Might as well give a short rundown on the various Berkeley publications while I'm on the topic. They've been stacking up by my desk. I'll employ Kausfiles' Patented Series-Skipper Technology to give out the highlights. (Unlike Kaus, I'll be doing entire magazines at a time.)

X

HEADLINE: The brash newcomer onto the Berkeley scene, and a fascinating magazine.

GIST: A joint publication of La Voz, Hardboiled, Onyx Express, and Al Bayan. These are, respectively, the Latino, Asian, Black, and Muslim student publications, all mashed into one big ethnic mixandmatch. The focus is on generally minority issues (whitewashing, interracial dating, immigration,) coupled with a Left-wing/Identity outlook.

LAYOUT: Highly impressive. Strong tinge of former Hardboileds, but that might be just me. (I only really got ahold of Hardboiled, of those four.) Unfortunately, every single bit of text is italicized, which really starts to grind.

BEST QUOTE: '...any attempt to deny equal representation of critical Chinese History in a 'comparative politics' course would be like a discussion of fluttering white doves, flapping long black leather jackets, and blazing double guns without mentioning John Woo'

QUICKEST ARTICLE TO GET TO THE POINT: 'The United States prides itself for having been built on the principles of equality, democracy, and justice since birth, yet its trajectory has been a living experiment in robbery, ethnocentrism, and genocide.'

KEVIN'S GRADE: A, despite the knowledge that me grading X will bug every member in it. It isn't the competitor to the 'Shady Cal' that it wants to be, but it's the best political magazine on campus. Not that I agree with, y'know, anything that they say, but the 'level of discourse' measure has shot up the charts.


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