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Cheeseboard pizza deserves a pilgrimage, worth even a trek on foot when you just can’t wait for the bus. Some Berkeleyans prefer Zachary’s, but if you want your pizza on the lighter side, there’s no better place than the collective down Shattuck Avenue.
After discovering the latest omen of the world’s coming demise, the Clog encourages Berkeley students to put down their books and enjoy their short-lived time on earth.
If you’re the sort of person who relieves stress by burying your head in the sand and pretending everything will be OK, then consider this a spoiler warning and skip to the next paragraph. For those of you ready to accept the truth, here goes nothing: Everything will not be OK. Why? Because next Monday marks the end–of instruction. This also means that next week, we’ll all be irretrievably entrenched in the throes of those torturous tortures, borne of darkness and hellfire–finals. (The horror! The horror!)
Accordingly, here are a few ideas for wholesome use of your last-weekend-of-semi-freedom that won’t leave you with an untimely hangover and undone final papers: read more »
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Yesterday afternoon Hippies and Hip Hoppers alike flocked to People’s Park for Students for Hip Hop at Cal’s annual Hip Hop festival, Hip Hop in the Park. This year’s show featured headliners Mystic and Clyde Carson, along with multi-cultural break dancing showdowns (for reals, yo–check out the pictures), a DJ, graffiti art and lots of … er–herbal refreshment in the air. read more »
There are plenty of cafes around Berkeley, and everybody’s got their favorite sandwich place. But if you’re hunkering for a little haute cuisine in your ham and cheese, then it’s Gregoire for lunch for you.
Across from Elephant Pharmacy, Gregoire’s little joint serves lunch and dinner, but the sandwiches are the real draw. It serve up organic fare done in French style, and the menu changes monthly. What do we recommend for April? Well, the poached sole was like butta.
Oh, and don’t forget to order a side of potato puffs–fried potato balls with mashed potato inside. They’re a meal in themselves.
Location: 2109 Cedar Street, walking distance from campus
Price: Ranges from $6-$8 for a sandwich (comes with small salad du jour)
Notes: You can call ahead and pick up your order.
Image Source: ImipolexG under Creative Commons
Gregoire [Web site]
Earlier: Vik’s Chaat Corner for Lunch, Ajanta for Dinner
After discovering the latest omen of the world’s coming demise, the Clog encourages Berkeley students to put down their books and enjoy their short-lived time on earth
A group of Bay Area College Republicans finally found something Republicans decided was worth protesting. Friday night, they showed up on the mean streets of San Jose to revolt against none other than–a beer tax. Yeah, we know, right?
The proposal (not yet drafted, by the way) would be designed to sort of, indirectly-ish, combat underage drinking, save the state lots of money on bad things that are related to underage drinking (i.e. car crashes) by taxing beer manufacturers, and in effect, making a six pack o’ brewskies almost $2.00 more expensive. Assembleyman Jim Beall cited studies that showed drinking among college students as a “real health problem.” Gee, well when you put it that way … read more »
OK, can we just acknowledge right now that raccoons do not get nearly enough credit for being as adorable and cuddly-looking as they actually are? When we came across the semi-elusive Unit 2 Raccoon this afternoon we initially almost tried to scoop it up in our arms and snuggle with it for a bit–but then we remembered that it would probably bite us, and it was probably digging around in dirty dorm dumpsters. Alas, we were forced to content ourselves with gazing soulfully into those inquisitive dark eyes and imagining what could have been. (Cue “Happy Together” … )
In a journalistic flash, it dawned on us that this was a prime photo opp, and we reached for our camera. Unfortunately, our procyonid pal took our breaking of eye contact as a signal that our interspecies moment had passed, and proceeded to slip adroitly through the bars in the gate in front of the Vedanta Society, located on the corner of Haste and Bowditch. We can only assume that the ring-tailed omnivore was headed to an afternoon meditation session.
Image Source: Jill Cowan
Raccoon [Wikipedia]
Vedanta Society of Berkeley [Website]
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For those who dare to venture outside a two-block radius of the campus, there are better Indian places than House of Curries or (heaven forbid) Naan ‘N’ Curry. Yes, our little ones, it is true.
Just off the upscale stretch of 4th Street, Vik’s Chaat Corner beckons to all those searching for a little spice in their snacking. Pick up a real chai, order one of the specials and dare to try something more exciting than a tikka masala. Sure, you’ll have to strain to hear your name called out in a thick Indian accent, but that’s half the charm of enjoying quality but affordable Indian chaat.
Location: 724 Allston Way, accessible by the 51 bus
Price: Specials somewhere between $5 and $8
Notes: Also an Indian market right next door
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After discovering the latest omen of the world’s coming demise, the Clog encourages Berkeley students to put down their books and enjoy their short-lived time on earth.
You know your art project succeeds when your school’s paper picks up the story, then Drudge Report features it and now a school across the country takes notice.
The Paper Trail reports that Yale art major Aliza Shvarts decided to artificially inseminate herself multiple times while inducing miscarriages throughout a nine-month period. Yes, you read that correctly. But that’s not the end of the story.
No, she didn’t get the semen from the football team. No, she’s not collecting her … uhh … media in Tupperware. The twist? It’s performance art fiddling with public reaction. We don’t think it ever happened, save for the thought coming from Shvarts’ brain and the words from her mouth.
Free food. As a natural extension of Cal Day, the co-ops are opening up their in-house foodie fests to the general public for the rest of this week. If you live off culinary delights like top ramen and mayonnaise-slathered bologna sandwiches like we do, now’s your chance to stave off death by malicious triglycerides and hobnob with some hippies in the process.
Speaking of hippies, Loth’s dinner starts at 6:30 p.m. tonight, followed by Casa Zimbabwe at 7 p.m. and Afro House at 7:30 p.m. The rest of the schedule follows after the cut. read more »
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Alex Filippenko wins again for being a crazy, awesome dude, the Bear’s Lair prevails as Berkeley’s best bar, and Chez Panisse still owns everyone and their mother. Which of these does not belong?
You’ve voted (or turned up your nose and refused to have anything to do with the process — either way), and the results are out. The Best of Berkeley 2008 results are up, and everything that won really is just a flipflop shuffle from the Units.
But the real upset comes at the bottom of the campus category: the Daily Cal’s own arts editorial staff chose our blogging cohorts at the OTR over yours truly. Shock! Awe! Good on you, OTR. In the meanwhile, we’re just going to be in this here corner dabbing at our jealous tears with a lacy handkerchief.
Best of Berkeley 2008 [Daily Cal]
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