Local Bay Area acts The Soft White Sixties, Midi Matilda and The Mother Hips are performing at Outside Lands this weekend. The Daily Cal interviewed the bands and asked them to play two songs each.

The Soft White Sixties:
“City Lights”

Interview

“Up to the Light”

Midi Matilda:
“Ottawa”

Interview

“Red Light District”

The Mother Hips:
“Toughie”

Interview

“Song for J.B.”

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Daily Cal opinion blogger Anh Thai asks students and employees on campus what the China Dream means and how the China Dream compares with the American Dream.

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Slideshow of the graduating class of 2013 set to Chancellor Robert Birgeneau and Steve Wozniak’s speech and interview with Gerald Stanley Weissberg.

Check out the article about the general commencement.

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UCSF health workers went on strike Tuesday, May 21 at the medical center on campus. Read more here.

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Students, workers and other community members gathered on Sproul Plaza on Wednesday at noon for a rally calling for workers’ and immigrants’ rights. Cities across the Bay Area had similar International Workers’ Day activities.

Read more here.

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The undefeated Cal rugby team beat the Naval Academy 74-6 in the Varsity Cup Semifinal game Saturday afternoon. Cal will face Brigham Young University on Saturday in the national championship.

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Watch Cal rugby coach Jack Clark give a tour of his office — which is filled with historic Cal artifacts — and talk about the history of rugby at Cal.

Read more about Clark in The Jack Clark Issue.

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The Daily Cal interviews rapper Jay Ant about his go-to spots in the East Bay and what he would do if he weren’t rapping.

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About 25 students gathered on the steps of Sproul Hall on Earth Day to rally support for an oil-tax initiative that would generate funds for education, among other government programs. The California Modernization and Economic Development Act, drafted by UC Berkeley students in January, would implement a 9.5 percent severance tax on oil and natural gas extracted in California and could create anywhere from $2 billion to $2.5 billion in revenue. Read more here.

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Louann Brizendine, UCSD neuropsychiatrist, media commentator and author, spoke about the differences between the male and female brains at TEDxBerkeley.

Kim Polese, Silicon Valley entrepreneur and innovator, offered ideas about how to improve public education and combat the skills gap in her presentation at TEDxBerkeley.

The campus a cappella group Golden Overtones performed “Eye of the Tiger.”

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