http://newscenter.berkeley.edu News from the University of California, Berkeley Tue, 21 May 2013 23:24:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://storify.com/UCBerkeley/cal-road-warriors-aids-lifecycle-2012/ http://storify.com/UCBerkeley/cal-road-warriors-aids-lifecycle-2012/#comments Tue, 05 Jun 2012 18:00:00 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=31542 A campus bicycling team, 22 strong, is on the way south from San Francisco with the AIDS LifeCycle. Students, staff and alums on the Cal Team offer daily updates on the 545-mile ride, which ends in L.A. June 9. Follow their progress down the coast.]]> http://storify.com/UCBerkeley/cal-road-warriors-aids-lifecycle-2012/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/06/01/follow-the-aids-lifecycle-cal-team-22-strong-down-the-coast/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/06/01/follow-the-aids-lifecycle-cal-team-22-strong-down-the-coast/#comments Fri, 01 Jun 2012 18:22:17 +0000 Christine Shaff http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=30887 A 22-member Cal Team rides out of San Francisco early Sunday, June 3 on the annual AIDS LifeCycle fundraiser. They will use social media to post daily accounts and photos from their 545-mile trip to L.A.. Starting Monday, the rest of us will be able to follow them on Storify.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/06/01/follow-the-aids-lifecycle-cal-team-22-strong-down-the-coast/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/06/16/cal-road-warriors-quote/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/06/16/cal-road-warriors-quote/#comments Thu, 16 Jun 2011 17:00:14 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=12951 Cal Team members offer up their very final (and very pithy) reactions to last week's 545-mile benefit ride.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/06/16/cal-road-warriors-quote/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/06/13/cal-road-warriors-day-7/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/06/13/cal-road-warriors-day-7/#comments Mon, 13 Jun 2011 23:12:01 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=12806 Writing from L.A. following the closing ceremony, the Cal Team co-captains describe what it takes for a team of “roadies” to park 2,500 bikes, and how each day of the ride is organized. We meet one particularly inspiring rider, and hear their final reflections on the 2011 AIDS LifeCycle.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/06/13/cal-road-warriors-day-7/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/06/13/cal-road-warriors-stranded-on-a-sag-bus-moved-by-a-memorial/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/06/13/cal-road-warriors-stranded-on-a-sag-bus-moved-by-a-memorial/#comments Mon, 13 Jun 2011 18:54:00 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=12770 Though you may aspire to ride every one of those 545 miles to L.A., sometimes you just can't. A Cal Team member with an injured knee reports on Day 6 of the AIDS LifeCycle; two more describe a moving ceremony, on Ventura beach, to the sound of crashing waves.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/06/13/cal-road-warriors-stranded-on-a-sag-bus-moved-by-a-memorial/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/06/10/cal-road-warriors-day-5/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/06/10/cal-road-warriors-day-5/#comments Fri, 10 Jun 2011 18:52:37 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=12720 Cycling 550 miles is a challenge, but what about parking and protecting 2,500 bikes? A Cal Team "roadie" compares the challenges of pedaling with those of providing ground support. And three more Bears recall the fun of donning crimson on AIDS LifeCycle's Red Dress Day.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/06/10/cal-road-warriors-day-5/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/06/09/cal-road-warriors-day-4/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/06/09/cal-road-warriors-day-4/#comments Thu, 09 Jun 2011 15:59:43 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=12666 Riders clocked 97 miles, and passed the half-way mark to L.A., on Day 4 of AIDS LifeCycle 2011. Two members of the Cal Team recount a day of gluttony and fun — and a pair of challenging hills known as the Evil Twins. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/06/09/cal-road-warriors-day-4/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/06/08/cal-road-warriors-day-3/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/06/08/cal-road-warriors-day-3/#comments Wed, 08 Jun 2011 18:42:11 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=12610 Writing from Paso Robles, two Berkeley students recall "Quadbuster" — an infamous stretch of highway on the AIDS LifeCycle's Day 3 — as well as joyful moments and small acts of kindness along the way.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/06/08/cal-road-warriors-day-3/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/06/07/cal-road-warriors-day-2/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/06/07/cal-road-warriors-day-2/#comments Tue, 07 Jun 2011 16:48:27 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=12514 As they pedal south from S.F. to L.A., grad student Araba Nti and alumna Joanne Yeung describe the trials and joys of the AIDS LifeCycle’s Day 2. The two are part of the 28-member Cal Team, which this year raised $95,000 to support HIV/AIDS services and promote HIV/AIDS awareness.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/06/07/cal-road-warriors-day-2/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/06/06/cal-road-warriors-day-1/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/06/06/cal-road-warriors-day-1/#comments Mon, 06 Jun 2011 18:27:29 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=12458 Defying threats of rain (which luckily didn't materialize), close to 2,400 cyclists took off from San Francisco early Sunday morning on the first leg of the 2011 AIDS LifeCycle benefit ride. Cal Team member Caitlin Lempres Brostrom '90 reports on Day 1 from Santa Cruz, 30 years to the day since the official beginning of the AIDS pandemic.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/06/06/cal-road-warriors-day-1/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/06/03/cal-road-warriors-as-aids-turns-30-bears-saddle-up/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/06/03/cal-road-warriors-as-aids-turns-30-bears-saddle-up/#comments Fri, 03 Jun 2011 23:33:13 +0000 Christine Shaff http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=12425 Twenty-eight members of the campus community’s Cal Team plan be there Sunday, rain or shine, as AIDS LifeCycle 2011 begins pedaling from S.F. to L.A. Team co-captain Christine Shaff sets the scene and nine members of the team introduce themselves. Beginning Monday, June 6, team members will report in from the road.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/06/03/cal-road-warriors-as-aids-turns-30-bears-saddle-up/feed/ 0