May 4

Weeks ago, sumo wrestling clubs were nonexistent in the Bay Area. However, the Berkeley High Sumo Wrestling Club, the brain child of Berkeley International High School (BIHS) juniors Paisley Sato, Nathaniel Solley, and Sarita Schreiber, is boldly stepping forward. Although it is still developing, the club is showing large — some may even say sumo — audacity as the pioneer of the Bay Area sumo wrestling club movement. The team began as a school research project, but quickly turned into something much greater.

Berkeley High School is the only public high school with a varsity Men’s crew team west of the Mississippi. But this in no way means that the BHS Crew team can’t compete. In fact, the Yellowjacket crew team is a national force, consistently participating in national championships and often coming home with hardware, most recently a bronze medal at Nationals this past year.

Berkeley High cheerleading is at it again. It’s the beginning of the new season and the team is excited as it hopes to build upon last season’s trip to the USA Spirit Nationals. But a bid for the most prestigious high school cheerleading competition in America won’t come without work. Luckily, the teams have ample opportunities to strengthen their skills before they have to perform again in an attempt to return to the big stage.

Acid Baby Jesus is dirty garage pop punk made by bratty Greek kids from Athens. Pertaining to their self–titled debut LP from Slovenly Records, I’ve heard comparisons to the psych punk of the Black Lips as well as to the drugs–era Beatles, which is more than apparent in “You Had it Coming,” a song that they should be sued for, as they directly rip off the opening riff of “I Saw Her Standing There.” My favorite songs are the stomping epic “Tomboy,” a fitting soundtrack for the Greek riots, and “I’m a Baby,” a song that fingers your heart in the cutest and yet creepiest way.