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UC Berkeley NewsCenter
Campus opinions vary on same-sex marriage ruling
Resources and tips for staying safe on campus
Chancellor's message on actions to target street crime
Police chief's retirement and rehire 'meticulously' followed UC policies, Brostrom tells panel
Grads urged to take a global view, make global change
May revision restores some UC cuts; regents' panel OKs student fee increase
University Medal finalists find inspiration and life lessons at Berkeley
Journalism student wins Lange Fellowship for 'California's Main Street'
Berkeley News
A man was shot dead Tuesday afternoon near the UC Berkeley campus.
Density Law Debate Rages in Berkeley - Silent in Alameda
Debate About Density Bonus Law Rages in Berkeley
Alameda Mayor Beverly Johnson Endorses Loni Hancock
Second Helpings: Chocolate, orange make for sweet tart
Event highlights issue of domestic violence in South Asian communities
Coaches begin their 'Cruisin' for a Cause'
Gain for anti-smoking movement: No puffs allowed in private vehicles
Berkeley Daily Planet
Local Writers
Grasping Reality with Both Hands: The Semi-Daily Journal Economist Brad DeLong
Weblog Truffle Find of the Day: Ta-Nehisi Coates
Linux: The Revenge of Ronald Coase
I Really Do Not Need to See This...
The Four Seasons vs the Bureaucrats of Mumbai
Megan McArdle and Thomas Malthus vs. Greg Clark
Paul Krugman Reads the New Yorker
Patrick Ruffini Tries to Take Back His Movement from the Bushies and Their Acolytes
Daily Kos
The Cost of Flipping that Light Switch
Open Thread for Night Owls & Early Birds
John Battelle's Searchblog
Facebook and Google: True Social Networking Friends
Google. Does. Not Market. Except When It Does.
Can Yahoo Get the Search Monkey Off Its Back?
Beast Blog
Not Quite a Blog 2.0
FBI withdraws NSL letter to Brewster
Statistical Solutions to Elections Mysteries
Not a soccer mom
Upcoming Events
Berkeley J-School Events
May 6, 2008, 6:00 pm - To celebrate the release of its new issue on play, Greater Good magazine is hosting a panel discussion that will reveal the newest facts about video game play, and what guidelines they suggest for parents, teachers, kids, and the people who create the games. A Q&A will follow the discussion.May 5, 2008, 5:00 pm - Join us for stories and how-to advice from book writers. What makes a story book-worthy? What is a book pitch and how do you make one? Do you need an agent to write a book? What are publishers looking for in first books?
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U.C. Berkeley Critic's Choice
Environment: Greenpeace cofounder says sustainable future includes nuclear energy
Monday, December 11, 4 p.m., Sibley Auditorium, Bechtel Engineering Ctr.
Patrick Moore, a leader in the international environmental field for over 30 years, will give a special lecture titled "Searching For a Sustainable Energy Future," sponsored by Berkeley's department of nuclear engineering.. . .
Film: Kurosawa's "Throne of Blood"
Wednesday, Dec. 13, 7:30 p.m., Pacific Film Archive
In his audacious 1957 adaptation of Macbeth, Kurosawa captures the power and emotional grandeur of the original — without using a word of Shakespeare's language. He instead relies on the aesthetics of Noh theater and his own visual and cinematic invention to evoke the Bard's themes of destruc. . .
Sustainability: Conserving energy vs. limiting power
Wednesday, December 13, 10 a.m., 465 Soda Hall
The vast majority of the research on power management to date has focused on energy conservation. However, many researchers are now starting to address the next key challenge: limiting power consumption to a less-than-peak power budget with minimal performance degradation.. . .
Lecture: "Past Tents - The Way We Camped"
Thursday, December 14, 7 p.m., Hearst Museum Gallery
Susan Snyder, head of services for the Bancroft Library and author of "Bear in Mind: The California Grizzly," offers a lighter look at Americans' infatuation with the great outdoors. Mining once again the vast archives at the Bancroft Library, Snyder has mapped out this cheeky yet accurate. . .
Symposium: CITRIS and engineering a better world
Thursday, December 14, 1-5:30 p.m., Sibley Auditorium, Bechtel Eng. Ctr.
The Center for Information Technology Research in the Service of Society (CITRIS) is celebrating its fifth anniversary with a symposium devoted to "The Role of University Research in California's Future," featuring UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau and other expert panelists includin. . .
Dance: Berkeley City Ballet performs the Nutcracker
Friday-Sunday, Dec. 15-17, Zellerbach Playhouse | Tickets
The Berkeley City Ballet will bring the holiday season's most beloved ballet to life, with the help of guest artists from the Oakland Ballet and Lines Ballet. Composed a decade before the turn of the 20th century by Tchaikovsky, "The Nutcracker" follows a blonde German girl named Clara an. . .
Classic film: Kurosawa's seminal, satirical "Yojimbo"
Sunday, Dec. 17, 4 p.m., Pacific Film Archive
In this tongue-in-cheek anti-epic by famed Japanaese director Akira Kurosawa, which inspired Eastwood's later "A Fistful of Dollars," Toshiro Mifune plays a boisterous, bullying, amoral ronin (masterless samurai). He calls himself simply Sanjuro (“Thirty Years Old”). When Sanj. . .