What Bravo Will Teach the Next Generation

Feb 03, 2012 1 Comment by

Forget a house in the suburbs, the new American Dream is Bravo-ized.  No one wants a picket fence and a home cooked meal when they can have wrought iron gates and an appetizer inspired by the seven deadly sins.  America is taking lessons for its future from waif stylists with awkward speech pauses and moms [...]

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Book Review: “Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty”

Feb 02, 2012 No Comments by

            The late Alexander McQueen was renowned, sometimes to the point of being notorious, for his otherworldly and bizarre designs. Although his designs have now found homes upon the red carpet, McQueen was quite the opposite of a conventional celebrity. Growing up, he knew he was destined to have a [...]

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Must-Hear New Release: Lana Del Rey’s “Born to Die”

Jan 31, 2012 1 Comment by

Lana Del Rey… she’s been all over the media–from music blogs to TV–since her popular single “Video Games” came out in July, and she’s recently been gaining more and more popularity due to her striking artistic videos, nostalgic songs, and hit-or-miss TV appearances.   Lana Del Rey (Elizabeth Grant) has garnered both positive and negative [...]

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Wheelz: Car Sharing for Students by Students

Jan 31, 2012 No Comments by

A new car sharing service is about to hit the UC Berkeley as soon as next week. Instead of sharing company-owned cars, like ZipCar or City CarShare, Wheelz allows students to share their own cars with members of the campus community. “Campus car sharing. With people you trust,” says the slogan on their swanky website [...]

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Bachelor Episode Review: “Skinny Winning”

Jan 31, 2012 No Comments by

    If this week’s Bachelor could be described in one phrase it would be “skinny winning.”  Chances are Courtney offended you at one time this season and in this episode especially.  But while this token model may have packed lightly in the morals compartment for Puerto Rico, a true Bachelorist knows that our communal [...]

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A Great Win From A Broadcaster’s Perspective

Jan 30, 2012 No Comments

The big question I had always asked myself listening to the late, great Bill King broadcast Oakland A’s games as a kid (usually instead of doing my homework or whatever chores my parents asked of me) was “How does he know all of this stuff?” Obviously, I knew that he saw what was going on [...]

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The Berkeley Calendar: January 30—February 5

Jan 30, 2012 2 Comments

Interested in changing higher education, watching a documentary on Picasso, learning about interactive art or listening to a talk about film scores?  This week’s Berkeley Calendar brings you a selection of this week’s events: Monday, January 30, 2012 Other Voices Lecture Series: Barbara Jane Reyes Lecture | 12-1 p.m. | Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union, [...]

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CAL Beats Stanford: A Perfect Ending to the Weekend

Jan 29, 2012 5 Comments

For someone who toots the Cal horn as often as I do, it’s probably surprising that tonight was my first experience at Haas Pavilion.   I arrived about 20 minutes before tip, wondering why the stands seemed so empty. Turns out, everyone was still just making their way inside. By the time the game started, [...]

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Opinion: Occupy Oakland, January 28th

Jan 29, 2012 No Comments

The opinions expressed by Caliber Magazine bloggers and those providing comments are theirs alone, and do not reflect the opinions of Caliber Magazine or any affiliate thereof.    So, maybe you’ve heard on the news, but Oakland went a little wild on Saturday (January 28th).   The plan of the day was for Occupy Oakland, the local [...]

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The Many Faces of Facebook

Jan 27, 2012 2 Comments

If someone were to log onto my MacBook, open Google Chrome, and look through my browser history, there is no doubt in my mind that Facebook would register as my most visited website. Believe me when I say that I had no idea how big this social networking site would become when I first signed [...]

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