Golden Nuggets: Oski Lands a 900

Read through for Senior Day, some Big Give information, and more than you ever wanted to know about Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4.

Hello and welcome to Golden Nuggets! In this weekly write up, we try our best to cover all things Cal, Berkeley, Bearkeley, UC Berkeley, University of Cal Berkeley, University of Berkeley at Cal, BerkeleyInspire, and California State University Berkeley that happened more or less in the last week! Let’s dig in!

Senior Day

We had some Senior Day activities! Let’s get to it!

Congrats to Cal Women’s Basketball Seniors Marta Suárez, Claudia Langarita, Ugonne (Michelle) Onyiah, Jayda Noble, Kayla Williams, Ioanna Krimili, and Natalia Ackerman

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Congrats to Men’s Gymnastics Sean Shimizu, Tyler Shimizu, Landon Wu, Tomo Kawada, and Aidan Li!

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Congrats to Cal Men’s Basketball Seniors Christian Tucker, Matt Desler, Jovan Blacksher Jr., Mady Sissoko, Gus Larson, and Student Manager Nick Green!

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Oski Bear’s Pro Skater 3+4

Hello stranger reading this! I am a Millennial, and as a proud Millennial, I like it when entertainment things from my childhold are remastered and resold to me when I have sufficient funds to purchase them with my hard earned dollars, including the recently announced remaster of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4. Why am I out here shilling for a video game on a Cal Fan Blog? Well dear reader…

DID YOU KNOW THAT THE FIRST LEVEL OF THE ABSOLUTELY PERFECT TONY HAWK’S PRO SKATER 4 TAKES PLACE ON OUR LOVELY CAMPUS? Roll the tape please…

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 4 in all its beautiful polygonal glory, featuring Sather Gate and the California Theater from the College level.

“But Ben, that could be any gate and ANY movie theater!” Let us continue.

The Cesar Chavez Student Center and Sproul Hall from the College level of THPS 4.

“Well…that’s just a neoclassical columned building next to a modernist building! That could be any campus!” I’m not done.

Preparing to skitch the professor’s car from the Telegraph-Channing Parking Garage looking towards Sather Gate and the Campanile.

“Okay yeah. I see what you mean now.” Thank you.

It’ll be cool to explore campus again via skateboard, something that if I attempted now would result in 247 broken bones. Looking forward to the game July 11. Get a look at the newly remastered Sather Gate (what have they done…) and Campanile here.

Big Give

“On Thursday, March 13, 2025, you are invited to be the light for Berkeley during Big Give. This annual day of giving celebrates our collective power to ignite innovation, fuel life-changing research, and brighten the future for countless students. During Big Give, contests and matches spark friendly competition, the hashtag #CalBigGive builds awareness and excitement, but it’s your dedication and generosity that truly shine as we empower Berkeley to change the world.”

Alright thank you copy past from the Berkeley Big Give Website I’ll take it from here. Big Give is next week and man oh man are there a lot of good places in need of good money from people that can give it! Scroll down to the bottom here for the full list of every fund you can give to. As a Cal Band alum may I recommend throwing a few buckaroos to Cal Band. Or if you enjoyed watching Cal Ice Hockey streams, maybe throw them a few pucks (the joke is that pucks rhyme with bucks!) Or! Print out the full Student Group list and throw a dart board at one! You can’t go wrong! Thanks in advance for your support!

Hey Those Guys Look Familiar

Have you ever wondered what our dear leaders Nick Kranz and Avinash Kunnath’s living rooms look like? Well you’ll have to ask Avi since he recorded in front of a blank wall, but Nick showed us his living room this week on Tell the Whole Damn World! podcast. Watch it below! That’s a good looking clock Nick!

Hot Links

• UC Berkeley students photographed one of California’s most elusive mammals, Big Foot…wait no the Mount Lyell shrew

• Bigfoot could get official state status and suit up as TE next Fall

• Raising Cane’s is coming to nearby campus for…$12.7 million dollars. The store will be 300 sqft and comes with an in-unit washer/dryer

• The Lawrence Hall of Science ‘ottoy initiative is featured as the University works to go beyond land acknowledgement and bring East Bay Ohlone culture onto campus

• Chancellor Lyons posted a video responding to the recent changes in federal education and research funding

• Campus honored three Black Trailblazers in STEM as part of the Black History Month

• The Oscars were this past week which gives us a chance to look back at a Berkeley Walgreen’s Craigslist Missed Connections post that started a beautiful lovestory!

Golden Bear Honors

• Acacia Anders (Softball) was named ACC Player of the Week

• Aidan Li (Men’s Gymnastics) and Antonia Galland (Rowing) earned the Weaver James-Corrigan Swofford Award and a postgraduate scholarship from the ACC

• Women’s Gymnastics was crowned the ACC Regular Season Champs!

• Giavonna Meeks broke the weight throw meet record and earned Cal Track and Field its first ACC Championship medal!

• Jason Plumb earned bronze in the Long Jump taking home his second conference medal

• David Foster got Cal’s first ACC Men’s Title with a 60m time of 6.56 seconds. He ran faster than it took me to type this sentence.

• Tyler Burns earned bronze in the Pole Vault taking his second career conference medal

• David Foster, Giavonna Meeks, Tyler Burns, Jason Plumb were named to the All-ACC First Team. Asjah Atkinson, Victor Ezike Jr., Trevor Rogers, Valentina Savva, Aysha Shaheed, Johnny Goode, Riley Knott, Seth Johnson, and Lucija Leko was named to the Second Team

• Cal Women’s Basketball set a Program Record with 16 Home Wins

• Mya Lauzon was named ACC Gymnast of the Week, a thing I have now typed in 5 separate weeks

• Mya Wiley was named the ACC Newcomer of the Week

• Ionna Krimili was named to the All-ACC Second Team for Women’s Basketball

Cal Athletics Recap

• Cal Baseball beat Cal State Bakersfield went 1-3 over the week against Santa Clara (3-5, 2-4, 19-3, 0-9)

• Cal Basketball lost to SMU but beat Boston College

• Lacrosse beat Oregon, but lost to Virginia

• Women’s Basketball beat Georgia Tech and Miami

• Beach Volleyball beat Pacific and Davis, San Francisco, Sacramento State

• Softball beat Southern Utah and Fresno State, Cal State Bakersfield, Fresno State (again), Southern Utah (again)

• Men’s Tennis lost to NC State and Wake Forest

• Men’s Gymnastics lost to Nebraska and Oklahoma

• Women’s Gymnastics beat Stanford, Oregon State, and UC Davis

• Men’s Rowing competed in the California Challenge Cup and Redwood Shores Invitational

• Women’s Rowing competed in the California Challenge Cup

• Track and Field Competed in the ACC Indoor Championships (Day 1, Day 2, Day 3)

• Women’s Water Polo beat San Jose State

• Women’s Tennis beat UC Santa Barbara

• Men’s Golf competed at the Cabo Collegiate (Day 1, Day 2, Day 3)

Cal Pros Recap

• Jaylon Tyson was recalled from the G League back to Cleveland

• Jaylen Brown thinks the Celtics can do it all again

• Michael Kim tied for 6th at the Cognizant Classic

• Nohl Williams is starting to turn NFL heads

• Teddye Buchanan is also getting some good attention

Next Week In Bear Territory

• Softball plays UC Davis (3/5)

• Women’s Basketball starts their March run at the ACC Tournament against Pittsburgh/Virginia (3/6)

• Men’s Basketball plays at #14 Louisville (3/5) and Notre Dame (3/8)

• Women’s Tennis plays Pepperdine (3/6), Boston College (3/7), Syracuse (3/8)

• Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving starts Diving Championships (3/8-3/12)

• Beach Volleyball plays Grand Canyon and USC (3/6), UCLA and Stanford (3/8)

• Baseball starts a 3 game series against Duke (3/7-3/9) and Utah (3/11)

• Softball starts a 3 game series against Boston College (3/7-3/9)

• Men’s Tennis plays Florida State (3/7) and Miami (3/9)

• Men’s Rowing celebrates Alumni Day (3/8)

• Lacrosse plays at Pittsburgh (3/8) and Kent State (3/10)

• Track and Field starts Outdoor Season (3/8)

• Rugy plays BYU (3/8)

• Women’s Water Polo plays at UCLA (3/8) and Loyola Marymount (3/9)

• Men’s Gymnastics competes at the Stanford International College Open (3/8)

• Women’s Gymnastics competes against North Carolina, Alabama, and Michigan State (3/9)

• Women’s Golf competes at the Yale Invitational (3/10-3/11)

As always, it was another wonderful week in Bear Territory, and I’m sure I missed something. Let me know what I forgot in the comments, or tell me what Oski’s Skateboard would look like.