About Sarah Tang
Sarah Tang
Sarah is a fourth year Rhetoric Major and probable English minor. She enjoys detours, digressions, and distractions.
Discovering the Art of Manliness(.com)
May 6, 2013 | Sarah Tang I re-watched American Beauty the other night and it struck me in a way that it didn’t when I was ten and had found it in my parents' movie collection. I had been too horrified by Lester Burnham’s attraction to his daughter’s friend to appreciate the message of the plastic bag scene. I had also Read More
It’s Not the Weight That Breaks You, But the Way You Carry It
April 22, 2013 | Sarah Tang | 2 Comments The RSF weight room can be daunting for a first timer. By first impression it's a jungle of metal contraptions echoing with the low grunts of athletes hefting iron plates. It seems everyone in there knows what they are doing and they do it all with a hundred plus pounds. It's hard enough to navigate Read More
Why Girls (and Everyone Else) Should Weightlift
April 15, 2013 | Sarah Tang Most female students pass by the weight room in the RSF without so much as a glance as they make a beeline to the nearest available elliptical machine. At most they might take an appreciative peek at all the burly guys picking up heavy weights and breaking sweat (may as well, the weight room is right Read More
Rage Against the Japanese
April 7, 2013 | Sarah Tang If you keep up with foreign politics like a good Berkeley student does, you may have heard about the China's renewed animosity towards Japan sparked by a territorial dispute over a group of small rocky islands near Taiwan that the Chinese call Diaoyu and the Japanese call Senkaku. The contention Read More
Project Greenway: Cal’s Trashion Show
March 14, 2013 | Sarah Tang If you think you know what recycling and fashion mean, think again. This Friday night the 2nd Annual Project Greenway Trashion Show will challenge your notion of what is garbage, what is wearable, and transform your idea of recycled clothing. What is trashion? Trashion is a counter to the wastefulness Read More
Morning Work-outs: Breakfast is an Always Food
March 8, 2013 | Sarah Tang On the occasional day that I get up early it's always shocking to see that the world exists at 7am. Not only are there people walking with purpose in their stride, there are people running, breaking a sweat in the chilly don't rip-off-the-blankets sort of cold. Or, let's not forget the several Read More
At Last, a Good Asian Bakery!
February 28, 2013 | Sarah Tang At last, the vacant spot between Toaster Oven and Chipotle on Telegraph has fulfilled its promise. The much anticipated (that "Coming Soon" sign hung for too long) Sheng Kee Bakery officially opened on Monday and has been flooded with hungry and curious students. For those disappointed by U Cafe, Read More
