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Cal alumni inspires ‘Argo’: why they (and other Cal grads) rock

Renowned investigative journalist Lowell Bergman speaks to Patricia and Kenneth Taylor, honored as Alumni Couple of the Year at International House’s 25th Annual Celebration Awards Gala, April 18.
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Renowned investigative journalist Lowell Bergman speaks to Patricia and Kenneth Taylor, honored as Alumni Couple of the Year at International House’s 25th Annual Celebration Awards Gala, April 18.

You have to have a pretty cool story to inspire a movie that wins multiple Academy Awards. And it turns out that two Cal alumni made the cut. Earlier this week, the Daily Californian reported about Cal alums Kenneth and Patricia Taylor, a couple that helped inspire the movie “Argo.” Kenneth Read More…

The Soapbox

Play with the Mechanics

The International House chess crowd tends to be an eclectic and eccentric group. At first it seems a cross-section of escaped asylum patients: frazzled gray hair, too-big military jackets and crooked mustaches abound. But they know their chess. And they certainly know the best places to play, including I-House, which Read More…