Whether you just want to see if there are some epic musical festivities in your neck of the woods this summer, or if you want to go out of your way just for the music tourism–here is a list of some of the biggest festivals around the world this summer.   Africa Oppikoppi: August 9-11, [...]

We did it! We survived another year at Berkeley (first year for some of us) and managed to make it to the fabled, promised land – summer. Congratulations to all of our graduating seniors that are officially joining the alumni family. Regardless of where you go or what school color you don in graduate school, [...]

  Sometimes it’s rough stuff being a nerd. The Lord of the Rings Pandora playlists, the all-consuming obsessions with BBC television programs (or should I say programmes!); at points it’s almost too much to bear.   But it isn’t all bad. Because in my travels across the UC Berkeley campus this year, utilizing my finely [...]

Words often fail to capture Ike’s Place. Technically, it is a shop that sells sandwiches…but Ike’s Place should not be confused with your neighborhood Subway or Quiznos. No, Ike’s is where you discover tastes you didn’t know bread could contain, and culinary masterminds push the boundaries of flavor pairings. Onion rings and jalepeno poppers? Sure. [...]

Come to Berkeley, and you will meet a large community of driven science majors who work in research labs, plan to attend medical school, participate in honors programs, double-major, engage in several extracurricular activities, and/or tutor, all on top of sleeping, eating, working out, and breathing. One nutritional sciences major, Angie Mar, exemplifies one of [...]

Happy Dead Week! You may be feeling as desperate as a suicide-note, but as determined to survive as Gloria Gaynor, so you have probably shut yourself from the world by holing into a study corner. Life can be tough for an academic hermit, however, even if only for a week. Personal hygiene might go to [...]