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More abstract -- even spiritual -- ingredients also help put California first. "This is still 'Land's End,' " says sociologist Harry Edwards, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley. "California continues to offer a sense of hope and opportunity that other parts of the country do not and cannot." Speed and strength are available anywhere, but in few places are they as prized as in the Golden State. As author Herbert Gold observed, "This Dorado of escapees from elsewhere has produced a new race -- the Californian. So much athletic grace is almost unnatural...
...University of California, Berkeley, most entering freshmen say they were attracted to the school because of its cultural variety: there is no ethnic majority. But very soon, university officials note, the students tumble into groups that celebrate division, not diversity. There is a Korean Catholics group, a Korean Baptists group, black engineers, Hispanic engineers, Chinese business students. Asian students may be divided among some 30 groups, including Thais, Cambodians, Filipinos and three Chinese organizations representing students from Hong Kong, Taiwan and mainland China...
...Professor of History William Gienapp (that's William E. Gienapp) told me he really doesn't know why Harrison chose to use three names, except that it was considered aristocratic--and Harrison was certainly an aristocrat. His dad signed the Declaration of Independence, and Harrison grew up on swanky Berkeley Plantation on the James...
...what, then, ought to be the guidelines? Ben Bagdikian, former dean of the Graduate School of Journalism at Berkeley, believes that reporters with a special interest in a story should be barred or should recuse themselves from covering it. "There are two problems," he says. "One is whether reporters with an involvement or stake in a story can be objective. The other is whether or not readers can believe they're being objective...
Vajrakilaya cham, Sacred Meditation Dance and Music of Tibet--the Tibetan lamas giving this benefit performance are part of an ancient sacred tradition, carefully preserved and ritually passed down from father to son, and teacher to student since the 8th century. In John Hancock Hall at 180 Berkeley St. in Copley Sq. in Boston. Tickets are $15. Call 547-9433. Saturday...