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I want to preface this by saying that Berkeley is not for everyone. You have to have a high tolerance for eccentricities of all types. You have to love a little chaos. And you have to accept that things will always be a bit messy. But, if you're the type of person who doesn't mind insanity, Berkeley is a wonderland. Berkeley has a well-earned reputation for its over-the-top liberalism which can sometimes mask its finest quality: diversity. From its various neighborhoods to its endless ethnic cuisine, Berkeley is as interesting and weird as its inhabitants. Dirty and scruffy on the...

A mug shot is worth a thousand words. And these BPD mug shots from Occupy Boston tell us quite a story, namely, how greasy and dirty you’ll look if you stop bathing for weeks at a time. Until they were run out of Dewey Square, the howling-at-the-moon hippies were protesting the fact that they can’t find jobs. And it is true that the vast majority of those lugged early Saturday morning are unemployed. Imagine that — how could a potential employer not be bowled over by, say, Jonathan Landry Kenyon, age 19, a drifter from Freedom, Pa. Look at that...

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The Rotunda continues to fill up as the 4pm deadline approaches. The Ustream video showed an almost empty Rotunda 35 minutes ago. Now the Rotunda is packed.

Mills was just one face in a large crowd that had gathered to oppose the war. Speakers at the rally, which also included a march through downtown streets, included historian Howard Zinn and Cindy Sheehan , the outspoken mother of a soldier killed in combat. Organizers estimated the turnout at 4,000 to 5,000. Zinn said the troops need to be pulled out of Iraq. "There is only one timetable for withdrawal, and that is to get troops out as fast as ships and planes can carry them," Zinn said. Yesterday also marked the end of the nine-day-long Interfaith Walk for...