Golden Nuggets: Cheeseboard, SETI, and Turn the Radio Up

Is that the Calgorithm on the radio?

Hello and welcome to Golden Nuggets, our weekly recap article where we try to highlight all the fun, funny, or interesting things you might have missed roughly over the last week across Bear Territory (the whole damn world of course). Think of it like a cheat sheet for small talk about Cal.

Cheeseboard Collective Expansion

We start this week with Berkeley’s 2nd Most Famous Pizzeria (West Coast Pizza RIP TO A REAL ONE) set to finally get a long-awaited expansion.

The Cheeseboard Collective, located on Shattuck in North Berkeley is set to begin construction to knock down a wall and expand into the adjacent Bakery and Cheese shoppe and Grocery store next door. Construction should be complete in late Spring/early Summer and like reopened before school starts back up next year. Read more here in SF Gate.

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SETI Sets Sights on Signals

I have a vivid memory back in 2009 walking around the Band dorm and being dumbfounded by the screen saver on a friend’s computer. They’d go on to explain that through the SETI@Home project, they were letting their computer help process data received from campus as part of the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence. Now, researchers are diving deeper into some results that could yield something fun! Read more here.

Olden Bears Profile

The College of Letters and Science this week profiled Olden Bears, a group of Berkeley alumni raising funds for first-generation students, youth in foster care, student athletes and other UC Berkeley students in need. Read more about their efforts here!

Calgorithm on the Radio

KALW came out and interviewed a number of Calgorithm members at the Virginia game and released the piece here. Give it a listen for Nick Kranz or me messing up the lyrics to ‘Ott to Go.’

Small Bites

• Not quite Berkeley focused but I thought it was interesting this Coyote swam to Alcatraz

• Cal Night at the Warriors was announced against the Boston Celtics on February 19

• The Athletic listed their top college football games of the year and Cal features in two of them

• The Cal Alumni Association profiled berkelocene

• Chen Yue surprised the Women’s Basketball team in Boston.

This Week on Facebook Marketplace

If you’re in the San Fernando Valley and interested in the 1980s Cal aesthetic, boy do I have a sweatshirt for you!

Golden Bear Honors

• Nathan Underhill (Men’s Gymnastics) was named CGA Rookie of the Week

• Jack Clark (Rugby) was announced as an inductee into the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame

• Eddie Hart (Track and Field) was announced as an inductee into the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame

• Missy Franklin (Swimming) was announced as an inductee into the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame

• Brennan Fuchslin, Seth Rousfield, Will Kelly, Nik Mirkovic, Ryder Hagan, Marci Szatmary, and Albert Ponferrada (Men’s Water Polo) were announced to the MPSF All-Academic Team

• Lamarr Kirk Jr. (Track and Field) set a school record (breaking his own) in the 1000m

• Pietro Camilli (Track and Field) set a freshman weight throw record posting a record 19.61m

• Jackson Hein (Track and Field) set a school record with a 600m time of 1:18:83

• Sam Novak (Track and FIeld) set a freshman pole vault record with a height of 5.25m. Sam was also named the ACC Men’s Freshman of the Week

• Despoina Drakotou (Women’s Water Polo) was named MPSF Newcomer of the Week

Cal Athletics Recap

• Men’s Basketball lost to Duke (56-71) but beat North Carolina (84-78)

• Women’s Basketball lost to Syracuse (87-90) but beat Boston College (73-58)

• Men’s Tennis beat Cal Poly (7-0) and San Diego State (4-1)

• Men’s Track and Field placed 2nd while Women’s Track and Field placed 3rd in the Spokane Sports Showcase

• Men’s Swimming and Diving beat USC

• Women’s Swimming and Diving beat USC and UCLA

• Women’s Tennis competed in the Cal Winter Invitational (Day 1, Day 2, Day 3)

• Rugby dominated Fresno State (50-5) and UCLA (45-0)

• Women’s Water Polo beat Michigan (23-18), Hawaii (14-9), and Irvine (16-9)

• Women’s Gymnastics beat Pitt

Cal Pros Recap

Soccer

Teagan Wy signed a contract with Gotham FC. Alex Morgan is helping launch a Women’s Indoor Golf Team league. Nick Lima announced his retirement. Noelle Bond-Flasza and Mia Fontana were invited to trial with the Utah Royals this month

Basketball

Jaylen Brown was named an NBA All-Star Game Starter and got his high school jersey retired. Jaylon Tyson went off for 39 points.

Golf

Ben An signed with LIV Golf.

Football

Craig Woodson and Jaylinn Hawkins advanced to the NFC Championship and remain the lone bears in the NFL Playoffs. Teddye Buchanan was named to the NFL All-Rookie Team.

Next Week in Bear Territory

• Men’s Tennis competes against Oklahoma in the ITA Kickoff Weekend (1/23-1/24)

• Track and Field competes in the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Invite (1/23-1/24)

• Women’s Water Polo competes against UCLA in an exhibition (1/24) and Fresno State (1/24) and Stanford and San Jose State (1/25)

• Women’s Tennis competes against Baylor in the ITA Kickoff Weekend (1/24-1/25)

• Rugby takes on Olympic Club (1/24)

• Women’s Gymnastics competes against NC State (1/24)

• Men’s Basketball takes on Stanford (1/24)

• Men’s Gymnastics takes on Stanford and Ohio State in the Stanford Open(1/24)

• Women’s Basketball competes against Stanford (1/25)

• Men’s Golf competes against The N.I.T. (1/26-1/27)

And so we find ourselves again at the end of Golden Nuggets. I appreciate you all reading this, and I have a ton of fun writing it. Last article’s most clicked link was the $400 Marketplace plate I assume one of you purchased! Thanks again, and talk soon!