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    Remembering Sixties Fashions and Mad Men Days

    MARCH 28, 2012 5:21PM

    By joanpgage


    Topics: sterling cooper, sixties fashions, open call, mad men fashions, lever brothers, ladies' home journal, free speech movement, biba boutique, berkeley, beehive hairdos

    • 3 Ratings
    • 611 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    DRIVING ACROSS AMERICA

    FEBRUARY 21, 2012 6:44PM

    By Pam Malone


    Topics: america, regional differences, berkeley, los angeles, las vegas, albuquerque, the south, mississippi, billboards, abortion, the bible, gambling, casinos, radio, travel, photography, open+call, food/drink, environment, belief/religion, animals

    • 1 Ratings
    • 193 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    "Which way is home?": the dilemma of longing and belonging

    JANUARY 13, 2012 8:05AM

    By Neha Kamdar


    Topics: family, travel, diaspora, home, migration, immigrant, chicago, san francisco, berkeley, india

    • 14 Ratings
    • 2766 Views
    • 20 Comments
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    GNS: The Courtship of My Parents

    JANUARY 8, 2012 12:47PM

    By lschmoopie


    Topics: weddings, 1940s, movies, restaurants, san francisco, berkeley, oakland, parents

    • 1 Ratings
    • 295 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    In Defense of Tents - Place Matters for the Occupy Movement

    NOVEMBER 17, 2011 5:02PM

    By Jen Schradie


    Topics: occupy america, occupy wall street, occupy, tents, politics, activism, oakland, students, berkeley, open call

    • 0 Ratings
    • 339 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Cops beating students -- it's nothing new

    NOVEMBER 11, 2011 11:29AM

    By Tommi Avicolli Mecca


    Topics: vietnam war, sds, police abuse, police violence, the 60s, antiwar movement, occupy berkeley, student protesters, berkeley, politics, news, gay/lesbian, family, economy

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    • 16 Ratings
    • 3675 Views
    • 26 Comments
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    UC Berkeley Students Arrested And Beaten At Occupy Cal

    NOVEMBER 10, 2011 2:03PM

    By Kevin Army


    Topics: cal berkeley, cal, uc berkeley, berkeley, news, open+call, politics, occupy america, ows, occupy wall street, occupy oakland, occupy, occupy berkeley, occupy cal

    • 7 Ratings
    • 596 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    Occupy Berkeley

    OCTOBER 17, 2011 1:35AM

    By Janice Wood


    Topics: politics, occupy america, protests, berkeley, greedy bankers, occupy wall street, open+call

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 1634 Views
    • 31 Comments
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    People's Park

    OCTOBER 5, 2011 8:00AM

    By Steven Rockford


    Topics: occupy wall street, berkeley, the people's park

    • 0 Ratings
    • 125 Views
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    The happiest faces

    OCTOBER 2, 2011 8:16PM

    By Kardash


    Topics: true story, parenting, twins, babies, dads, fathers, berkeley, california

    • Editor's Pick
    • 23 Ratings
    • 2710 Views
    • 50 Comments
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    The Racist Bake Sale At UC Berkeley Today

    SEPTEMBER 27, 2011 4:39PM

    By Kevin Army


    Topics: breaking news, politics, racism, affirmative action, free speech, berkeley, college, education

    • 63 Ratings
    • 1771 Views
    • 85 Comments
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    Peace, Love, Understanding and Food Not Bombs

    APRIL 25, 2011 10:18AM

    By Linda Seccaspina


    Topics: politics, videos, video, youtube, food not bombs, protestors, love, hippies, hallmark channel, all nation singers, easterbags, jesus, dignity, bloody thursday, james rector, cal, university of california, 60's, telegraph avenue, unemployment, being poor, ronald reagan, easter egg roll, easter eggs, berkeley, people's park, homeless

    • 64 Ratings
    • 1373 Views
    • 87 Comments
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    If You're Going to San Francisco - A Tie-Dye Story

    APRIL 21, 2011 10:02AM

    By Linda Seccaspina


    Topics: right to forget, fashion, protesting, mark twain, linda seccaspina, blogging, blogger, blog, video, youtube, telegraph avenue, lauren pierce, love in, hippie beads, phish, grateful dead, pot smoker, seventeen magazine, army, soldiers, teeenage years, ontreal, viet nam war, berkeley, san franciscio, tree hugging hippies. tie-dye, treehuggers, hippies

    • 33 Ratings
    • 884 Views
    • 53 Comments
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    Could Cap'n Crunch Become the Next Pied Piper for Berkeley?

    APRIL 7, 2011 10:46AM

    By Linda Seccaspina


    Topics: animals, lemony snickets, berkeley, amoeba records, telegraph avenue, music, blog, video, youtube, blogger, blogging, anger, food not bombs, pied piper, cap'n crunch, count chocula, an francisco bay, quaker, facebook, rats, people's park, ben and the rats, food

    • Editor's Pick
    • 16 Ratings
    • 2083 Views
    • 20 Comments
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    Parenthood Recap: My Book Makes its NBC Debut

    FEBRUARY 2, 2011 3:59AM

    By Bob Calhoun


    Topics: parenthood, craig t nelson, nbc, beer blood and cornmeal, berkeley, bonnie bedilia, ecw press, peter krause, art direction

    • 6 Ratings
    • 497 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    Frank Moore And The Blind Lemon

    NOVEMBER 24, 2010 11:06AM

    By Kevin Army


    Topics: music, frank moore, performance art, nea, gay/lesbian, punk rock, berkeley, cults, my life in punk, kevin army

    • 47 Ratings
    • 827 Views
    • 74 Comments
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    Horses with No Names - The Priceless Ponderings of Priscilla

    NOVEMBER 19, 2010 10:41AM

    By Linda Seccaspina


    Topics: belief/religion, good people, being blind, higher powers, god, berkeley, horses with no names

    • 44 Ratings
    • 744 Views
    • 89 Comments
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    An Ode to the Symphony of Breakfast - Good News Sunday

    NOVEMBER 14, 2010 10:44AM

    By Linda Seccaspina


    Topics: food/drink, food porn, food, foodie, breakfast, brunch, homemade cafe, berkeley, yum

    • 0 Ratings
    • 206 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    How Berkeley Changed the World

    SEPTEMBER 14, 2010 7:49PM

    By Rheba77


    Topics: books, travel, california, berkeley

    • 0 Ratings
    • 247 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Kaja’s prime number is 17

    SEPTEMBER 12, 2010 6:47AM

    By Rheba77


    Topics: fiction, san diego, berkeley, college math, captain america, academic motivation, student performance, gpa, education

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