When you open your newspaper (if those things even still exist) and turn to Charles M. Schulz’s legendary “Peanuts” comic strip, you know what to expect. There will be some Snoopy hijinks, a “good grief,” maybe some “wah-wahs” and most certainly an effervescent feeling of warmth bubbling somewhere in the Read More…
If you missed Calapalooza this year, fear not. We at the Clog are here to help you sift through the countless clubs and organizations Cal has to offer. Do you already bleed blue and gold? Did you make friends with Oski at orientation? Maybe spirit groups are your thing! Or perhaps you love Read More…
“BareStage” was first “Bear Stage” I read with some interest the article in The Daily Californian by Jessica Pena on the the founding of BareStage Productions. I cannot speak to what Ben Rimalower found at Cal in 1994, but I can assure that “Bear Stage” existed as an ASUC-supported musical Read More…
One was the face of Nature … A lifeless lump, unfashion’d and unframed / Of jarring seeds, and justly Chaos named,” says Ovid in the introduction to his infamous poem “Metamorphoses.” Completed in the year A.D. 8 and composed of more than 20 episodes of Greek mythology, “chaos” would be Read More…
Berkeley smacks you in the face with culture. Everywhere you turn, there’s someone peddling hand-crafted works of art, showcasing their own breed of eccentricity or, if you are anywhere near the post office on Durant Avenue, spraying the wall with color — a vivid and visceral yellow, to be specific. Read More…
“Somewhere in Montparnasse, down a narrow cobblestone street, across a courtyard and behind a gate with a sign that reads ‘Beware of Dog’ lies … the Territory,” or so suggests the immersive opening strand of UC Berkeley student Elena Wagoner’s original play, “The Territory.” In real life, you can find Read More…