Posted by Gerald Nicdao on Friday, February 16, 2007 03:49 pm
So that’s what winning looks like.
More specifically, that’s what winning looks like after losing your last six games and beating the No. 15 team in the country.
Instead of a team hanging their heads in disgust as they walk off Pete Newell Court, there was celebration. The Bench actually stormed the court, the Band blared Fight for California and Ben Braun could finally smile (at something worthy).
The Bears snapped their six-game losing streak last night, FINALLY!, because if they had lost another game, we would have showed up to Haas tomorrow with paper bags over our heads.
Last night also saw a changing of the guard of sort. Well, not really, especially if you take into account Ayinde 0baka’s shitty play this past month. But instead of 0baka leading the way, it was Jerome Randle, it was Patrick Christopher and it was Ryan Anderson.
Last night, we all saw something from Ben Braun’s Bears, well, Braun’s freshmen. What we saw was a glimpse of what could be in the next couple of years.
Whether or not we like Jerome Randle’s gustiness (which we think is borderline cockiness) or the fact that all Patrick Christopher has done this year is…well, who is Patrick Christopher anyways?…or the fact that Ryan Anderson got owned by the Lopez twins, the freshmen stepped up and led Cal to a victory over the Ducks yesterday.
And it was a much needed win. It may not have salvaged the season, but the Bears needed it.
At least they won’t end the year on an 11-game losing streak.
Cal shows signs of life in stunning Upset [Daily Cal]
Posted by Jonathan Yorde on Thursday, February 15, 2007 01:09 pm
CalSERVE announced their executive slate at last night’s ASUC meeting. Last year’s strategy of capturing four senate seats without running executives apparently worked out so well for them that they decided to not do it again.
The party considered last year a year for “rebuilding”. This year they were able to develop leaders, but a few of these newly built leaders happen to be some of last year’s senate candidates and winners.
For those who prefer to keep their distance from ASUC elections, a slate is jargon for list of candidates. There will be lots more of slating news and, probably, slating gossip going around before all parties settle on their representatives.
Posted by Gerald Nicdao on Thursday, February 15, 2007 04:02 am
How fucking awesome was the 1982 Big Game? Not only did Cal prevent John Elway from heading to a bowl game in his entire college career, but The Play was voted as The Best Damn Sports Show Period’s most Unforrgettable Sports Moment in HISTORY!
So, here’s The Play…
That’s right. The five-lateral pass play that ended with Kevin Moen crashing into a Stanfurd trombonists to end the 1982 Big Game is the BEST SPORTS MOMENT – EVER!
Yes, the Bears little romp through the Stanfurd Band beat out great sports moments like “The Shot Heard Round the World,” Willie May’s “Catch,” “the Catch,” “the Holy Roller,” “the Immaculate Reception,” Hank Aaron becoming the all-time home run leader, McGwire and Sosa’s 1998 home run chase, the Miracle on Ice, anything Michael Jordan did, anything Larry Bird did, anything the Yankees did, anything Muhammad Ali did and the list goes on and on and on.
And for anyone who disputes The Play, we’re sorry. But it’s been almost 25 years. Everyone accepts that it’s a valid score, so Elway stop crying. You have your two Superbowl rings. Just leave it alone.
Best Damn’s Top 50 Unforgettable Sports Moments [Fox Sports]
Oh and don’t remember to enter yourself into our nifty little contest.
Posted by Jonathan Yorde on Thursday, February 15, 2007 01:55 am
With today’s edition of “The CalTV Show”, we learn how to turn playing kissy face into an excercise in bacterial well being. Now we know who’s to blame for the demise of sex on campus: MCB majors.
If you skip to 3:05, you can watch Rosa Kim extoll the benefits, chemical and caloric, of swapping spit. One interesting tidbit: you could lose 360 calories by passionately kissing for one hour. Passionately kissing who or what is up to you.
Posted by Nate Tabak on Wednesday, February 14, 2007 10:38 pm
In honor of Valentine’s Day and the Sex Issue, we here at the Clog are bringing sexy back with two words: Tom Bates.
Bates, the mayor of Berkeley who just celebrated his 69th birthday, “gave the annual State of the City address”:http://www.dailycal.org/sharticle.php?id=22982 last night inside a packed Old City Hall.
Since the mayor has no real power beyond that of a city council member—City Manager Phil Kamlarz exercises executive control—the speech is more of a vehicle for personal essence.
And in the case of Bates, his essence is pure sexiness. Sure he had some trouble looking up from the podium, but the people of Berkeley could not handle much more of that hotness anyway.
Just look at him in the photo. His hair is all white, but damn, it’s white hot. He’s so smooth, so relaxed, filling out that blue button-down shirt while still keeping it loose.
Also pictured, on the left, is Kamlarz who brings his own sex to the table with an amazing mustache. He and the mayor could have their own buddy cop television show called “BaKed,” talk about some heat.
Bates Stresses Role of Culture, Innovation in City Economy [Daily Cal]
Posted by Jonathan Yorde on Wednesday, February 14, 2007 04:19 pm
Celebrate National Condom Day today on Sproul where you can pick up free condoms and lube as well as play games requiring you to get into exciting sexual positions.
This campus needs more sex and we’re glad to see it even if it’s only for one day. The Clog gives its sympathies to the girl dressed as the KY tube that was offering the goods on the way to class this morning.
Hands-Free Prophylactic Use and Other Condom Day Skills on Sproul [Daily Cal]
Posted by Jonathan Yorde on Tuesday, February 13, 2007 05:34 pm
The Daily Clog is throwing itself into more uncharted conquests this week by entering into a three-way with you and the Sex Issue, which hit newsracks this morning. Not only do we want you to read all about it, but we want you to reinterpret what coverage means to you.
That is why we are having our first “Who Has the Best Coverage? Contest” whereby you readers can both submit your pictures and vote on which student bodies are covered best in newspaper.
The photo contest is to see which UC Berkeley students (one male and one female) can earn the admiration of their peers with a picture of themselves literally covered in newspapers. (John Waste’s photo today excluded.) You can make a shirt and tie, bikini, peasant skirt, vest, or anything else you can imagine.
Applicants must submit:
# A picture of himself or herself covered with a newspaper in some form to “clog@dailycal.org”:mailto:clog@dailycal.org
# A picture of his or her UC Berkeley student ID. If for some reason you look nothing like the ID you send us, we reserve the right to not enter you in the contest. ID pictures won’t be made public.
# Your name as you would like it to appear next to your picture when voting commences.
The winner will receive the student body’s utmost respect. We reserve the right to determine tasteful from trashy at all times. Obscene pictures will not be entered in the contest no matter how much they may be appreciated by the Clog staff.
Posted by Gerald Nicdao on Monday, February 12, 2007 01:25 am
What’s better than sitting alone in a dark room the night before Valentine’s Day, brooding over old photos and listening to Cake’s rendition of Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive” over and over and over and over and over again?
We’re sure you’ve done it before. How can you not fall in love Vince DiFiore smooth trumpet solo or that rhythmic bass line or John McCrea sensuous vocals? (And yes, we do mean sensuous).
But we bet that sitting among 3,000 people in a dark room the night before Valentine’s Day to see Cake live is a lot better than sitting all alone in the dark.
While the former happens most of the time, this year, the latter can happen to you! “You can see Cake at Zellerbach Hall”:http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~superb/concerts.htm the night before Valentine’s Day. As of Sunday, there are still a “handful of tickets left” for the show. (That’s what the ticket office told us.)
So, instead of being lonely by yourself Tuesday night, you can be lonely with 3,000 of your best friends while watching Cake live.
“Cake at Zellerbach”:https://commerce.cpsma.berkeley.edu/tickets/tickets/reserve.aspx?performanceNumber=2899
Tuesday, 8:00pm
Posted by Jonathan Yorde on Sunday, February 11, 2007 07:51 am
The media is ablaze with a scientific report on male sweat and female hormones emanating out of UC Berkeley. The report emanates, not the hormones, and AP reports on the report:
bq. A chemical in male sweat can boost mood, brain activity and sexual arousal in heterosexual women, according to a new study released just in time for Valentine’s Day.
And really, if it hadn’t been released in the month of February, it probably would have gone mostly unnoticed. But in the month of love, sex, and love and sex, everybody—suddently and without merit—is on a need-to-know basis with this information.
Before you go work up a sweat over these headlines (”Be my Valentine — Smell my Armpits” is the obvs front runner), you should know that this information also has no apparent utility for the public without a specific hormone deficiency:
bq. While the compound can make women feel more positive and sexually aroused, it’s still unclear how it affects their behavior
Our research, published here on the Clog, goes to show that if your research could be construed in the context of a greater seasonal phenomenon, it will most likely make the news everywhere. So time it right if you want to get noticed. Publish at the right time or perish.
Study: Men’s Perspiration Boosts Sexual Arousal in Women [AP via SF Gate; Feb. 10]
Male Sweat Boosts Women’s Hormone Levels [Newscenter; Feb. 6]
Be my Valentine — Smell my Armpits [Contra Costa Times; Feb. 11]
Even more results from Google news
Posted by Gerald Nicdao on Saturday, February 10, 2007 09:08 pm
A while back, we told you that the “San Francisco Chronicle suggested”:http://clog.dailycal.org/index.php?id=175 that Cal build a brand new football facility with the help of the Oakland Raiders and San Francisco 49ers.
Right.
So in the footsteps of the Chron’s great guidance, a reader of the West County Times sent in a letter to the editor, stating that with all the problems the university has with the city of Berkeley that Cal should just move to Concord.
Concord?! More specifically, the old Concord Naval Weapons Station.
bq. Just sell off the current Berkeley property, get the Navy to turn the station land over to the state and build a brand new Cal flagship in a community that will probably actually appreciate it and the commerce it drives. That way, all the current buildings at Cal can be bulldozed and whole groves of oaks planted.
We’re sure that Terry Kremin of Emeryville is fairly upset with the stadium injunction.
But really, what will Cal be like with out all the things that are Berkeley. From the hilly terrain, to old hippies still thinking that it’s 1960-something, to all the store closures on Telegraph, Berkeley and Cal have entered into this love-hate-symbiotic relationship that, well, wouldn’t make Cal…Cal.
We may not like the city right now and yes, the Berkeley Ewoks smell bad, but we couldn’t have it any other way.
Plus, there’s no creek in Concord. We need our creek.
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So that’s what winning looks like.
In honor of Valentine’s Day and the Sex Issue, we here at the Clog are bringing sexy back with two words: Tom Bates.
Celebrate National Condom Day today on Sproul where you can pick up free condoms and lube as well as play games requiring you to get into exciting sexual positions.
The Daily Clog is throwing itself into more uncharted conquests this week by entering into a three-way with you and the Sex Issue, which hit newsracks this morning. Not only do we want you to read all about it, but we want you to reinterpret what coverage means to you.
What’s better than sitting alone in a dark room the night before Valentine’s Day, brooding over old photos and listening to Cake’s rendition of Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive” over and over and over and over and over again?
The media is ablaze with a scientific report on male sweat and female hormones emanating out of UC Berkeley. The report emanates, not the hormones, and AP reports on the report:
A while back, we told you that the “San Francisco Chronicle suggested”:http://clog.dailycal.org/index.php?id=175 that Cal build a brand new football facility with the help of the Oakland Raiders and San Francisco 49ers.