Retrospective Issue 2016

For many, 2016 gushed gloom and doom. But in the words of F. Scott Fitzgerald, “we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”

Cal athletes made UC Berkeley proud this year — here are the top five moments that defined 2016 for the Bears.

When Nov. 8 finally arrived, a crowd of campus students and community members convened on Sproul Plaza, watching the results in preparation to celebrate. As traditionally key Democratic states were won over by Donald Trump, however, several gaping faces were aglow in red.