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Thanks for tuning in. Charlie needs a break, so Off the Telegraph is going on temporary hiatus. The bad news: we're going to have to suspend the 'Capture Cal Life' contest. (Psst: save your submissions for a later date.) The good news: we'll be back soon, so please keep checking in!

UC Santa Cruz has taken over the tree sitting trend. It seems a little bit more campus appropriate to me. UCSC is the hippie school after all right? I imagine the students there are more supportive. It is nice to know the tree-sitters have found a nice new home, and this time fighting animal testing as well!… Continue

It is a holiday, no class. What is it Memorial Day? No that is in the spring. Is it Labor Day? No, that already happened...Oh yeah it is Veterans' Day. They pretty much are all the same right? Does that mean we are going to be thoughtfully thanking and remembering veterans all day tomorrow instead of class? Hells no! I mean you are all out partying right now aren't you? Pre-Veterans' Day boozing is what it is all about. It is almost as cool as post Obama win boozing. I mean how many of you went… Continue

This is a comic from Toothpaste For Dinner.

1. Berkeley has real influence on our soon to be president. President-elect Barak Obama held his first press conference on Friday with two UC Berkeley professors standing behind him. Obama's 17 person Transition Economic Advisory Board includes Professor Laura Tyson from Haas School of Business

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Here are three things you might not want to miss this weekend, one for each day.

1. I said it last month but seriously, check out the Oakland Art Murmer if you haven't been I urge you. If you have been I remind you. It is tonight, so get your butt to Oakland and drink on the street, see cool art, and go to hip parties. Here is the info.

2. Change the Beat II, at Blake's on Telegraph on Saturday. Go hear some cool bands and help Ugandan Refugees. I… Continue

Off the Telegraph is having a contest to see which of our members can best capture life at UC Berkeley. So get out those cameras and video cameras and see if you can capture Berkeley life. Try to have a sense of humor in your submissions. The idea is to capture something that Berkeley students can really relate to. Here are the rules of the game:

1) To submit you must be a student o… Continue

1. Casually walk up and say " Hey, are you in my medical anthropology class?". This one is good because it makes you sound smart and sophisticated and also starts a conversation, " What is Medical anthropology?". Then you can take two routes, you can jokingly go, "I have no idea, I just wanted to talk to you", or you can memorize the Wikipedia page.

2. "Hey! how are you, I haven't seen you forever!"; wait until he/she answers in a… Continue

Here is a video of the action from Tuesday night in case you missed it, I just wanted to rub in your face all the fun that was had on the street. Funny, Berkeley students get involved after the win, but aren't willing to put any of the fight in that Berkeley students in the sixties did. I think it is kind of a cop out, but I guess we were celebrating our Berkeley heritage.

Also:

If you are outraged about the passing of propositions 8 ( and I know many Berkeley students are)… Continue

Need a new ipod? Apparently the ASUC (Associated Students of the University of California) is giving them away to lucky winners. The only information I have is that you should stop by their table in Upper Sproul, outside the north bookstore entrance and check out their programs f… Continue

Hello bearlings, I bring you a new weekly feature called " Ask Charlie". You can ask me advice about anything just send your questions to offthetelegraph@gmail.com. Here is this weeks question:

Dear Charlie,

I have a friend in one of my classes who barely bothers to show up. He asks me for my notes, which I take the time to type up neatly, basically every other class. He does the reading and uses my well organized notes and seems do be doing just as well as I am in the class. If I didn't show… Continue