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Authorities Combing Woods For Missing UC Berkeley Student/Rapper MC Thor

A search for Vernon "Cody" Matthews has entered its fourth day, following the UC Berkeley student/rapper's disappearance during a hiking trip. According to El Dorado County Sheriff's Department spokesperson Lt. Tim Becker,

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Oakland In-N-Out Allegedly Refuses To Call 911 For Injured Patron

Though the UC Berkeley community was thrown into a spiral of despair after a hopes of an In-N-Out Burger's new location near campus were dashed, there's one recent grad who's probably happy that

Family Members Of Measles-Infected BART Rider Fall Ill

Remember all the frustration you expressed over the possibly nonvaccinating family of BART/UC Berkeley's Measles Patient Zero? Well, it looks like you might have been proven right, as Contra Costa County health

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SF Strip Clubs Want To Get UC Berkeley Co-Eds Naked

Who says there are no non-tech jobs available in San Francisco? I can think of at least six businesses in San Francisco that are actively recruiting employees, and the greatest technical skill you

Cal Student Allegedly Gay Bashes, Robs Other Student

A UC Berkeley student accused of making homophobic remarks before beating and robbing a classmate may face hate crime charges for the assault, according to a crime report posted by the schools police

UC Berkeley's Football Field Now Brought To You By Kabam

The University of California, Berkeley has announced that the naming rights for the field at Memorial Stadium will go to Kabam, a maker of free video games headquartered in San Francisco. For $18

UC Berkeley Nobel Prize Winner Humblebrags Win On Facebook

It's nice to know that even Nobel Prize winners are prone to the occasional humblebrag, superpower smarts and all. Shortly after winning the 2013 prize for medicine on Monday, UC Berkeley's Randy Schekman

UC Berkeley Campus Evacuated After Explosion [Updated]

UC Berkeley is being evacuated after an underground fire. pic.twitter.com/XDeuSiI52K— Joe Vazquez (@joenewsman) October 1, 2013 A power outage at UC Berkeley prefaced a major explosion on Monday night, resulting

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Video: Naked Run At UC Berkeley [NSFW]

A gaggle of young adults peeled off their clothing for the semesterly Naked Run last week at UC Berkeley. Lots of jiggling breasts and male bits can be seen in this video, so:

Police Destroy Crops In Occupy Farm Raid

Early Monday morning, UC Berkeley police literally plowed through an Occupy offshoot group's latest attempt to turn an empty plot of land into a community farm. More than 100 protesters came to the

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Video: Cal Women's Basketball Team Covers Drake's 'Started from the Bottom'

The wildly successful Cal Lady Bears covered potential vagina murderer Drake's "Started from the Bottom." And what the team lacks in vocal skills, they more than make up for in spirit and pluck.

8-Year-Old Girl Shot With Arrow In Berkeley

While sitting on whale sculpture at Lawrence Hall of Science, just above the UC Berkeley campus, an 8-year-old girl was shot in the leg with an arrow. Which: what?! She did not suffer

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New Fbook Page Helps Berkeley Undergrads Identify Drunken Hookups

If you haven't already heard, the kids are extra slutty these days. And yes, we're sex-positive and everything. But we'd like to point you to this fine new servicey Facebook page called UC

Berkeley Law Student Pleads Not Guilty To Bird Beheading

As we've reported earlier, two guys who attend Boalt Hall law school at Berkeley were caught on security cameras at the Flamingo in Las Vegas, likely during a bender, chasing a bird that

Berkeley Students Whoring Themselves on Sugar Daddy Site to Pay Tuition

An "increasing number" of Berkeley students are earning thousands of dollars a month through the website SeekingArrangement.com, which is a "dating" site for sugar daddies and their "sugar babies" seeking "mutually beneficial

UC Berkeley Fraternity's Halloween Decor Deemed Not Cool

A UC Berkeley fraternity is under fire for misguided haunted house decor left literally hanging outside their frat house on Halloween. Theta Delta Chi thought it would be a good idea to feature

Berkeley Law Students Accused Of Beheading Rare Bird In Las Vegas

Two 24-year-old men claiming to be UC Berkeley law students had something of a wild, deplorable night in Las Vegas. Last week, the duo were spotted by surveillance cameras at the Flamingo Hotel

UC Berkeley Cop Shoots Self In Leg

See, this is something we would do if (God save us all) we held a job as a uniformed police officer. Early this morning, A UC Berkeley cop shot himself in the leg

UC Berkeley Fraternity Mourns Loss of Alum, Ambassador Chris Stevens

Members of the Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity at UC Berkeley held a candlelight vigil last night in honor of slain U.S. Ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stevens, who was killed Tuesday in

UC Berkeley Student Crashes Car Into Dorm, Severs Gas Line

An estimated 400 students were rattled out of bed this morning at University of California at Berkeley after a 22-year-old male student slammed into a dormitory. Oops. "At around 3 a.m. Wednesday

Berkeley Police Agencies Denied Hippie-Stomping Armored Vehicle

Over in Berkeley, the University of California Police Department's plan to use homeland security funds to purchase an armor-plated, riot-squelching monster truck, has been shot down by city officials and school administrators. In

Berkeley Police Agencies Want Hippie-Stomping Armored Vehicle

After seeing those cool anti-protest riot vehicles in action at Occupy Oakland events this past year, the UCPD, Berkeley PD and Albany PD have acted on their riot squad envy and formed a

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Video: Berkeley Freshman's Rad Automated Dorm Room

Now, this is the roommate we always wanted in college. UC Berkeley freshman Derek Low turned his dorm at aesthetically-jarring Unit 2 into something special and magical. Low fashioned his drab room on

UC Berkeley Assistant Vice Chancellor Gave Unfair Raise To Lover

At a time when UC Berkeley students can afford neither tuition nor another beat down from campus police, assistant vice chancellor Diane Leite "gave repeated raises to a subordinate during their 15-month romance"

Luxury Car Drivers Are Jerks, Says UC Berkeley Study

Here's a big news flash that ought to blow some minds: According to a study conducted by researchers at UC Berkeley, people who drive expensive cars in the Bay Area are four times