Last cal-Monkey Bar and Delano's

I can’t really liken Delano’s to any of the bars I’ve written about thus far. The inside is a bit like McMurphy’s in terms of lighting-a little bit dark, but not as dark as some-though that’s about where the comparison ends. When you walk in, you’ll see that there’s a decently long bar on the left, a table in the middle with barstools, and several booths on the right. There aren’t many decorations other than beer signs and a jukebox that is used very infrequently, except during peak hours. But d

Grab a stool at Barsie's or Atlantis

My first impression of Barsie’s is always that a cave troll should be quaffing a pint at the bar when I walk in. The lighting is dim. The walls are painted halfway up with dark colors. The tables are sticky. The air is on the stale side. And the area where the barkeep stands is decorated with a huge black chalkboard advertising drink specials. That said, there’s still something inviting about the place. The bartenders aren’t overly talkative, but I wouldn’t call them unfriendly. They do a decen

Club Focus: Foreign Policy Forum

Jenny Long ’01, in collaboration with Adam Nagorski ’02, Cathy Jun ’01E and Denise Lee ’01, founded the organization early this fall to discuss and raise awareness about issues of international relations. “We thought there was a lot of interest on campus about international affairs, but no forum in which to address those issues,” said Nagorski, who is currently president of the organization. The group conducts weekly meetings at which each of eight officers relates important news and current ev

Club Focus

Vincent’s Ear, the brainchild of Andy Reed ’03, Jon Schneider ’03 and Morgan Worth ’03, aims to inundate the campus with, well, art. The trio decided last year that the campus was lacking in public displays of student artwork. Over the summer, the three developed a mission statement for the club: “To bring art to the public spaces on campus and to involve students who would not otherwise have the opportunity to participate in the arts.” Because of their great success at this year’s activities f

Website of the Week

Can you say “Dog”? I admit that’s easy, but did you know that your computer can say “Dog” too, without the Baha Men pumping from an MP3? Bell Laboratories and Lucent Technologies have created “Text-to-Speech,” which allows users to type a series of words and listen to a digitized voice. Did you ever wonder how a computer-generated gnat would say, “I am the most annoying creature on the planet?” There are American English, German, Spanish and even Canadian French interfaces, as well as several