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Several power outages affect 4,000 people in Southside, West Berkeley

About 11:50 a.m. Thursday, several power outages affected nearly 4,000 people in South Berkeley and North Oakland, according to Pacific Gas and Electric.
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Campus 12/9/15

Presidential candidate Martin O’Malley speaks at UC Berkeley

Former governor of Maryland and Democratic presidential candidate Martin O’Malley addressed a packed audience of UC Berkeley students and community members Wednesday afternoon in Sibley Auditorium.
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football

Sonny Dykes agrees to extension to stay at Cal through 2019

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Presidential candidate Martin O’Malley speaks at UC Berkeley

Men's Basketball

Cal men’s basketball takes down Incarnate Word, 74-62

city

Berkeley High students participate in ‘take back the day’ event

the daily clog

How to throw a high school-themed college party

City 12/9/15

City Council to discuss possible 18-story building on Harold Way at Tuesday meeting

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Sports

Football 12/10/15

Sonny Dykes agrees to extension to stay at Cal through 2019

Men's Basketball 12/9/15

Cal men’s basketball takes down Incarnate Word, 74-62

In front of both an undersized home crowd and an undersized opponent, Cal registered its seventh victory of the season Wednesday night, topping Incarnate Word, 74-62. After winning the tip, Cal finished off a clean first possession with a jumper from forward Jaylen Brown, who put guard Jontrell Walker on
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Men's Water Polo 12/8/15

Cal men’s water polo finishes season in 3rd, optimistic for future

Whoever placed the Cal men’s water polo team as third in the Collegiate Water Polo Association’s 2015 preseason poll should be awfully proud of themselves for their predictive abilities. Finishing third at the NCAA tournament, the Bears ended their season among the top in the nation, capping off one of
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A&E

Theater 12/10/15

Death, comedy run rampant in ‘A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder’

Dance 12/10/15

‘Erasing Time’ dances through dreamscapes

Entering choreographer Sara Shelton Mann’s durational retrospective at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, “Erasing Time,” was much like entering a serene and vibrant dreamscape. Mann’s almost five-hour long “play within a play within,” which took place Dec. 4 and 5, delved into time and shattered the concept of
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Album Reviews 12/10/15

Coldplay explores, gets lost in ‘Head Full of Dreams’

For all of the flak that Coldplay and Chris Martin have received over the years — especially after the album release of Ghost Stories, perhaps the lowest point of their almost 20-year-old career — no one can accuse them of not pushing the boundaries and limits of the band’s musicality.
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Opinion

Columns 12/10/15

Soaked in oblivion

Columns 12/7/15

What’s your Myers Briggs?

“What’s your Myers Briggs?” I casually interjected into a conversation with my then-boyfriend one evening. Then, perhaps not entirely willingly, he found a 15-minute online quiz that confirmed my suspicions: We were as incompatible together as Adderall and alcohol. Worrying about a personality test is stupid, and whether two people
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Columns 12/4/15

Choose your words

Every human on this earth has an invaluable story to tell that is completely unique to their personal experiences — triumphs, failures, victories, embarrassments and all. But have we become so concerned with promoting “respectful speech” that we forget to respect an individual’s right to tell their story? Are our
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From The Blogs

The Daily Clog 12/10/15

Are you living RRR Week to the fullest?

RRR Week itself is a strange concept for the college student to understand. It’s odd to not have to wake up for classes every day, and we’re not quite sure if we should be studying or not. The free time is almost too much for us. At some point, you
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The Daily Clog 12/10/15

Authorities crack down on student monopoly of library seating

Late last night at 4:20 a.m., the UC Berkeley Police Department was informed of the whereabouts of a student group responsible for fixing rates to reserve library seating in Main Stacks, Doe, the Valley Life Sciences Building and Moffitt. This student group on campus, aptly named “You Can’t Sit With
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The Daily Clog 12/9/15

Not all heroes wear masks, but Naked Run participants do

At 9 p.m. on Tuesday, a group of 30-40 UC Berkeley students participated in the infamous Naked Run, which takes place every semester during RRR Week. Electricity and excitement buzzed in the air as the runners scrambled to change out of their clothes and into their costumes of choice from within the confines
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The Daily Clog 12/9/15

How to throw a high school-themed college party

Do you ever reminisce about those days when you could walk into a party and know everyone? Or when you had to live under the constant fear of parents finding out where you are? Well, reminisce no more, because we at the Clog have developed a guide on how to incorporate
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