Caliber Magazine | February 13, 2014

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The Soul Behind Seoul’s Vatos Urban Tacos

January 21, 2014 | When you think of South Korea, you might think of Samsung or Hyundai. Of course, “Oppa Gangnam Style” probably rings a bell too. But, what many people may not know about South Korea is its diverse food culture. People frequently associate Korean food with kimchi (which is completely understandable – Read More

Everything You Need to Know about Rhodes Scholar Zarko Perovic

December 9, 2013 | UC Berkeley alumnus and founder of our very own Caliber Magazine, Zarko Perovic, is being granted the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship. The Rhodes Scholarship, named after Cecil John Rhodes, is an honorable grant for select undergraduate foreign students to study at the University of Oxford. It Read More

#Act4thePhilippines

November 23, 2013 | | 2 Comments On Friday, November 8, typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines and left the bodies of countless men, women, and children in the streets of Tacloban, where the storm hit the hardest. Haiyan, the strongest typhoon in recorded history, left homes destroyed and villages flooded with debris and distress. Communications Read More

Real Life Renegade

November 19, 2013 | Chased down by the Taliban, shot in the head and left for dead… only to come back with a vigor and determination almost unheard of for a mere sixteen year old. Sounds pretty interesting, doesn’t it? Certainly capable of making an amazing novel, worthy of being read across the world, let alone in the Read More

More Than Just A Fashion Designer: Kenneth Cole Visits Haas

October 16, 2013 | Designer Kenneth Cole and fashion blogger Amy Levin talked design and the ever-changing business world at the Haas School of Business on Thursday (October 11). Attendees obtained insight into the mind and the perspectives of an icon, inspiration, and a free tote-bag. Perhaps the most intriguing Read More

The Snowden Showdown

July 1, 2013 | Insults are a funny thing. Although I am a true fan of adopting new and creative comeback words and phrases for when my own limited mental prowess fails (see a selection of my working list of personally developed insults at the end of this blog post), I do realize (for the most part) my own ignorance. Read More

The Context of Radical Islam

May 13, 2013 | Islamic radicalism is one of those issues that the American media always completely fails to properly analyze. Recall back to the aftermath of 9/11 – the airwaves were cluttered with talk about “why do they hate us?” and the “clash of civilizations” and other polarizing, binary rhetoric. I actually Read More

6 Million Ways to Strengthen America

May 12, 2013 | What I’ve come to love most about my time in Berkeley is the vibrancy of the local business community. Out with your Olive Gardens, your Cheesecake Factories, and your Coldstones; give me Gypsy’s, Jupiter, and Ici. Beyond the occasional Subway or American Apparel (does anyone actually buy things from Read More