Posted by Ricardo Barton on Sunday, April 08, 2012 07:36 pm
Sunday Shout-Out picks out the week’s stories that simply slipped our minds.
Unless you decided to extend your spring break like some of our professors did, you may have noticed that it was a slightly political week for some of us on campus.
On Monday, former vice-president Al Gore video-chatted with a small group of graduate students at the UC Berkeley School of Law. For 30 minutes, he spoke to the students about renewable energy and climate change issues and later opened up the floor for discussion. Daily Cal cameras not only captured the lecture read more »
Posted by Ricardo Barton on Sunday, August 28, 2011 06:40 pm
Sunday Shout-Out picks out the week’s stories that simply slipped our minds.
With a new semester comes new classes that are always difficult to find. Knowing this, the fine people at this institution have come up with a much faster way to access your classes, campus maps and other goodies through your iPhone or — the far less superior and far more “overprivileged” – Android. Just type in http://m.berkeley.edu/courses/. [News Center]
Astronomers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory discovered read more »
Posted by Kevan Rolfness on Sunday, July 10, 2011 08:00 pm
Sunday Shout-Out picks out the week’s stories that simply slipped our minds.
Although UC Berkeley no longer ranks as a politically radical institution, our super nerds are totally leading the Green Revolution. The Batteries for Advanced Transportation Technologies team at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab is leading research aimed towards making more efficient and affordable car batteries. [San Jose Mercury News]
Speaking of nerds and Berkeley, the United Artists Berkeley 7 theater is already expecting at least 600 people for the first showings of the final Harry Potter movie. Better get your tickets now, or just see it later like a normal human being. [Berkeley Patch]
Everyone already knows about state budget cuts and how much they suck, but on the plus side, a Daily Cal editorial about the cuts was cited in the New York Times. [New York Times]
Speaking of opinion pieces and the Daily Cal, if you would like to write for the Daily Cal (and, um, the New York Times?) submit something to the new Letters to the Editor section. [Daily Cal]
Posted by Valerie Woolard on Sunday, March 13, 2011 07:36 pm
Sunday Shout-Out picks out the week’s stories that simply slipped our minds.
Berkeley’s first homicide of the year took place Tuesday on Blake Street. The victim was Tobias Pemadorji Eagle and police have not stated a suspected motive for the crime, except to say that they do not believe it was random. [Daily Cal]
Berkeley unemployment rate is/was up in January. [Daily Cal]
Possibly soon to join those unemployed read more »
Posted by Jill Cowan on Sunday, August 01, 2010 06:20 pm
Sunday Shout-Out picks out the week’s stories that simply slipped our minds.
Not sure who their sources were, but according to Berkeleyside, Brangelina is gracing the Claremont Hotel with its glowing, newly beardless presence. In other news, Jonah Hill and Brad Pitt are doing a movie together?! What. [Berkeleyside]
READ NOW to find out how some Berkeleyans celebrated their special day! [Daily Cal]
Another timely demonstration, because no, those hikers still haven’t been released. But at least they’re a cute couple! [Daily Cal]
Missed this year’s Bay to Barkers? (It was today.) You should still probably donate to the Berkeley- East Bay Humane Society. They could use it. [Website]