It’s India, in summer 2010. My family and I get a respite from the intense heat and walk into a sari shop, where my mom wants to finish her shopping for the day. We sit down, the shopkeeper brings us various sodas and water. My mother, my brother and I Read More…
“Ticket for 1 for the 2:30 showing of Zero Dark Thirty, please.” The theatre employee peered past my short frame to see if I was with anyone else. I looked back at him, waiting impatiently for him to complete my transaction. As I waited, I thought back to the previous Read More…
Around finals week, campus libraries like Main Stacks and Moffitt become congested with students memorizing body parts for that difficult anatomy final, polishing off the last page of the history paper due at 9 a.m. the next day and cramming to review the countless econ problem sets their professor assigned them all semester. Read More…
The Cheese Board Collective and Zachary’s Chicago Pizza: at first mention, the two seem like vastly different pizzerias, except for the fact that at peak hours their lines stretch around their respective corners. While Cheese Board offers a single daily flavor on a sourdough crust with toppings ranging from corn Read More…
Since its opening in 1923 to host UC Berkeley’s annual Big Game against longtime rival Stanford University, Memorial Stadium has undergone plenty of renovations and has seen many students and football teams come and go from its perch overlooking the campus and the San Francisco Bay. This fall will mark Read More…
The board member of the University of Georgia’s student newspaper who wrote a controversial draft memo that proposed giving increased editorial control to a professional staff member resigned from the board Friday.
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Three males were the victim of an armed robbery early Tuesday morning at the intersection of Durant Avenue and Bowditch Street. Read More…
The filing period for the city of Berkeley municipal election officially ended Friday. Candidates for mayor, the Berkeley City council, the Rent Stabilization Board and school board have been finalized for the November election. Read More…
The following is a sample of crime in Berkeley from Aug. 5 — Aug. 11, provided by the Berkeley Police Department. Loud Party — 2300 Block of Ellsworth Street On Aug. 5 at 11:30 p.m., BPD officers were dispatched to a report of a loud party in the 2300 block Read More…
A hate-related assault occurred Thursday morning at the south exterior of the campus Valley Life Sciences Building. Read More…