Having free time over the summer break is great, but it may even be too great, as one day blends into the next with monotony. Here are some tips to amp up the mild and sleepy nights in our own university city.
1. Have your nightly existential crisis — but at the Big C.
While the hills on campus may be an obstacle to getting to class on time, the Berkeley Hills are a perfect place to be when you are idle and homework-free. And even if when you’re done with your day job, schoolwork or test prep for the GRE, life’s sublime questions may still be trolling. “Should I double major, triple minor or both?” “Will I find a job after school?” “What did I really learn in Chem 1A?” Nothing sets the stage for thoughtfulness like looking at the Bay from the Big C at night.
2. Grab a boba or beer Downtown on Shattuck.
Meeting up with friends is all the more delectable over a boba milk tea or beer. Choose your drink of choice from the many flavors written in chalk, served with either a bright-colored straw or with the foam touching the brim. There are many places Downtown priced for us college students to get a boba milk tea, beer or both.
3. Walk across campus like a ninja.
Summer is when you can watch foreign language films to brush up on your Spanish or Korean, read Camus or Tolstoy to further your understanding of the world or sleep in after gazing at Reddit or Facebook all night. It’s also the perfect time to practice your ninja skills. Wanna know what we mean?
Most of the maintenance crews working on the grounds during the day get off before the late evening. At night, campus is relatively vacant. Few, if any, events happen come nighttime. It’s time to wear all black. Night is the time to become master of the shadows. See if you can make it from North Gate to Telegraph without being spotted by any passers-by. Those who are victorious will be one step closer to earning a degree in Ninjistics.
4. Bring Facebook to life.
Instead of “Facebook stalking” your friends, just ask if you can “stalk” them. Instead of writing on their “walls,” hang up posters outside their rooms and write on them. Instead of “blocking” your friends, block your friends with pillows in hallways and narrow corridors. Practice selfies in public. Try logging your day or week into a brief status update. Seek out the ways to amp up this electronic age.
Did these tips work for you? Do you have any of your own? Let us know below!
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