Signs of the times: How to tell if the apocalypse is near
Lisi Ludwig/Staff
This has been an eventful year, to say the least. It wouldn’t be all that surprising if this was the year the world as we know it ended.
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Gaming through the apocalypse
In a world that seems to constantly spiral out of control, video games are one of the greatest artistic tools I have for expressing agency in my own life.
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Hedonism: A poem
the world does not end / with a fizzle nor a bang.
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5 reasons UC Berkeley students would survive a zombie apocalypse
UC Berkeley is quite a spooky place. As the No. 1 public university in the world, things can get pretty gnarly.
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The apocalypse: dead week 2016
Early Tuesday morning, there were several reports of grey-ish students with black, dead eyes wandering slowly and aimlessly around campus. The only thing to be heard amidst the eerie silence was the wind scattering the leaves in every direction. For the few brave souls who dared to cross Sproul, they walked
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Apocalypse now: Hollywood and the search for the sacred in American politics
Attend a screening of any Hollywood blockbuster these days and you’re liable to witness no trivial amount of apocalyptic carnage and epic destruction before the film even begins. Favorite movie trailer motifs of late include the toppling of skyscrapers in downtown Manhattan, the frozen terror of love-struck young couples caught
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Edan Lepucki makes dazzling doomsday debut with ‘California’
Fans of the Colbert Report should be quite familiar with the name Edan Lepucki, whose debut novel, “California,” has been mentioned on air three times in regard to the talk show host’s war against Amazon. Feud aside, Colbert could not have chosen a better book to champion. Lepucki’s contribution to
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‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes’ imagines post-apocalyptic San Francisco
A long time has passed since Charlton Heston damned all the apes to hell and repeatedly pummeled a beautiful beach in the first “Planet of the Apes” (1968). Now, humanity has succumbed to a pandemic. Conquered by illness and defeated by apes, the human race has become extinct. In “Dawn
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Apocalypse now, forever and always
The Political Circus
The debt ceiling was raised yesterday, and the government reopened, meaning the Republicans have lost. For most of the week, they refused to allow a vote on the debt ceiling, repeating their demands for a major change in Obamacare. They failed to repeal any meaningful part of Obamacare, but more
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The Book Nook: Experience ‘The Year of the Flood’ with Atwood
The book: “The Year of the Flood” by Margaret Atwood Suggested for: Anyone who enjoys both pre- and post-apocalyptic stories in the same novel. Clog rating: Everyone knows that there are countless stories about the end of human society and what would happen in its aftermath. To find one that
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