Opinion

Column: Five of May

Cinco de Mayo, or Cinco de Drinko, as it’s lovingly called by some, is an American tradition celebrating our ability to celebrate anything. Together,...

Column: A beauty bias

Let me start off by saying that I really, really like Beyoncé. I think that she’s incredibly talented and impossibly beautiful and that she...

Letter to the editor: Principles of Community

Dear Senior Campus Administrators, It’s clear you’re being put in the difficult position of having to live up to the Principles of Community. I personally...

Column: Obummer

Team Obama is probably beginning to sweat by now (assuming they haven’t already been doing so for months). The president needs strong job growth...

Editorial: Get low

If new legislation is not passed, this July the interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans for 7.4 million students will rise from 3.4...

Column: West Coast, Y U No?

Astute readers will recall that I am not from here. I was born and raised and went to college on the East Coast (double-plus...

Editorial: Time to reschedule

At the end of this week, UC Berkeley students will officially end their Spring Semester, welcoming graduation or summer break. Meanwhile, here at UC...

Roving Reporter

“I would say cracking knuckles. My roommate does this weird dance before she goes to bed and every joint in her body cracks. I...

Letter to the editor: Campus dialogue

I have been on this campus for four years. Never have I been scared or hesitant to state my opinions, despite many of them...

Column: Polished and pressed

When I was younger, I was taught by my dad that it’s important to “appear presentable” at all times. I barely understood it then...

Column: The Bronze Supremacy

I have an enemy. It is an old enemy, and like any great adversaries, we cannot seem to do without each other. Like the...

Column: The glory of group MMS

It's Friday — the night is young and you and your crew are trying to decide what to do. Pregame? The bars? Biking? Walking?...

Guest opinion: Aggie Spirit

Not every great team wins a championship. Just ask any member of the 1997 or 1998 Utah Jazz. Sometimes great teams run into a...

Column: Who are the Ladies?

By JORDAN S. CARROLL After only a few episodes, HBO’s new series “Girls” has kicked up a flurry of controversy, criticism and (appropriately enough) navel-gazing. By...

Column: The business of buzz

There was a certain point in my life where I thought I could run a successful music blog and distribute the latest and greatest...