The Berkeley Graduate: Archival Begins

Archival Status: IN PROGRESS

Ironically, the beginning is the end.
Prepare to go back in time!

(Great scott!)


Upcoming Update Schedule:

Mondays: Minutes/GA Progress Updates
Tuesdays: Local Reviews/Professional Development
Wednesdays: As Seen On Campus
Thursdays: Contests/Around the Internet
Fridays: News Redux/Around the Departments
Saturdays/Sundays: Arts and Audio

Mario Salvo Lectures!

We were sitting at a meeting tonight (where we got to listen to the Chancellor talk about some fun stuff, so we're not complaining), and consequently missed the annual Mario Salvo Memorial Lectures.

However, if you would like to hear the classic version,

here are parts 1:

and 2:

woot!

Not to geek out too much, but those are totally Ron Moore's crib sheets for Galen Tyrol's union speeches in Battlestar Galactica. Just sayin'...

December Graduate Assembly Meeting: Quick Notes Part 1

Guest speaker Chancellor Robert J. Birgeneau spoke to the assembly:

He covered:

• The Best Event of his 42 Years in Academia
• Faculty Searches and Retaining Excellence
• Graduate Student Excellence
• Berkeley Looking forward: Access and Excellence
• Hewlett Packard Chairs and Graduate Student Support
• Budget Cuts and the University Financial Situation
• Student Fees
• And progress on projects such as:

Moving ahead on Lower Sproul

Equity and Inclusion Initiatives

Student Mental Health

Campus Safety

And followed up with some question and answer.

Here was one of our favorite parts as observers:

It IS almost like asking you how to make a string quartet more efficient
...sometimes we just want to hug that guy.