A commercial that helps sum up why I love Cal.
Edit: OK, I'll be a bit more loquacious... What I wrote elsewhere:
I saw it as valuable in helping resolve the cognitive dissonance that results from equating UC Berkeley, the great academic institution, with Cal, the possible football powerhouse. Because these ends so often seem (and so often are) mutually exclusive, I appreciated the commercial for putting both thoughts into the same conceptual bite and showing that at this school they can co-exist.
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I think it was good to remind people that even though we're excited about our team, we haven't forgotten what we're here for.
Comments (4)
Gee, sounds like something someone from Stanford would say...
Posted by Koichi | January 17, 2005 3:17 AM
Posted on January 17, 2005 03:17
(I meant in a broader, athletics and academics coexisting sort of sense...)
Posted by Koichi | January 17, 2005 3:19 AM
Posted on January 17, 2005 03:19
((... as opposed to just football [why don't I think about my comments before I press the Post button??]))
Posted by Koichi | January 17, 2005 3:20 AM
Posted on January 17, 2005 03:20
Yes, I grant you someone from $tanfurd might say "Ite, Ursi," the same way they made their phone number for the athletics office 1-800-Be-At-Cal. They're just not very good at hiding their admiration for us.
Posted by Cathy | January 17, 2005 6:09 AM
Posted on January 17, 2005 06:09