A case for studying abroad
Off the Beat
To avoid becoming that-one-friend-who-won’t-shut-up-about-her-semester-abroad, I am going to talk about it once in this article.
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Picks of the Week: S’mores, science and seals for the end of October
There are still eight weeks left until winter break starts for UC Berkeley students, and personally, I’m feeling pretty worn out. So today, I might cheer myself up with a childhood classic — s’mores.
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Picks of the Week: Baking, bison and beeswax candles to prepare for Halloween
Maybe you already have tickets to St. Lucia’s concert tonight at August Hall, or maybe you’re willing to splurge to buy them at the last minute. But if not, spend a night with the other saints of 2010s pop music: Vincent, Raymond and Motel.
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Pearls and lipstick on a dresser: A poem
Have to move — something to do with pearls.
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Campus receives $10.1M gift to acquire art of renowned Polish Jewish artist
Bay Area-based Taube Philanthropies has donated $10.1 million — the largest single monetary gift to acquire art in UC Berkeley history — to the campus’s Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, providing the public with access to the artwork of Polish Jewish artist Arthur Szyk, according to a campus press release issued Monday.
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Winter in Poland
I am a first generation American, both parents having immigrated to the United States from Poland in their 20s. I go to Poland every summer and occasionally in the winter to visit both sides of my family. This past winter break, I spent two weeks in this beautiful country, staying a
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Former Cal men’s soccer star Stefano Bonomo signs with New York Red Bulls II
The New York Red Bulls II seem to have added a touch of gold to their squad Wednesday, as former Cal men’s soccer standout Stefano Bonomo signed a United Soccer League, or USL, contract with the club after having pursued his professional soccer career in Europe over the past few
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Cal men’s, women’s crew teams win medals in 5 races
The Cal men’s and women’s crew teams continued to display their talents abroad, as nine men and six women represented their respective nations over the course of the five-day U23 World Championships held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, where the Bears captured medals in a total of five races. Rising senior Kendall
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Reflections on 70 years of liberation
This year’s International Holocaust Remembrance Day marked the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz by Soviet soldiers. Historians speculate that between 1940 and 1945, more than 1.1 million people were exterminated at both Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II — also called Auschwitz-Birkenau. Below are
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The Daily Cal Guide to the Euros: Group A (The Eastern bloc party)
Editor’s Note: This is the first in soccer correspondent Seung Y. Lee’s four-part preview of the Euros. Look for analyses of Groups B, C and D in the coming days. Soccer is a never-ending and benevolent sport. Once every two years, the game gives us either the World Cup or
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