The Week
News
St. Mary's holds on top to Albany
It wasn’t exactly a pitcher’s duel at the St. Mary’s diamond on Friday afternoon, but even the most snobbish of baseball purists would have had to agree that it was good baseball. -more-
Lampley garners team MVP
Cal junior forward Sean Lampley added another piece of hardware to his trophy case on Thursday, taking home the 2000 Cal basketball team’s Most Valuable Player award at the Bears’ annual awards banquet. -more-
Power goes out
About 1,800 customers lost electricity and phone service early Friday morning when an underground transformer exploded. -more-
BHS girls come from behind to beat O'Dowd
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BHS sacricices league meet
With the nationally recognized Arcadia track meet scheduled for this weekend, Berkeley High head coach Darrell Hampton considered Thursday’s league meet with Granada as more of a pre-race warmup lap than a competitive event. -more-
BHS school day ends early because of fire
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Daily Planet begins a second fabulous year!
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Ethnicity explored
The Zaytuna Institute is sponsoring a conference today and Saturday entitled “The Forgotten Roots,” which will examine the historical past of various ethnic groups in the Americas. -more-
Yellowjackets shoot season-best 205 in league match at Tilden
Berkeley High boys golf coach Matt Bremer has been predicting a sub-215 score for his team for weeks, but the remarkable 205 the Berkeley High boys golf team shot at Tilden Park Golf Course on Wednesday surprised even the optimistic coach. -more-
YMCA holds family night
The Downtown Berkeley YMCA will open its doors to the public for a free event celebrating Healthy Kids Day. -more-
Don't trust anyone over 30, unless it's Jack Weinberg
The man who coined the phrase “Don’t trust anyone over 30” turned 60 years old Tuesday. -more-
Arts scene goes international
Entertainment will take on a distinctively international flavor on the UC Berkeley campus this week, and appropriately enough, the International House will be the host for the festivities. -more-
BHS softball ends scoring drought
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Incomplete Panther swim team falls to ACCAL foes
Being a varsity swimmer at St. Mary’s High is a bit like being a surfer in Nebraska. Head swimming coach Erin Heister is the first to admit that the school’s lack of an on-campus aquatic facility makes the sport of swimming a less appealing alternative than the more easily accommodated spring sports, like baseball, softball, volleyball and track. -more-
Jackets squeeze by league rivals in five
The Berkeley High boys volleyball took its second straight league match into five games against Granada on Tuesday evening. Unlike last Thursday’s loss to Monte Vista, however, the ’Jackets kept their cool down the stretch, coming from a 7-10 deficit in the fifth game to win,15-11. -more-
Cal honors ex-president of Portugal
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Council to consider bicycle plan for city
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Patrick Kennedy's Plan
In regards to proposals for development of the City’s Oxford Street surface parking lot in downtown (Berkeley Daily Planet, April 1-2), it should be noted that the City Council voted in October to designate the Oxford lot as an “Opportunity Site for as much low income housing and multipurpose multicultural space as possible.” -more-
Latin Hustle offers a comic look at being young, brown, gay
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Jackets face Granada today
Berkeley High boys tennis coach Dan Seguin didn’t mean it as a knock on his opponents when he announced that he would field several junior varsity players against league rival Granada today. In fact, with Berkeley’s depth, facing the JV ’Jackets may not be such a different experience from facing any other school’s varsity. -more-
Portables to be placed at King Middle
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Berkeley boys crew slows in San Diego
A lot of spectators at last weekend’s high school-collegiate San Diego Crew Classic may have thought the defending national champion Cal Golden Bears were the only Berkeley squad to show up. And as far as Berkeley High boys crew coach Eric Christiani is concerned, they were right. -more-
Council agenda includes old items
Tonight’s City Council meeting will begin after a brief Housing Authority meeting at 7 p.m. -more-
BHS volleyball seeks first EBAL triumph
The Berkeley High boys volleyball team thinks it has what it takes to post its first East Bay Athletic League win against Granada at home tonight. But after falling to league rival Monte Vista – another expected win – last Tuesday, the ’Jackets aren’t leaving anything to chance. -more-
Neighbors tell city to get rid of 'monstrosity'
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The truth about university's referendum on People's Park
It is sad that it seems that the ASUC (Associated Students of the University of California) now wants to follow in the not-so-proud recent tradition of statewide ballot initiatives. With the upcoming People’s Park referendum, the ASUC, or at least some faction within it, is manipulating simple words with supposed good intentions to dupe voters into supporting a sinister motive (a la Proposition 209, 21, 22, etc.). -more-
'One Flea Spare' falls short
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Disability Awareness Day to be held on Cal campus
Cal Disabled Students’ Union will hold its inaugural Disability Awareness Day this Wednesday on the university campus. -more-
Small fire at Cragmont
A small fire occurred just before the end of classes Friday at Cragmont Elementary School on Regal Road. -more-
Opinion
Editorials
Juveniles linked to UC crimes
University of California police have arrested two juveniles in connection with the burglary, and arson of three vehicles in university parking structures on the evening of Feb. 26. -more-
Utility.com partners with Atlanta firm
ALBANY – Southern Company Energy Marketing and Albany-based Utility.com announced a partnership last week to provide Southern Company Energy Marketing’s wholesale electricity to Utility.com’s customers via the Internet. -more-