Picks of the Week: Penne for your thoughts — dinner, comedy and music to fill your week
It is arguable that the most valuable lesson I learned from my blue cheese cooking endeavors is how to deactivate my smoke alarms.
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Tag Archives: World Cup
Picks of the Week: Baby, you’re a firework
If you’re in need of a reminder, it’s the Fourth of July! The Berkeley Marina has a celebration planned from noon to 10 p.m.
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Picks of the Week: From soccer style to Pride parades
Once you’ve had your fill of Father’s Day-related articles, stay in bed for just a little while longer to read this article about Pride Month.
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Power ranking: Best activities to do on Memorial Glade
Whether you’re a future Golden Bear (congratulations!) or a current, burnt-out Bear (we feel your pain), Memorial Glade is UC Berkeley’s it-spot.
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Eye-opening World Cup qualifying results from the Americas
The excitement is building up as the 2018 World Cup inches closer amidst all the qualifying games that have unfolded.
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For queen and country
June 21, 2002: I was a 7-year-old kid then, watching the quarterfinal between England and Brazil at the FIFA World Cup. The Three Lions had gone up thanks to a Michael Owen goal but the Brazilians equalized through Rivaldo. England had been dominating the match, and then it happened. I
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UC Berkeley faculty and graduate students look at the World Cup in a different light
You’re familiar with the routine by now: Grab a chilled beer and a loose-fitting jersey, plop onto a comfy couch with friends and switch the channel to ABC Sports to enjoy the World Cup’s most recent game. You’ve spent countless hours watching matches and weighing your team’s chances, but have
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How college sports drag us down
Two Steps Forward
“Sports” are evil. They’re evil for making corporate tools out of extremely talented people. They’re evil for perpetuating the useless, stagnant habits of overconsumption and laziness. They’re evil for turning universities’ athletic directors into groveling ad addicts. But most of all, they’re evil for taking the beautiful facet of human experience that is athleticism, turning it into a whorehouse for rich advertisers to take their pick of the choicest bodies. You don’t have to support this corruption.
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Help Cal Quidditch get to the World Cup
It’s a typical Sunday afternoon on Memorial Glade. Hula-hoop-like discs are propped on slender posts. Dodgeballs and volleyballs fly through the air. And a group of enthusiastic UC Berkeley students are running around with blue and gold duct-taped broomsticks between their legs. And who are these students? The Cal Quidditch
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Cal routs Thunderbirds to claim sixth straight World Cup
The Cal rugby team finally lived up to its name. Following an up and down start to the 2012 campaign, the Bears tallied a signature win over British Columbia in Vancouver on Sunday, taking the match 46-20 to win their sixth consecutive World Cup. “This is the performance that we’re
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