 |
|
     |
|
|
Nudes in the news An anonymous attendee at the People’s Park 32nd anniversary party reports that in addition to poets, anti-poets, Wavy Gravy, and the Bubble Lady, “lots of old naked hippie men” joined in the festivities, with great enthusiasm and abandon. But “it was not a pretty sight,” our intrepid reporter says, adding: “I’m not against nudity, and when all these geezers were young and naked at Woodstock or in Golden Gate Park some three decades ago, well, that was OK—emphasis on was.” And lest you think that Cal students have no respect for tradition, freshmen Andrez Guerrero and Binh Au (above) also got in on taking it off. On April 12, the two stripped down at the intersection of Bancroft and Telegraph as part of a group project designed as “an exploration of the body and exercise in the right to freedom of expression.” If they didn’t get an A, we hope at least that they didn’t get a sunburn. Debating the proposal Since posing for the cover of our February issue, Cal policy debaters Dan Shalmon and Randy Luskey have won the prestigious Rex Copeland Award as the best team on the National Debate Tournament circuit. Perhaps even better, other team members later beat Stanford in the Cal–Stanford “Great Debate.” Cal’s parliamentary debate team has also earned some bragging rights—they managed to win not only the National Tournament Sweepstakes—the equivalent of the Copeland Award—but also the National Tournament in March. Berkeley’s Will Trachman and Danny Barak beat the team from the University of Wyoming in the final, which you can see online at http://debate.uvm.edu/parlivid.html. Sadly, they edited out the highlight of the debate—Trachman’s proposal to his girlfriend and fellow team-member, Nina Paul. We understand that she offered no objection. The Last Picture Show The venerable UC Theatre on University Avenue has experienced several incarnations since its opening in 1917.
Sold recently to the Landmark Cinema chain, the vintage building is in need of a $600,000 state-mandated retrofit—which Landmark claims it cannot afford to perform. The screen went dark on March 29. I'll take mine to go Was it vandals, pranksters, or gravity exercising the right to free speech at Moffitt Library’s FSM Café?  Creating a stir A stifling hot International House auditorium was packed to overflowing on April 4 as hundreds came to hear the famous, and sometimes infamous, British biologist Richard Dawkins deliver this year’s Hitchcock Lectures. Well known for his biting criticism of creationism, Dawkins quipped: “[It is a] bizarre idea that the origin myth of one particular group of Middle Eastern camel-herders should take precedence over the origin myths of any other group.” When the audience responded with loud clapping, laughter, and hoots of support, he followed up by saying: “We have lunatics in Britain, too. The only difference is that they don’t get political power.”  Return to Top |
 Photo by Sean Boyd
| ||||||||||||||
| About
CAA Contact
Us
Update
your Address CAA Career Opportunities Privacy Policy |
©2008 California Alumni
Association. All Rights Reserved For questions about CAA: info@alumni.berkeley.edu Technical inquiries: web@alumni.berkeley.edu
|
Alumni House Berkeley, CA 94720-7520 Toll-Free: (888) CAL-ALUM Phone: (510) 642-7026 Fax: (510) 642-6252
|
