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Feeling Lucky?!  If so, visit the Office of Marketing & Business Outreach booth during Caltopia VIII on August 22 and 23 at the Rec Sports atrium. Test your skill in a game for all ages for a chance to win a prize!  Participants will have a chance to select their prize from a variety of items,  such as a Cal Marketplace bookmark (as shown here), Cal gear or accessories (while supplies last).  

Cal Markeplace, the virtual Gateway to all things Cal, is designed to help you easily find all that Cal has to offer. With convenient and very user-friendly navigation, visitors to this site should be able to find everything they need in one location. With three comprehensive categories – Buy, Discover, and Visit – visitors can locate books written by our faculty, discover UC and Cal media offerings, make an appointment for a massage; learn about our many libraries, museums, and opportunities for continuous learning; and identify places to stay, dine, and explore.

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The Office of Undergraduate Admissions is hosting a new blog, which includes the perspectives of students for students at Golden Bears Blog.   The undergraduate contributors "will be posting their personal experiences here at Cal....Future topics will include:

• club involvement
• student life and housing
• campus history and traditions
• academics
• Greek life
• athletics
• guest contributors
• off-campus experience"

(Source: http://goldenbearsblog.blogspot.com/)

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Haas racks up the #2 ranking in corporate responsibility from the Financial Times and for good measure, two five-star ratings from the Aspen Institute's "The Sustainable MBA" guide.

(Source: http://responsiblebusiness.haas.berkeley.edu/)

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Need to update your selection of Cal Gear but don't have time to run by the store?  Making your purchase is easy and you can do it in the convenience of your home.  The only hard part will be deciding what great item to select or if you want it in blue, gold, or both. Show your pride in the #1 public university in the world and pick up some officially licensed Cal gear today online!

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Effective January 5, 2009 The Scholar's Workstation (TSW) has changed how it provides service to the campus. The TSW store that was located in temporary facilities at Hearst Field Annex, closed at noon December 12, 2008.

As of March 2, 2009, the Technology Store for Departments is now open at 156 Martin Luther King Junior Student Union.

Departments may make their selections at TSW (classic) Store for Departments and the student, faculty, and staff Division of The Scholar's Workstation (managed by ASUC and Follett effective January 1, 2009), is now open at the Cal Student Store located in Lower Sproul Plaza.

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"Provocative Thinking from UC Berkeley" is now online with The Berkeley Blog.  Interested in knowing what faculty and staff are researching or have an opinion about, then visit The Berkeley Blog.  There's no shortage of topics from the Blog.  Learn "What must happen to reverse the loss of jobs across America?"; "Is the public option integral to meaningful health care reform?"; or "What is at stake if world leaders fail to act when they meet in Copenhagen in December for the World Climate Conference?" 

Current topics include:

• Arts, Culture & Humanities
• Economics
• Energy & Environment
• Health & Medicine
• Politics & Law
• Science & Technology

"Provocative Thinking from UC Berkeley?"--Of course!

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Oliver E. Williamson, the Edgar F. Kaiser Professor Emeritus of Business, Economics, and Law at the University of California, Berkeley, a pioneer in the multi-disciplinary field of transaction cost economics, and one of the world’s most cited economists, is a winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences.  UC Berkeley Newscenter

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Coffee anyone?  Thanks to the student-led Store Operations Board, Tully's Coffee, was selected to install a kiosk on the second floor of the MLK Jr. Student Union Building.  Intially, the coffee kiosk will be open Monday through Friday 6am - 9pm.  Weekend hours are yet to be determined.

Look for additional information about plans to expand the cafe hours and offerings, such as hosting lectures, presentations, events, etc. 

Visit http://asuc.berkeley.edu/asinside.aspx?uid=414 for more information about the contracting process.