Chalk Ads in Classrooms and more

Aug 31, 2010 5 Comments by Jessica E.

Alright it’s Tuesday, and I was supposed to be blogging about graffiti when I thought of those poorly penned, graffiti-like chalk messages adorning the corners of classroom blackboards. So they’re far from being vandalism, but I actually had a professor last semester who would have a sort of a semi-weekly morning ritual erasing all of those free [...]

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Photo Spotlight: First Day of School… 5 Years from Now

Aug 26, 2010 No Comments by Jessica E.

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London 2012′s Olympic Mascots: Marketing Trumps Design

Aug 23, 2010 2 Comments by Monica G.

London 2012 Olympics mascots: Wenlock and Mandeville for the Paralympics (right) Although the 2012 Summer Olympics in London is more than a year away, the logo design and mascots have been revealed. In the recent Olympic games, one of the primary reasons that the mascots have been released early is their marketing potential. Over the [...]

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Music Spotlight: Puella Trio

Aug 20, 2010 9 Comments by Jessica E.

You might deny it, but classical music was probably the reigning form of (non-indigenous) music until the invention of electronic music in the 20th century. That doesn’t mean classical music is dead now, not with world-renowned “popera” (pop + opera) groups like Celtic Woman, let alone the subject of our post – the aspiring Puella [...]

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UC Berkeley Ranked #22 in National Universities

Aug 18, 2010 No Comments by Jessica E.

A few days ago U.S. News issued their annual report, Best Colleges 2011, ranking public and private colleges and universities across the country, by category and score based on such criteria as acceptance rate, graduation rate, endowment funds and all the other things that matter… to hopeful parents of pre-college kids. In the National Universities [...]

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Because Textbooks Won’t Buy Themselves

Aug 14, 2010 4 Comments

With less than two weeks before instruction starts, I’m sure some students are scrambling to check off book lists for classes. You can always rent textbooks for less, but (despite what ill-informed Bears think) you don’t get your money back. Here’s a treasure map to find the cheapest textbooks. 1. Used bookstores – Novels are [...]

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Photo Spotlight: 2010 Social Networking Map

Aug 10, 2010 2 Comments

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Music Spotlight: Madeline

Aug 07, 2010 2 Comments

This week’s track is the 1.5-minute “I Left the Light On” by Madeline Adams, a folk artist from Georgia who sings and writes her own songs. Her music style is airy and piercing at the same time; she sounds like Lily Allen if Lily Allen could sing an octave higher (as in “The Fear”). [Madeline] [...]

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Woe is Telebears: 5 Tips for Surviving the System

Aug 04, 2010 1 Comment

Before every semester, some 22,000 undergraduates register for classes at Berkeley. Doing so while maintaining sanity, however, is another matter. As a student with “sophomoron” standing, my registration appointment was yesterday. Current status: offically enrolled for 10 units and waitlisted for another 7 units, even for a class that I wasn’t sure I wanted to [...]

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Geeky Poems from NerdHaiku.com

Jul 29, 2010 9 Comments

When we picture nerds, we think glasses, braces, collared shirts, pants that never quite reach the ankles and a three-digit IQ. The Caliber team stumbled across a website called NerdHaiku.com today. Its tagline reads, “We are just three nerds ● Like to write haiku poems ● We do not get laid.” We were instantly hooked. [...]

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