Tunesday: Halloween, Part I

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Last night, we felt a couple more earthquakes (well, some of us anyway).  It remains to be seen if the “big one” will come before Halloween or after.  We’re gonna go for a bit of both today.  The first three songs are going to shake your room a bit if Read More…

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A carbon map to development

One of the biggest challenges for sustainable international economic development is the need to control greenhouse gas emissions. Before we can make meaningful progress toward stabilizing the planet’s climate, we need to have an international roadmap for economic growth, job creation and poverty alleviation that still bends the curve on Read More…

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Daily Cal needs to be more culturally sensitive

On Sept. 17 The Daily Californian ran an advertisement from Dr. Chase Lay, a San Jose-based plastic surgeon who specializes in Asian facial plastics throughout the Bay Area. The ad showed two unidentified Asian women in before-and-after photos of blepharoplasty, a procedure more commonly known as “Asian double eyelid surgery.” Read More…

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Why we’re bummed we missed out on bago this year

Don’t you just love the smell of stale beer in the morning? Love seeing campers with the words “Your daughter is in here” plastered on the side? Love driving six hours to SoCal in a winnebago full of frat stars, making that traditional stop at In-N-Out? If you answered “yes” Read More…