs, according to their website. Though their job Read More…

Tech & Ideas

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Interview with Christopher Berner, Carsabi founder

Watch an interview with Carsabi founder and UC Berkeley alumnus Christopher Berner. Carsabi is a search engine for used car listings. Berner and co-founder Dwight Crow, another UC Berkeley alumnus, envisioned a website that would aggregate all of the different listings from across the Internet and provide specific results for Read More…

Tech & Ideas

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The Top 10 Gadgets for Students

Toaster oven – Quite possibly the simplest gadget to ever make a technology issue Top 10. However, the toaster oven is a magical piece of kitchen machinery, taking the roles of a toaster, oven, and in many cases microwave. Decent speakers – While the speakers in today’s laptops have gotten Read More…

Columns

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Staring down the barrel of Proposition 30

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In the aftermath of Proposition 30, the ASUC cannot rest on its laurels. Education was held hostage by California lawmakers in the sights of a gun whose trigger would have been pulled if the proposition failed. Though the success of the proposition means that the trigger has remained locked, it Read More…

Theater

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Impact’s newest plays on Shakespeare, entrepreneurship

We don’t live in the era of harebrained schemes. We live in the era of venture capitalism and innovative ideas and TED talks. So in this milieu of “anything is possible” — an idea that has persisted despite cries of “The economy! The death of American hegemony! Obesity!” — it Read More…

Football

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Cal at season’s dead end against Oregon State

Don’t tell the Cal football team it did not make the postseason. “This is our bowl game, really,” said linebacker Chris McCain of Saturday’s 7:30 p.m. bout with No. 15 Oregon State. “Oregon was our first bowl game, this is our next bowl game. We got a bowl game, we Read More…

Football

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Pointers from Mike Riley to Jeff Tedford

With a meeting with Sandy Barbour on Sunday about his future with the program, Cal head coach Jeff Tedford has one more chance to prove that he can right the proverbial ship. And since he’s already headed to Corvallis, Ore. to face off with the Beavers on Saturday night, he Read More…

Men's Basketball

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Crabbe mile-high next to Denver’s leading scorers

In preseason polls, both the Cal men’s basketball team and Denver were picked to finish third in the Pac-12 and the WAC conferences, respectively. There’s a chasm of difference between the predicted finishes — starting with the schedule. The Bears (2-0) head to Magness Arena in Denver, Colo., off back-to-back Read More…

Women's Basketball

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Cal all silver lining in win against St. Mary’s

The Cal women’s basketball team’s full-court press has a name, and its name is Silver. On Thursday, the Silver defense was golden in the 89-41 win against St. Mary’s. Not only did the Bears’ defense create separation, it also created a huge statistical divide between the two teams. By halftime, Read More…

Volleyball

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Bruins sweep home court with Bears

No. 5 UCLA wounded Cal volleyball’s chances of receiving a bid in the NCAA tournament. The Bruins (21-5,13-4) swept the Bears at the Wooden Center in Los Angeles Thursday night, giving the latter their 14th sweep of the season. Although the Bears (14-14, 8-10 in Pac-12) notched a solid .299 Read More…