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 [...]
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 [...]
On Thursday, April 26, UC Berkeley’s renowned business group, Phi Beta Lambda (PBL), presented the event Novum: A New look at Yourself, Society, and the World. This event, consisting of five professor speakers and three performance groups, is a celebration of knowledge and urges students and participants to ponder upon the world beyond our world [...]
Dear Berkeley, As the academic year comes to an end, our staff wants to thank you for all of the weird, amazing, funny, quirky, beautiful, hilarious, special moments you have shared with us. It has been one hell of a year and the memories should not go unaccounted for. Thank you for the [...]
As a student at Berkeley, it is expected that you’ve been faced with the dilemma of studying for a midterm or final more times that you could possibly imagine. After a year of exploring the ropes here (and trudging through countless tests), I’ve decided that there is one definite factor that can make or break [...]
“But that’s the challenge – to change the system more than it changes you.” ― Michael Pollan, The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals This past Sunday (Earth Day- April 22nd), I inadvertently found myself in a protest for food sovereignty. Essentially, “food sovereignty” means the right for all people to have guaranteed [...]
Dead week is approaching…rapidly, I may add. It’s time to start thinking about finals! But the truth is, if you’re reading this right now you’re probably looking for a way to procrastinate a whole semester’s worth of review. That being said, I am a superb time-waster and will divulge my secrets of how to put [...]
Right now, UC Berkeley is one of the top five schools for an advance screening of The Avengers, which is previewed in the article below. The contest ends at 9AM on April 30th, so get your votes in and help bring these heroes to campus! Use your Facebook account to vote for us here. It [...]
On Thursday, April 26, Berkeley PBL will host NOVUM, an interdisciplinary TED-like event meant to be a celebration of knowledge. As the tagline suggests, the event will bring students “a new look at yourself, society and the world.” PBL president William Yan, a sophomore majoring in business and statistics, explained that the name “NOVUM” comes [...]
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