I spent a lot of time on the north side of campus last semester, and what that meant was that I spent a lot of time at the restaurants located there. There was one cafe in particular that I was especially fond of and frequented most. I loved the way the Read More…
In the heat of the moment, Mike Montgomery let his emotions get the best of him. Down by double-digit points to an opponent it should have been besting, the Cal men’s basketball team needed to turn Sunday’s game against USC around. Fast. So Montgomery approached junior guard Allen Crabbe and, Read More…
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“OMG, I use the post office all the time!” said no one ever. For all zero people at this school who regularly use snail mail to communicate, you may have heard of the proposed sale of the Downtown Berkeley Post Office. You may also not care. This, however, is not Read More…
While California may not be as broke as you think, at least in terms of dollars and cents, the same probably can’t be said for social capital. After news emerged last July that the California Department of Parks and Recreation had hidden an approximately $20 million surplus from state officials, Read More…
More than 76 percent of college students report that they are not prepared to deal with the financial challenges of real life and wished that they had more help with making sound financial decisions. Despite the fact that financial decision-making is more complex today than ever before, 26 states have Read More…
In recent weeks, officials who oversee the UC Student Health Insurance Program, now in place on all UC campuses, announced that the program is carrying a projected $57 million deficit and that the increased cost could very well be passed along to UC students in the form of notably higher Read More…
The ASUC Senate took a laudable step toward environmental responsibility by passing a bill to divest any of its funds from the fossil fuel industry. Yet such divestment on a UC systemwide scale, which the bill also recommends, is not the most prudent move for the university. As a matter Read More…
America loves porn. Fact: every second, more than 28,000 Internet users are watching porn. That means that in the time it took you to read this sentence, a bunch of them probably came. Lovely. Now, I’m not here to shame porn. It can be incredibly sexy and liberating. The problem Read More…
I often eavesdrop on tour guides as they lead doe-eyed groups of prospective students across campus. “Does anyone know what UC stands for?… No one? Under Construction.” The joke is lost on the nervous students, but I chuckle to myself as I think about how true the statement is. What Read More…