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Beloved brewpub Triple Rock Brewing to close at end of year
City

Beloved brewpub Triple Rock Brewing to close at end of year

Triple Rock Brewery, a Berkeley brewpub opened in 1986 by brothers John and Reid Martin, will close at the end of the year. The establishment was one of the first five brewpubs opened in the United States after the end of Prohibition. It is the oldest continuously operating brewpub in the United States, according to the brewpub’s statement.

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Sports

Weapons acquired
Football

Weapons acquired

It was clear how talented Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele was in his freshman year. Yet one thing remained clear: An elite quarterback can’t hold up an offense on his own — they need weapons.

Columns

What’s wrong with me?
Off the Beat

What’s wrong with me?

Mental-health awareness has succeeded at changing our vocabulary faster than it has changed our capacity for understanding. I think it has also changed the vocabulary through which we understand and trap ourselves.

Lifestyle

How to larp a UC Berkeley student
How To

How to larp a UC Berkeley student

When you picture a UC Berkeley student, it’s hard to avoid the stereotypes: the crusty nerd whose only social life is their textbook, the liberal arts kid who can turn casual conversation into debate, or the pack of furries casually roaming campus. It’s time to unpack the new and improved UC Berkeley student archetype, one characteristic at a time.

How to cope with and move past a club rejection
How To

How to cope with and move past a club rejection

Imagine, after multiple rounds of coffee chats, pulling grueling all-nighters to perfect your cover letters and three rounds of interviews, you find yourself on the walk back to your dorm, receiving a notification that starts with “we regret to inform you.”

The lost art of campus etiquette
How To

The lost art of campus etiquette

Everything you find annoying about UC Berkeley’s student life probably stems from its decline in basic courtesy. Whatever happened to having manners, and how do we get them back?

Which type of UC Berkeley influencer are you?
Quizzes

Which type of UC Berkeley influencer are you?

A new culture of students vlogging their coffee chats has become normalized as a universal experience at UC Berkeley. Take your daily routine and follow this list of influencer archetypes to find out which UC Berkeley influencer you are!

Arts & entertainment

Slow Pulp returns with a bolder ‘Melodie’
Album Reviews

Slow Pulp returns with a bolder ‘Melodie’

After a few years of hibernation, Slow Pulp’s newest album Melodie is the balanced mix fans have been anticipating since its previous album Yard was released in 2023. Over the album’s 11 tracks, Melodie ushers in a new era for Slow Pulp. The Chicago-based indie rockers, once hailing from the great dairyland of Wisconsin, seem to be entering a more experimental era of music, the familiar faces of Teddy Mathews, Alex Leeds, Henry Stoehr and Emily Massey returning with the passion and lyricism audiences have come to enjoy.

Weekender

A Stoner’s Guide to Finding God
Fiction

A Stoner’s Guide to Finding God

When Jeremey tries to use ChatGPT to write an essay for class, he finds himself pondering some of life’s biggest mysteries such as the existence of God and whether or not he should’ve hit the bong.

A Can of Beans
Personal Essays

A Can of Beans

There is an intense subjugation that permeates throughout everyday life, setting up a stream of expectations for what a man should do versus what a woman should do. I felt that my dedication to becoming a person lied in the refusal of the feminine expectations.

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