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The Daily Clog (Cal+Blog) accumulates various tidbits about Berkeley and college life. We focus on the UC campus, the city of Berkeley and Berkeley’s online community. We give our two cents on all the goings-on — whether you like it or not. But, hopefully you do!
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The Dudes
Jasmine Mausner — Blog Editor
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Jasmine Mausner is a senior who knows more statistics and facts about the Lakers than she does about herself. Thus, writing this paragraph was not the easiest thing to do. She enjoys eating, but not cooking — solely eating. She can solve a Rubik’s Cube in less than a minute. She dabbles in a little basketball here and there but tries to stay as far away from physical exercise as possible. She cries at the mere sight of puppies and dreams about the day when Teacup pigs will be acceptable pets. And … she loves the Clog!
Chloe Hunt — Assistant Blog Editor
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Chloe Hunt is a sophomore student who pretends to know a lot of things. She comes to the Clog from a world of news, of crazy crime and energetic elections. She enjoys daydreaming constantly and spends an unhealthy amount of time chatting on Facebook. She is a proud listener of wizard rock and Smash Mouth when she gets stressed. Her favorite things include candy, heaters and retail therapy.
Efe Atli — Writer
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Efe Atli is a freshman at UC Berkeley. When he’s not spelling out his name to the nice people at the local coffee shop and still getting “efffeeffafs” written on the side of his cup, he’s trying to pursue a double major in molecular and cell biology and history with a minor in never graduating in time. Efe likes to read a lot and pursue various interests including photography, writing and Netflix but spends his time mostly with the latter. His favorite things in the world are Bach, Mongolian throat singing and almonds, and this is not just because they make him seem edgy and cool — though he hopes that is the case. His sense of humor can be described as a combination of “Arrested Development,” “Always Sunny in Philadelphia” and “Curb your Enthusiasm.” He looks forward to Clogging it every week!
Tejas Dave — Writer
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Tejas is a freshman pursuing a degree in bioengineering and considering a simultaneous major in economics. When he’s not doing homework, studying or figuring out how to fit two majors into four years, he enjoys blogging (often as an amateur social commentator), biking, playing tennis and staying updated with the news.
Matt Espinelli — Writer
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Matt is a man who has spent the majority of his life stranded in space near the 53rd quadrant of the Danvillian galaxy. However, after enduring the treacherous years he had spent there fighting off countless space pirates, he has finally returned to earth to write for the Clog. On his off days, when he isn’t saving the world from Soviet Union-era killer robots, Matt enjoys playing video games and reading literature. He is also a big fan of imagining that he is a 1940s noire detective whenever he hears jazz music. With his overactive sense of humor, Matt tends to laugh at ridiculous things that aren’t as funny as they seem. Currently, Matt is a resident of Asgard (could secretly be Thor…) and prefers that you greet him with a Ninja Turtle handshake as opposed to a normal handshake.
Fiona Hannigan — Writer
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Fiona Hannigan is: The Wikipedia Addict! Blog writer by day, superwoman by night, solving all the tough questions, including, “Who is Kyösti Kallio?” The fourth president of Finland, that’s who.
Jordan Henigman — Writer
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Sometimes, Jordan Henigman feels like Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac, without any of the musical talent or drug abuse. She likes long walks on the moon’s surface as well as the Harry Potter series. If she could, she would probably be Dobby. She’s attending UC Berkeley so she can try to learn to save the world and stuff.
Kamin Kahrizi — Writer
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Kamin is a freshman and the natural heir to the deposed King of Nigeria. After leaving his homeland and realizing that no one is going to help him, he traveled north to the land of the Ontario snows. There, he earned the Inuit name “Whispering Wolf Shadow Runner.” He has also spent many moons in the Orange County. In his free time, he enjoys watching movies and running the Fire Trail. And rain. And trees. And clouds. He is also a scientist.
Meagan Kane — Writer
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Meagan is a junior who frequently finds herself in awkward and uncomfortable situations. While the initial experience of the awkwardness generally isn’t too enjoyable, she relishes being able to turn these experiences into entertaining stories. Perhaps it is this love of storytelling that provoked her to pursue her degree in English. When she isn’t busy making her friends squirm or laugh with the uncomfortable tales of her daily life, she enjoys being outside, experiencing new things, watching films and losing countless hours of her life to Reddit.
Erum Khan — Writer
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Erum would love to be the next J.K. Rowling as far as successful writing goes and sincerely hopes she doesn’t have to assume the starving artist role for too long. She wants to spend her life in a Jane Austen novel (minus the lack of women’s rights, of course) and consequently never goes a day without at least a smidgen of reading. Numbers and scientific facts petrify her, so she’ll leave all that to her fellow Golden Bears from the daunting math, chemistry, and engineering departments. Chaucer and Faulkner are her cup of tea over equations no matter what day of the week!
Kristen McFadden — Writer
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Kristen is a spring-admit freshman who intends to major in English but is still figuring out her potential minor. She is obsessed with great coffee, personal journals, blogs, any music played by All Sons & Daughters, dancing, arts and crafts, fashion and getting to know new people. She also loves exploring new places and taking pictures of everything in sight … because nothing can help you relive a moment the way a picture can! However, do not ever ask Kristen for directions — she has the worst sense of direction known to man. But hey, the way she sees it, getting lost always leads to new adventures!
Uday Mehta — Writer
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Uday is cynical to the point that even this paragraph should be taken with all the salt in the shaker. He writes about everything that doesn’t make sense in the universe — which is to say, everything. He is on the run from the authorities for being the self-proclaimed king of the world and thus threatening the livelihood of politicians everywhere. He writes from various offshore locations, where he finds time to pirate hip-hop music and commandeer the airwaves of Lakers games. He loves the rush of adrenaline, which explains the haste with which he finishes his work seconds before it is due. He has officially been diagnosed with insanity.
Daniel Radding — Writer
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Danny Radding is just a freshman. He thought he was going to be able to go by Daniel when he came to UC Berkeley. Unfortunately for him, too many kids from his high school are Bears and yell out “DAAANNY” whenever they see him. Danny is a politician fighting journalistic tendencies. He lightweight thought about getting involved with the ASUC but decided working for The Clog is where it’s at. Danny is a bit of a tech junkie, so you probably don’t want to get him started about how Apple sells overpriced computers and thinks they can patent the rectangle.
Jessica Rogness — Writer
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Jessica Rogness likes to think she is a conflicted mess of various personality traits that could never be recreated in another human being. She tends toward pessimism, yet secretly wants life to be roses and kittens and all that sickeningly adorable nonsense. She reads and writes a little bit, or a lot, of almost every genre because she has commitment issues. She has a distinct preference for Peet’s coffee, yet never chose a favorite color. She would adopt every animal on the planet but enjoys shooting sarcastic comments at members of her own species. Overall, her trains of thought often run on way past their assigned station, which is why it was so very difficult for her to end this paragraph.
Chase Schweitzer — Writer
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Chase is an English literature major, and he is pursuing a minor in creative writing. He is a junkie for current affairs and loves everything to do with politics, social issues and the arts — especially with regard to the Bay Area, where he is from. When he is not Clogging it up (about Berkeley, that is), he is swimming, surfing, or shredding the gnar in North Lake Tahoe, all while writing poetry and short fiction at the same time.
Hailey Simpson — Writer
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Hailey likes to write.
Well duh. However, she is
not that great at writing haiku.
When she is not attempting to write bad haiku while still counting syllables with her fingers, Hailey is probably at a concert, where she spends 66.6 percent of her free time and 80 percent of her bank account. She also enjoys British and comedy television, running around on a broom screaming “Expelliarmus,” drinking tea, worshipping John Green, chasing Berkeley squirrels and otherwise exploring the “hella” Bay Area. You can probably find her on Tumblr. Or Netflix. Oh, you mean the real world? Most likely sitting on a glade of some capacity. With boba. And a fat reader.
Erik Swan — Writer
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Erik Swan plays piano and likes to write. He avoids structured activities — organic, improvisational recreation is his favorite. Being rich or famous is not really important to him. He often rolls his eyes until he gets dizzy, and nearly everything he says is sarcastic. He doesn’t believe in personal accountability, but that’s not his fault. When it comes to writing, he is the most understated person in the universe. He likes to do impressions: You should hear his Christopher Walken. As a member of the Daily Clog, he hopes to make you laugh and inform you at the same time.
Sabrina Werts — Writer
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Sabrina is a freshman hoping to pursue a double major in English and public health. She is pretty low-key, and is (reputedly) a great listener. She reads so much that sometimes she can’t discern Levin from Lupin and wishes she could tell Hazel Grace that the answer to all her questions is 42. Other than spending all her time reading, she is plagued with a plethora of other time-consuming hobbies including but not limited to: writing, piano playing, YouTube video watching, video game playing and ballet dancing. Oh, and studying.
The Daily Clog is a blog from The Daily Californian. In the spring of 2006, Arts Editor Soo Oh had a blogerific idea. Then she split and went to France.
That didn’t stop us. Managing Editor Oscar Shine approached an unsuspecting Jonathan Yorde and propositioned him. Then he asked Yorde to manage the Clog. Without a bead of sweat, Yorde passed the feat of pulling a sword out of a stone, and he is since known as King Arthur. Wait, sorry — wrong story.
Anyway, Yorde started out with a splendid cast of characters: Angie Baecker, Gerald Nicdao and Lucas Westmaas. They all helped the blog emerge from its womb on Oct. 16, 2006. It was alive and kicking, but no one knew what was to come.
Almost a month later, on Nov. 8, Jeff Bowman dressed up this baby, and the Clog entered the real world — the big boys’ club, if you will. The monster was alive.
Now, here we are, ready to bowl. Just as long as it’s not Shabbos. We don’t roll on Shabbos.
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