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Berserkeley works. (Comment).

Publication: The American Prospect
Publication Date: 01-JUL-03 		Format: Online - approximately 786 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Berserkeley works. (Comment).(Berkeley, California)

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"Berserkeley," that famous play on Berkeley, Calif.'s name, calls to mind the city's widely held image. The media feast on tales about kooky characters such as the "Naked Guy" who organized a mass "nude-in" to protest social repression, or the homeless man who converted a city councilman's office into his nocturnal abode. A measure on last fall's ballot that threatened six-month jail terms for cafe owners who served coffee that wasn't "organic, shade-grown or fair-trade certified" prompted one columnist to muse that it was "odd how life can resemble a 'South Park' episode." And what other community would pick April Fools' Day to commemorate the sesquicentennial anniversary of its founding?

But these tales of the city don't...

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