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Stuff
The Daily Clog accumulates various tidbits about Berkeley and college life. We focus on the UC campus, the city of Berkeley and Berkeley’s online community. We give our two cents on all the goings-on—whether you like it or not.

The Dudes

Jill Cowan — Blog Editor
jcowan@dailycal.org
Jill–a second year majoring in English–is world-renowned in the art of making bad puns, or, as those in the industry refer to them, “buns.” When she isn’t busy honing her ample buns, she enjoys eating, sleeping and doing absolutely nothing.

Alex Bigman — Writer
abigman@dailycal.org
Often receiving comparisons to such fictional characters as Peter Parker, Waldo and Elvis Costello, “Alex Bigot” is a vicious crackpot who can only hope to someday live up to their respective guilt-induced altruism, frustrating elusiveness, and knack for British elitism and sarcastic wordplay. His commentary is often smug and dehumanized.

Christine Borden — Writer, former Blog Editor
cborden@dailycal.org
Christine is known to start up a new blog pretty much every week, but you can count on her updating her personal blog. She has no idea what she is going to do with herself in the real world, but she is almost 100 percent certain she will never be allowed to work with children.

Diana Newby — Writer
dnewby@dailycal.org
Diana is a SoCal import who loves most things—among these tapioca and talking to creepy strangers. She was delighted to discover that Berkeley offers abundant opportunities for both.

Ruby Elizabeth Lee — Writer
rubyelizabethlee@gmail.com
Ruby grew up as an only child living with her reclusive mother and 13 cats in Compton. Now she spends her time squirrel-watching, practicing freeganism, cafe-hopping and consuming copious amounts of caffeine. She does not hope to be a cat lady, although she does hope to own cats.

How It All Went Down, Yo
The Daily Clog is a blog from The Daily Californian. In the spring of 2006, Arts Editor Soo Oh had a blogerific idea. Then she split and went to France.

That didn’t stop us. Managing Editor Oscar Shine approached an unsuspecting Jonathan Yorde and propositioned him. Then he asked Yorde to manage the Clog. Without a bead of sweat, Yorde passed the feat of pulling a sword out of a stone and he was since known as King Arthur. Wait, sorry, wrong story.

Anyway, Yorde started out with a splendid cast of characters: Angie Baecker, Gerald Nicdao and Lucas Westmaas. They all helped the blog emerge from its womb on October 16, 2006. It was alive and kicking, but no one knew what was to come.

Almost a month later, on November 8, Jeff Bowman dressed up this baby, and the Clog entered the real world, the big boys’ club if you will. The monster was alive.

Now, here we are, ready to bowl. Just as long as it’s not Shabbos. We don’t roll on Shabbos.