Loading ...There’s plenty to be seen and heard in terms of walkout coverage on the ground …
Image Source: Anna Hiatt, Daily Cal
… but what about the rest of the world watching via the Internet? Here are some highlights:
Wednesday, Nov. 18
6:51 p.m.
“As hundreds of students rushed the building today where UC Regents were meeting – throwing wet red bandannas meant to look like blood – the regents’ finance committee voted to recommend a 32 percent student fee increase, setting off read more »
To start off our slew of rather unfortunate news, panelists at a symposium in UC Berkeley’s Alumni House talked turkey vis-à-vis California’s future high-speed rail—and their timbre was less than optimistic. [Innovations]
There is, according to one Berkeley economist, a five percent chance that the U.S. will experience a “depression-causing shock.” We’d be interested to see the breakdown in his math. [Seattle Times]
Want to know the alleged (and disturbing) connection between flu shots, mercury and autism? Enlighten yourself at a Nov. 21 symposium at the UC Berkeley Art Museum Theater. Oh, except it’s 60 bucks. So maybe just Google Dr. Andy Wakefield. [PRLog]
And, in conclusion, a pithy affirmation of all your chronic concerns. [http://iscaliforniaonfire.com]
True story—these babies are all over the place, coloring our field of vision in strikingly (get it? Strike? Cleveeeeer.) foreboding shades.
Didn’t know this coming week’s been designated Sh*t Goes Down: The Remix? Well, to begin with, we recommend removing your heads from your … um, readers. There’s a bright, sunny world out there, people! Filled with walkouts and pickets and rallies galore.
A guide to “No Business As Usual” in a nutshell: read more »
So remember that depressed and hopelessly downtrodden economy? You know … the one that’s got our asinine state government squandering in the sh*tter, bailing water (also known as public education) in a desperate attempt to keep itself afloat?
We’re assuming most of you have already figured this one out, but for those of you who are a little slower adding two and two, we (and Mark Baldassare) are here to inform you that cutting funds in the UC system is not exactly the best means of redress. To prolong our prior metaphor, it is, in fact, exactly like chucking all the life-vests overboard. Or throwing out the baby with the bathwater. Substitute idiom of preference here.
Let’s break it down: College costs more. –> Fewer people attend college. –> Fewer people graduate college. –> California becomes stupid.
Or, in slightly more articulate terms, read more »
Our title represents the Clog’s interpretation, more or less, of the message being sent by the $10.9 million grant to research the effects of sanitation on diarrheal disease. No, not the kind potentially lurking in your keyboard (although we find that just as alarming in its own special little way).
Rather, the 5-year grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is intended toward the evaluation of methods currently used to improve health—especially that of children—in developing countries. The World Health Organization estimates that read more »
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It’s Christmas come early at the Clog, boys and girls. Considering how long it’s been (read: over five months) since we last cleaned out our comment closet, we’ve got a veritable Santa’s bag of goodies this time around.
Where O where to begin? Perhaps an appetizer featuring unexpected “your mom” jokes? Or maybe you prefer to whet your taste with a tall glass of ummm-fair-enough?
OK, sorry, the allegory was starting to creep us out, too. read more »
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You may no longer be able to afford enrollment at UC Berkeley, but that shouldn’t stop you from investing in its real estate—especially if it’ll cost you less than a trip on the 51.
What if we told you that the university is currently advertising two on-campus homes for sale at the fabulously low price of exactly one buckaroo? Being the remarkably astute and endearingly cynical college students we know you are, you’d probably immediately speculate on the inevitable fine print of such an outlandish offer.
Congratulations! Higher education has served you well. The duo of houses, located at 2241 and 2243 College Ave, can be generously described as real fixer-uppers, and (arguably) more accurately characterized as pieces of sh*t.
So, whatever, you cough up $1 for a 100-year-old building that we imagine counts asbestos among the very least of its concerns. But wait! That’s not all. read more »
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Chancellor Robert Birgeneau isn’t the only one jumping aboard the hybrid bandwagon (which, we imagine, would strongly resemble a Prius). Even if UC Berkeley itself never manages to go full Borg, that certainly doesn’t mean we can’t develop them.
Beetles, that is—cyborg beetles, sponsored by the Pentagon.
We hope our nonverbal attempt at a dramatic pause allowed you sufficient time to recover. Because if you’re wondering when good ol’ tree-sitting, Yoo-hating, cupcake-driving Berkeley went all futuristic spy thriller on our hinies … well, read more »
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Given the sad state of current economic affairs, it comes as no surprise that independent bookstores are suffering a tortuous drought at the bottom of the food chain. Remember when we mourned Cody’s Books closure in June 2008? It was certainly not the first instance of a local bookseller losing business to the proliferation of online stores and ubiquitious chains–nor was it by any means the last.
It’s an unfortunate reality that renders last week’s opening of a Books Inc. location in Berkeley (not far, in fact, from Cody’s Books’ previous turf) all the more auspicious. Indeed, the independent chain, which now has 10 stores scattered throughout the Bay and one in southern California, serves as something of a beacon of hope for any and all bookworms who have ever waxed nostalgic on literary days of yore.
In accounting for Books Inc.’s successful tenacity, Hut Landon, the Northern California Independent Booksellers Association’s executive director, explains: read more »
We all know how it goes: If you live in Berkeley, and you’re not politically involved, people will most likely think you’re a tool. Which is not to say that the parameters of “politically involved” are particularly stringent. All you really need is a sign and a red ribbon and hey, look at that! You’re an activist.
So naturally it would follow that the best means of demonstrating your commitment to environmental ethics is to befriend a gorilla. No, we don’t mean getting down and dirty Jane Goodall-style. These are modern times, kiddlins–all you need is the Internet. read more »
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