Summer 2011
The Soundtrack of Berkeley
Features
Hillbillionaire
Most people make mixtapes. Warren Hellman throws a music festival.
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The Sound of Musicology
The Department of Music goes beyond performance.
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Off the Charts
How the forced eclecticism of KALX has forged a culture.
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Spirit on a Shoestring
They may be poor, but the Cal Band is still the pride of California.
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Rockin' the Plaza
In Lower Sproul, free concerts are a long (and loud) tradition.
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Plus: Rewind
Lab + Field
All Work and All Play
Berkeley graduate students discover a true calling for two orphaned dogs.
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Counting the Days
How estrogen changes the way we think.
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Getting the Picture
A Berkeley rhetorician investigates a group of infamous photographs from the Cambodian Genocide.
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Arts + Letters
Stepping Up
The AileyCamp summer program teaches kids more than dance.
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Mix and Map
Far Flung
Lonesome Road
Highway 50 through Nevada provides more than breathing room.
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The Play
Extra Innings
Thanks to donors, five Cal Athletics teams have a new lease on life.
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Sather Gate
Way to Go
Once a Cal alum's idle pastime, the Darwin Awards have become a perennial Internet hit.
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5 Questions for Michael Chabon
The Pulitzer Prize-Winning novelist gives us a tour of Telegraph Ave.
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Out of the Gate
Flying Back to the Cuckoo's Nest
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