By Lisa M. Krieger
San Jose Mercury News (MCT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. — For the first time, University of California, Berkeley has doubled the number of admission offers to out-of-state and international students — while cutting coveted spaces for California residents.
Saying the state did not provide enough money to support California students, the university dropped the number of in-state offers by 15 percent — from 11,184 for the current school year to 9,459 for next fall's freshman class, according to data released Wednesday by UC.
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By Beatrice Esteban,
Courier Managing Editor
Folk music has been around for centuries but has often been ridiculed by people that prefer a more contemporary sound in their music. Despite the respect that the music community holds for artists such as Bob Dylan, some proclaim folk music to be a silly, outdated, and dying genre of music. However, in recent years, many different styles of music have emerged from the indie music scene. One such sub-genre, known as indie folk, combines elements of folk storytelling and the mellow instrumentals of soft indie rock. Singer-songwriter M. Ward and actress Zooey Deschanel fit perfectly into this description with their band She & Him’s second album,
Volume Two.
In their sophomore effort, the two appear to be even more heavily influenced by folk than on their first album,
Volume One. However, this influence comes with a price: the album’s content is much less substantive than
Volume One, focusing primarily on love-oriented songs.
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