Archive for Archive for May, 2007

Adjust Your Tassels, Part IX (Graduation Ceremonies, May 21st)

History of Art at Zellerbach Playhouse, 11 AM.
Architecture, Environmental Design at Greek Theatre, 2 PM. Neither of these have speakers. The students would go on a mad rampage and burn studio down if they waited for their diplomas any longer.
Mathematics at Zellerbach Auditorium, 2 PM. Andrew Fire, who ended up with a Nobel Prize [...]

Posted by: Avinash on Monday, May 21st, 2007

Mormons Versus Steers (Utah vs. San Antonio, Western Conference Finals)

(From your editor’s sports blog, Get Up Eight Times)
I have plenty of things to say about the Suns-Spurs series (an utter nightmare for a sports fan to watch), but I still haven’t gotten over it quite yet, and I’m afraid any answer I give will be lacerated with all sorts of nasty phrases that few [...]

Posted by: Avinash on Sunday, May 20th, 2007

Adjust Your Tassels, Part VIII (Graduation Ceremonies, May 20th)

Business (Undergraduate) in Greek Theatre at 9 AM. No speaker would dare enter, lest to get your hopes up for the life of drudgery you are about to lead.
Legal Studies in Zellerbach Auditorium at 9 AM. Robert Kagan, who you can thank for his role in starting the war in Iraq (just kidding, different [...]

Posted by: Avinash on Sunday, May 20th, 2007

Adjust Your Tassels, Part VII (Graduation Ceremonies, May 19th)

 

College of Engineering (General, Bio, Chemical, Environmental, Material, Mechanical, Nuclear) at Greek Theatre, 8:30 AM. The awesome Dado Banatao talks; Filipinos representing.
Integrative Biology at Zellerbach Auditorium, 9 AM. Dr. Craig Moritz will hopefullytalk about the ecology of koalas.
Goldman School of Public Policy at Chancellor’s Esplanade, 10 AM. Ms. Maria Echaveste, who is as cute [...]

Posted by: Avinash on Saturday, May 19th, 2007

Goodbye…and Hello

Most of you are probably hightailing your way out of Berkeley or drowning yourself in booze galore to ensure maximal amnesia of the past ten days. This place has eaten you alive and you want no part of it anymore. Making baristas for assholes sounds thousands of times better to most of you than taking [...]

Posted by: Avinash on Friday, May 18th, 2007

The Bears Are Roaring: Blog Roundup

Beetle Beat — Don’t forget to exaggerate a bit
We’re embarrassed to be working on an Earth where humans conflict with one another. This just doesn’t seem right at all.

and then you explode.: Multiplicity
Going home is only easy if you have loads of cash.

The California Golden Blogs :: 2007 Playboy Preseason All-American Team Revealed
DeSean Jackson, as [...]

Posted by: Avinash on Friday, May 18th, 2007

Streak To The Finish

Yeah…if you’re a UC Berkeley student, you know what’s coming. You’ve made it kids. Now sit back and watch smelly co-opers reveal their jewels (or patches) in a fit of running.
And from the looks of it, it’s a bunch of people you’d NEVER want to see naked. And it’s becoming an Olympic event. Are we [...]

Posted by: Avinash on Friday, May 18th, 2007

Adjust Your Tassels, Part VI (Graduation Ceremonies, May 18th)

Anthropology at Zellerbach Auditorium, 9 AM. Nelson Graburn is the speaker. He likes Inuits.
Molecular and Cell Biology at Greek Theatre, 9 AM. Michael Levine will talk about stuff. MCB majors will be fidgety until the last minute until someone hands them their empty diploma so they can finally exhale.
Energy and Resources Group at Alumni House, [...]

Posted by: Avinash on Friday, May 18th, 2007

John Woo is Set to Direct Bruce Willis’s Hollywood Rampage

Bruce Willis has taken time off from hanging off skyscrapers and pirouetting onto helicopter ladders to blast his brethren for espousing their grand causes.
BRUCE WILLIS is fed up with listening to outspoken actors - and believes their opinion shouldn’t mean “jack s**t” to the general public. The Die Hard star understands some of his colleagues [...]

Posted by: Avinash on Thursday, May 17th, 2007

The Bears Are Roaring: Blog Roundup

The Band Is Out On The Field :: 107 days until GameDay (Now with capital ‘D’)
Note to self: Do not invite parents to Tennessee game.

The Present Tense: Warriors Wrap Up
One Warriors fan says goodbye.

The Lobotomist’s Dream: Some Pictures and Quick Thoughts to Kill Time…
We’re pretty sure another year of dorm food would shed another five [...]

Posted by: Avinash on Thursday, May 17th, 2007