Get ready for next semester with more space than ever to accommodate the eat-study-sleep cycle of Cal students! According to the Associated Students of the University of California (ASUC) Newsletter, four new businesses will be coming to the Student Union in time for the spring 2011 semester. In addition, two businesses will be renovated and [...]

Judging by Facebook statuses alone, we know that most students have taken most, if not all, of their finals by now. As I was daydreaming in my post-finals glory, I thought: how surreal would it be to crash a final? And by “crashing,” I mean attending something even when you’re not invited. (Think Owen Wilson [...]

“Your voice is more soothing than Morgan Freeman’s.” “You have ten of the best fingers I’ve ever seen!” “I named all my appliances after you.” All of these are compliments from an aspiring site called I Like Your Jacket, whose purpose is to shower visitors with uplifting user-submitted quotes every time they click a button. [...]

I’m confused. How exactly does changing your profile picture on Facebook raise awareness against child abuse? I joined the bandwagon anyway, since it takes a lot of willpower not to show the world your favorite childhood memories when everyone else is: “Hey! Arthur?! That’s my favorite cartoon too! OMG this is why we’re FB friends!” [...]

Here’s a bit of humor to calm your pre-finals nerves. When I saw this picture, I couldn’t tell whether the ‘Ben Nevis Inn’ was fictional or not — it sounds like it could be the setting of a revised fairy tale. It does exist though, in Scotland at the foothills of Ben Nevis, Britain’s highest mountain. But [...]