Beijing

Cal volleyball started its season on a high note last Saturday in Haas Pavilion, defeating the USF Dons in all three sets in a preseason exhibition matchup. The game was a neck and neck battle of shifting momentum, but the Bears persevered with help from some of Cal’s newest and oldest players alike.

Although we are new to the game, we are determined, fast learners — we aim for a free China.

For now, Scott Frandsen seems to have hung up his oars. But the determination he developed in the boat will surely never leave.

The Berkeley Forum hosted a virtual panel with experts on the pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong. Four academics and activist Joshua Wong joined forum members for the discussion.

It’s been years, but I still have the black dress and I still think of the W.H. Auden poem at certain times of day when the hills cast long shadows and airplanes fly out of San Francisco.

Parquet Courts has a stripped-down integrity that doesn’t take itself too seriously. Yes, its performance was a concert, but at the same time, it was simply four guys who put in a lot of time and effort to make each song the best it could be.

I used to see abuse as shouting matches and physical violence, and, thus could never imagine myself being a victim.

When I arrived in Beijing, “Destinations” was the word on every gay exchange student’s lips.