Cal’s track and field athletes excel in high desert
Even in Albuquerque’s thin air, Cal’s track and field athletes were still able to produce a strong start to their season at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Invitational last Saturday.
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Author Archives: Sarah Siegel
Bears move forward into season debut at MLK Invitational
Saturday’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Invite in Albuquerque, New Mexico, will serve as Cal track and field’s indoor season opener.
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A losing team’s merch: Sports consumerism feeds international landfills
Prevailing lines of thought in the United States often dissuade critical thinking — after all, isn’t “charity” a good thing? But the dark underbelly of American consumerism operates in the dark, hiding beneath notions of charity or international aid. It’s a virtually invisible market, far out of sight and out of mind for the vast majority of American sports fans.
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A ‘wellness culture’ that robs us of food freedom
Avoidance of food drives more fear, leading to caloric deficits, deprivation and in turn, more fear. It doesn’t take a drastic deficit to produce cascading mental health effects.
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Responsible, inclusive sports reporting for college journalism
Sports stories aren’t usually given too much weight in discussions around journalistic equity or newsroom diversity. Here’s why they should be.
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‘I do as much as I can’: Kuony Deng’s power beyond football
“My generation of the South Sudanese diaspora, there’s so much hope in us,” Deng said. “We all feel connected, wherever we are, globally.”
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Who does the coffee break really serve?
For more than a century, coffee breaks have allowed companies to extract more value from their employees. But maybe our dependence on the beverage has allowed us to extract more value from ourselves, too.
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Ready to ride: Cal women’s tennis prepares for Cal Fall Invitational
While Giavara, Ivanov, Rosenqvist and Moeller will likely enter the tournament without any kinks in their chain, several new players are still learning to ride without training wheels.
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The wait is over: Intramural sports set to return Oct. 10
After the COVID-19 pandemic put intramural (IM) sports on an indefinite hiatus, the wait is finally over: IM sports are tentatively set to return Oct.10.
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Tingling truths: Debunking common myths about ASMR
Sexualizing and stigmatizing ASMR creators without their consent is wrong and violent, and it often comes from those outside of the ASMR community.
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