Despite a penchant for ironic melancholy, British indie-pop group Los Campesinos! are typically bright and buoyant, their sprightly sound belying dejected lyrics about romantic insecurity. But in their fourth LP, Hello Sadness, the band greet sadness full on, and their music suffers for it. The record retains their dreadful lyrics, Read More…
On Tuesday, the fifth and final part of the strut that will support the press box at Memorial stadium was installed using a very large crane. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCLK1LeWG6g&w=560&h=315]
Students share their thoughts and reactions about the passage of the second half of the California DREAM Act, AB 131, which allows undocumented students to apply for state funded financial aid. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LX1qCLJG0z0&w=560&h=315]
Clog Editor, Jillian Wertheim spends an afternoon talking with popular Berkeley a cappella group, DeCadence. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WraI24ceBpQ?rel=0&w=560&h=315]
This Sunday marks the 10th anniversary of September 11, 2001. The Berkeley community reflects back on the events of ten years ago and offers some thoughts for the future.
Using optics to manipulate the way light bends when it hits an object, a team of UC Berkeley researchers has developed a cloak to create the illusion of invisibility — a technology that may one day also be used to manipulate solar light energy. In a paper published on July Read More…
Like many other immigrants, ASUC Senator-elect Ju Hong came to the United States in search of a better life. Hong, 21, lived in South Korea until he was 11 years old. Financial difficulties became a pressing issue when his family’s dream of a owning a small restaurant business drove them Read More…
Gov. Jerry Brown signed one part of the California DREAM Act — which will provide increased financial aid for undocumented students — into law Monday at a town hall hosted by the bill’s author. AB 130 — which was authored by state Assemblymember Gilbert Cedillo, D-Los Angeles — was passed Read More…
Downtown Berkeley’s Shattuck Avenue, which has boasted packed parking slots on most weekend afternoons, might soon find itself with many more vacant spaces as a result of a recent decision that could increase the hourly parking rate from $1.50 to $1.75. The Berkeley City Council voted Tuesday to increase the Read More…