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How ‘Bout That Strike, Eh?
Oh, wait, theres more than one? No, were talking about the Bears Lair vendors strike. What were you talking about? Hm. Anyway, have you heard about the strike in the Bears Lair Food Court? Yeah, apparently the owners of Taqueria El Tacontento and Healthy Heavenly Foods arent too pleased with their i …
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And Now for Something Completely Different …
While youre howling about the 32 percent fee increases, you might be relieved to know that some things are right in the world—the Berkeley City Council just voted to protect windsurfers while at the same time approving a ferry terminal. The ferry will be another mode of transportation between here a …
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Vote Mikey Cera to Berkeley
Were currently in the lead of a little (non-meathead) neighborly competition to get Michael Cera and Portia Doubleday to come watch a free screening of their new movie Youth in Revolt with us on our campus. Seems fitting, seeing as Berkeley is mentioned by name in the theatrical trailer. Well, in th …
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Mythbuster in Berkeley for Free Lecture, Status: Confirmed
Were not afraid to admit it, we at the Clog love us some Mythbusters. We watched them a lot in our formative years, usually back-to-back and during times we should have been doing homework. We loved the elaborate set ups, the poor, abused crash test dummies and that hat that Jamie always seemed to b …
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BAM Thrifty (Don’t Worry Still Edgy) with New Building Design
We cannot think of anything more lame than still being located on Bancroft Way. Honestly, you might as well just kill yourself (cough, Alphonse Berber .). If you didnt already know about the Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archives impending move to where its at (Center and Oxford streets): duh. An …
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No Business As Usual, As Seen (Live) Online
Theres 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: As hundreds of students rushed the building today where UC Regents were meeting throwing w …
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Cultural Learnings of Kazakhstan for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of America
Last night, concert-goers at Zellerbach Hall got a rare taste of Kazakh culture that they will likely never forget, even if they cant quite fight the urge to make a lot of Borat jokes in the process of remembering. (Cough. Cough.) The Symphony Orchestra of the Kurmangazy Kazakh National Conservatory …
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Strike: Day 1
The three-day marathon strike/walkout/protest/slumber party/something has begun. The Clog will be bringing you more coverage later in the day, but for now check out the Daily Cals liveblog of the events, along with coverage of the Regents meeting at UCLA. Well be posting updates to our twitter as we …
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Feel Free to Turn That Dial to 11
You waited patiently, loud denizens of Berkeley, and now the day is finally here. The City Council is set to vote tonight on an ordinance that could relax noise limits. If passed, this would allow entertainment venues and festival organizers to exceed the noise regulations if they obtain a permit be …
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How To: Strike This Week
You may have heard about some flyers flying around campus lately, so you might know that serious sh*t is supposed to go down in the next three days. To that end, the Clogs got a calendar of events, a schedule if you will, that will (hopefully) clear things up a bit. (Note: What follows is a straight …
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City of Berkeley Denies Us Cupcakes, Happiness
As the weather gets colder, and the standby treat of Berkeley students (frozen yogurt, of course) becomes less desirable, we are forced to seek out alternate sources of sweetness. And we thought we were onto something. We enjoyed the red velvet and double vanilla cupcakes from the Cupkates Truck dur …
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News in Our Shorts: The Rain Doth Fall on Our Parade
To start off our slew of rather unfortunate news, panelists at a symposium in UC Berkeleys alumni house talked turkey vis-à-vis Californias 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. …
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Double G’s Win Empathy Contest
The walk a mile in someone elses shoes advice is so trite that were tempted to scream whenever we hear it mentioned. However, we will admit (yes, even snarky, jaded bloggers like ourselves) that empathy is a valuable character trait (and not just if youre minoring in Global Poverty). So you wanna kn …
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Students <3 Cheap Housing
Theres been a bit of a fuss lately involving the lease on Rochdale Apartments. The apartments are operated through the Berkeley Student Cooperative, and the lease is coming up for renewal at the end of the school year. The apartments are built on land leased from the university for the sweet price o …
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Light Bulb! ASUC Can Has Good Idea?
In the (approximate) words of President Barack Obama, Yes it can! Finally, the ASUC has come up with a bill that would both be actually worth considering and might pass without a shit-ton of useless squabbling. (Cross your fingers ) Now. You may be wondering to yourself, What, pray tell, could this …
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This Week’s Sign of the Apocalypse: Beautiful People
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. According to Reuters, the English are some of the least attractive people on the planet—at least as measured by their 12.5 (for men …
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Don’t Miss: Seven One Act Plays in Dwinelle
The beauty of one act plays is: theres one act not followed by another. The playwright says what she intends to say, real brief and no one bored. PLUS: sampler plate opportunities. Hit up Dwinelle next week for a one-act trio: three acts, three plays by 20th century writers including Eugene Ionesco, …
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Berkeley Gets National Publicity, But Not In the Good Way
Now this may be old news for some, but for those of us who cant afford a TV had midterms these past few weeks, Berkeley, of all places, was featured on last weeks episode of Americas Most Wanted. The crime in question was a triple homicide that took place in the city earlier this year. It began with …
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‘Why does Harvard’s FML look so much better than ours?’
My roommate used up all the toilet paper. When you gotta go, you gotta go. I went. FML So says someone at UC Berkeley FML, which has apparently been up since around Nov. 3. But the above comment, like a couple, seem to be general FML posts found across other campus FML sites—like at Stanford or Yale …
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Sunday Shout-Out: The Most Dangerous Games
Sunday Shout-Out picks out the week’s stories that simply slipped our minds. Last volleyball home game today at 12:30 p.m. and its free to all students. Plus: autographs! [Bear Bytes] The hypothetical Mayors Urban Driving Competition: the most dangerous game? [NY Times] A shitton of books for variou …
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