There is a moment toward the end of “No” when the camera lingers on Gael Garcia Bernal’s eyes for a moment as he realizes for the first time that his family could be killed by Chile’s authoritarian government. Read More…
I’ve followed the Oscars for quite a few years now, and I always ask myself, “Why do I still care?” Simply because the Academy is an institution that exists to celebrate a common interest: movies. Read More…
SACRAMENTO — The UC Board of Regents met under ominous circumstances Wednesday as the immediate and long-term future for the university was put in disarray by volatile fiscal developments in the state’s capital. With Monday’s announcement that the state’s budget deficit had ballooned from $9 billion to nearly $16 billion, Read More…
SACRAMENTO — UC students dressed as inmates in a “debtor’s prison” interrupted Wednesday’s UC Board of Regents meeting as the board began to discuss a report critiquing UC campus responses to student protests. The board moved into closed session as about 20 protesters stood up and circled the public seating Read More…
UC students could see their tuition rise significantly if state funding does not increase and Gov. Jerry Brown’s November tax initiative fails, according to a newly released UC proposal to be discussed at next week’s UC Board of Regents meeting in Sacramento. UC administrators say they would have to raise Read More…
Scenes from Hip Hop in the Park, a music festival in People’s Park on May 5, 2012.
Helicopters spewing tear gas over Sproul Plaza. A young Jerry Brown on the campaign trail. Clowns. A giant inflatable penis. Oh, the things you will find in the Daily Cal’s vast photo archives. With the launch of the new Facebook timeline, we here at the Daily Cal have taken the opportunity Read More…
I fucking hate opinions. That is not to say that I hate other people’s opinions. I just always avoided giving mine. I attribute it to being the youngest of three brothers with a vocal father — to avoid fights I became a natural listener. I just never felt confident or Read More…
UC President Mark Yudof released the following statement in response to Gov. Jerry Brown’s $100 million “trigger cut” to the University of California Tuesday.
While most UC Berkeley students chose to head home for the Thanksgiving break, senior Alex Kim decided to do something decidedly different early Thursday morning. Kim cancelled his plane ticket home and instead lugged camping equipment and his pet cat Obi to Chancellor Robert Birgeneau’s front lawn around 5 a.m. Read More…