Summer readers, lifelong bookworms, nerds and closet nerds have another reason to be happy in Berkeley. According to Amazon, Berkeley is among the top 20 “most well-read” cities in the country. Though rankings are determined by sales alone, we can experience Berkeley’s bibliophilia just by walking around. Our campus offers Read More…
Recently, a woman told me I have a Bitchy Resting Face, or BRF. She nonchalantly pointed this out after seeing my picture in the “I Am Not Trayvon Martin” article. In return, I gave her this face. Here’s the deal: I wasn’t offended because I didn’t own a mirror; I Read More…
Michael Kim falls just short in thriller at US Amateur Public Links Championships Cal’s Michael Kim fell just short of winning the U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship on Saturday. Kim went up against Jordan Niebrugge in the finals and immediately birdied the first hole to put himself in the lead. Read More…
There’s no denying that we all have our guilty pleasures. For some, it’s spending $4.50 on caffeinated beverage at Starbucks, but for us, it’s the TV shows we watch in our few precious moments of free time as college students. These first weeks of summer are providing us at the Read More…
A youth entrepreneurship program run through the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business will be expanding to include a select group of students from throughout the world this summer. Read More…
Walking by the GBC after class yesterday, we saw something strange and out of place (even by Berkeley standards): bubbles in our favorite fountain. We’re not just talking a few measly pockets of air, but full on foam taking over the entire thing! It was a veritable bubble bath. The only things Read More…
As we descend into the month of madness, we can only fill out our brackets and hope that our basketball teams defy the seemingly insurmountable odds and beat the myriad of teams with the same heightened aspirations. However, one of our teams is not without official support. Barack Obama – Read More…
Saint Patrick’s Day. The mere mention of the holiday conjures up images of green leprechauns spouting limericks and dancing a jig with unicorns at the ends of rainbows. Maybe toss in some shamrocks and a pot of gold and you’ve got yourself the perfect stereotypical St. Paddy’s celebration. In actuality, Read More…
Ever want to have a spot in an international photo exhibition but don’t have the money to buy real photographic equipment? Here’s your chance. A project sponsored by Mercedes Benz, #Untamed is an Instagram-based installation in Paris, in which you can submit three of your most unusual snapshots. All you Read More…
A student reported $23,000 in computer equipment stolen from a locked lab in North Gate Hall on campus Sunday night. UCPD responded to a call from an unidentified female student reporting the theft of 10 iMac desktop computers, valued at $2,300 each, from room 209 of North Gate Hall, which Read More…
