So it seems that, once again, finals week is upon us. Despite numerous pledges to never, ever leave all of your reading for the day before your 12-page poli sci paper is due (and right after your ochem final), you have once again found yourself buried in the main stacks for what seems like weeks, but is actually hours, straight. The most physical activity you've gotten since Monday is walking to the bathroom (or wrestling fellow sleep-deprived students for a cubicle); the healthiest thing you've eaten is Fritos (they're made of corn!); and you've managed to retain about 15% of what you've crammed in your brain. Congratulations! Welcome to Berkeley! Here's the week in news, condensed, so you can remember that, no matter how many thousands of pages of Plato you need to analyze in the next hour, there's always starving children in Africa who wish they could eat your book.

Professor receives $2.25 million grant for stem cell research, red states be damned

The money keeps rolling in, as Cal Teach gets $2.4 million grant to promote science and math

Human Rights Center's poll finds Ugandans want peace, not revenge; I am angrier about study hours at Crossroads not starting until Wednesday than they are about their arms being cut off

Lowell Bergman, UC Berkeley professor, nominated for Writer's Guild awards, his students probably wish they had actually read his books

Ruling on Student Athlete High Performance Center may not be issued until February; living in trees looking increasingly appealing to poor, starving students

Cal Women's Volleyball loses to Penn State in Final Four, students wonder if their finals will be postponed if they join the volleyball team

Good luck on finals!