News
Study Finds Less Costly Materials for Solar PanelsUp until now, the cost of solar panels has made them impractical for many Americans. However, with the release of a study from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, soon this may no longer be the case.
Sports
Cignetti Accepts Position With PittFrank Cignetti, the Cal football team's offensive coordinator during the 2008 season, has accepted the same position at the University of Pittsburgh, it was announced by Pitt yesterday afternoon.
Cal Going Way Down South for Wildcat InviteAfter enduring a week's worth of practices in the incessant rain at Oakland's Metropolitan Golf Links, the No. 19 Cal women's golf team heads for clearer skies in Sonora, Mexico, this weekend with hopes that its fortunes brighten with the weather.
Durden, Bears Shooting for First Big Meet Win Since 2005This Saturday, the No. 6 Cal men's swimming team will come out of a two-week break to face its last Pac-10 dual-meet opponent. Fittingly, that opponent is archrival Stanford; even better, Stanford is ranked No. 1 in the nation.
Ludwig Hired as Cal Offensive CoordinatorWhen the Cal football team lost offensive coordinator Frank Cignetti to Pittsburgh, expectations were that coach Jeff Tedford would either take up the vacant duty himself or find someone that fit his pre-set offensive philosophy.
Opinion
An Unbudging BudgetYesterday California state legislators-Democrats and a few Republicans-high-fived each other victoriously after ending the state's three-month-long budget impasse. This was a surprising sight coming from officials who have been engaging in petty partisan battles for the last few months. Instead of celebrating like our politicians, the rest of us can only breathe a sigh of relief that the long overdue budget revision has passed.
A Reinstatement of Citizen's Arrests A long time ago, a friend of mine told me about the idea of citizen's arrest and my first thought was, "Anyone could arrest anyone else!!" I thought this was a job solely for the police. Well, I didn't think of it as a realistic measure, being a kid of only eight or nine years of age, but more of a funny idea. You know, arresting your friend.
The Recall Campaign is Baseless, Wasteful As the wise Fergie once articulated, "No no no no baby, no no no no don't lie. What you gonna do when it all comes out, when I see you and what you're all about? Stop, st-stop st-stop stop stop lying."
Increase in Taxes Would Hurt the Private SectorFree enterprise is not an "ideology." It is the name for the natural process for exchanging goods and services. When the government uses some half-baked theory to plan, regulate and punish producers, providers and consumers, then that's what you call "ideology." Thank you for protecting our God given right to life, liberty and the property. Hold the line! Even a 1 percent tax increase has a disastrous effect. It will raise the tax on the sale of the average home more than $3,000. It will wipe out home-builders who will have to pay tens of thousands of dollars more for materials.
Recall Is Necessary Given Conduct When I think of the ASUC senate, I picture intelligent, articulate, well-intentioned students whose concern is the well-being of our campus. In most instances, I have found my expectations of students who take part in the senate fulfilled-with one exception.
It's Time for a ProtestWhen I teach California politics, I try to pitch it to a packed room of undergrad class shoppers as the most relevant course to their daily lives that they'll take at Cal.