Archive for UC Berkeley

There’s Gonna Be A Big Future in Plastics

“Sandy, let me tell you something. Something that you want to hear.”
“What is it?”

It’s going to revolutionize everything. Even seismic retrofitting.

It took decades of research, experimentation and head-scratching, but a team of San Francisco engineers says it has found a way to save the beloved landmark in Strawberry Canyon, which straddles the state’s most dangerous [...]

Posted by: Avinash on Thursday, September 25th, 2008

It Is Done

You know what. Full petition here.
Jubilation reigns.

Posted by: Avinash on Thursday, September 4th, 2008

If Marshawn Lynch Was A Treesitter…

I tried reading this editorial in good humor, but then the writer started invoking Goodwin’s Law and my mind blanked out. Once someone analogizes Hitler massacring half of Europe to cutting down a bunch of old oak trees, you’re probably going to lose me.
Clearly this woman was speaking in some sort of nebulous third-world that [...]

Posted by: Avinash on Thursday, July 24th, 2008

Cal Gals: Ryan Langdon

Our contributor Danzig is currently indisposed, so I’ll be reviving this long popular series.

Ryan Langdon is another one of those rare talents that we just never get to see enough of at our esteemed University. She emerged with degree of architecture from Cal, and is now down south in LA to become a successful artist. [...]

Posted by: Avinash on Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

Cal Girls: Sumi Das

Listen, I’ll be the first to admit: I can’t watch Bollywood movies without breaking out into open laughter. Whenever I see guys doing Jazz-hands, I’m gonna start cracking up no matter what.* However, that doesn’t mean Indian ladies don’t have their laurels. Sumi Das is probably one of the most striking and recognizable Cal [...]

Posted by: Danzig on Thursday, May 15th, 2008

Cal Gals: Morgan Webb

Morgan Webb is one of those Berkeley treasures that makes you happy to be alive. A true hot nerd who loves playing video games. She’s the only reason I’ve ever stopped to watch G4. She makes me feel love inside. She makes me hope that one day, I will be able to associate with [...]

Posted by: Avinash on Thursday, April 24th, 2008

Cal Volleyball All-Star of the Week: Angie Pressey

As usual, I have overlooked other Cal sports over the past…seven months, and during this long, interminable offseason I hope to reward our good teams with feature posts.

So let’s start with the Cal Volleyball All-Stars. By all-stars, I mean girls with sparkling all-around bodies of work. This team got all the way to the Final [...]

Posted by: Avinash on Monday, April 21st, 2008

Stokke Inflation, Part II

Part I here.

Definition: Where a writer of a site spends an inordinate amount of time researching an article that gets a decent amount of traffic, then links to pictures of an attractive female athlete which receives about a hundred times more attention.
Oh well. I’m not complaining. It makes the site look nicer, that’s for sure.

Posted by: Avinash on Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

Cal Gals: Iliana Fischer

The audience asked for beautiful Cal gals, and I have obliged. From the Superficial (and thanks to Bear Insider), meet Playboy Playmate and Psychology-grad Iliana Fischer. You can view better pictures of her from the Superficial link, but it seems the tiny dog gets the best of this image. This is just to show proof [...]

Posted by: Avinash on Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

Introducing…Stokke Inflation

I think we’re going to have to come up with a new term for behavorial economists after another ill-informed list of hottest college campuses: We’ll call it Stokke Inflation.
Definition of Stokke Inflation: (n.) A drastic increase in the net hotness of a population based on small samples of beauty.
Example: Allison Stokke, who has managed to [...]

Posted by: Avinash on Thursday, March 27th, 2008