Spring 2016 - War Stories
War Stories
Features
The history of the Cold War didn’t always make history.
Read more »
The Extremes of Human Experience
Maybe that’s what attracts men to war.
Read more »
Angels, Protesters and Patriots
What a long-ago skirmish says about love of country.
Read more »
Clifford Stoll in Four Dimensions
How a Berkeley eccentric beat the USSR and went on to manufacture totally useless, wonderful objects.
Read more »
The Other Side of War
I volunteered for Mortuary Affairs because I always thought: What better way to honor their sacrifice?
Read more »
“Did You Kill Anybody?”
I just didn’t say anything…because people didn’t have a clue…
Read more »
Lab + Field
American Mastadon
Did forests edge out megafauna, or the other way around?
Read more »
Suffer the Children
A long-term study hopes to unravel the complexities of chemical exposure.
Read more »
Better Living Through Chemical Analysis
Consumers gain access to safety studies, and corporations take note.
Read more »
Like Fungi in the Bank
Sierra Nevada forests make a savvy investment in fire-withstanding fungi.
Read more »
Arts + Letters
Berkeley’s Bravest
Rediscovering the Cal scholar who was the model for Hemingway’s Spanish Civil War hero.
Read more »
Sather Gate
World’s Smartest Billionaire
CAA’s Alumnus of the Year for 2016 is James H. Simons.
Read more »
Out of the Gate
Sketching Elijah
A few bullet wounds got a sniper out of the Army and into UC Berkeley—but he still wasn’t free.
Read more »
Perspectives
Share Your Own Insight
Have a perspective on the state of journalism that we somehow failed to include? Share it with us now.
Read more »