A certain Cal football star slept in my freshman dorm room. I won’t tell you who it is if you don’t ask, but for simplicity’s sake let’s just call him Mr. Cal Football. It’s one of my favorite college-related claims to fame. Thankfully (or maybe not thankfully depending on how Read More…
1.Dorms Dorms are a fantastic place for new students to get their first taste of the diversity of our student body. In order to live in the dorms, you have to apply and will receive a housing offer which shows you which dorm you’ve been placed in. You are able Read More…
In the past few years, a large concern for students at UC Berkeley and across the country has been the increasing cost of attending college. Tuition for University of California students has increased steadily over the last few years, and students face additional fee increases and cuts to campus services Read More…
Rising textbook costs have become an increasing financial concern for students, leaving many to look for ways to alleviate the costs by renting textbooks and advocating for digital textbooks. “The issue is that the average student spends around $900 a year on textbooks,” Lucas Zucker, a UC Berkeley senior and Read More…
Welcome to the open university. This message is offered to passersby on Sproul Plaza as students and local activists gather every now and then for impromptu outdoor lectures presented by Occupy Cal instead of UC Berkeley. Occupy Cal made national headlines when the establishment of its camp on November 9 Read More…
UC Berkeley’s on-campus housing has undergone many changes over the last year, including dealing with overcrowding, the potential for rising housing costs and the construction of the new student complex. Historically, more than 95 percent of freshman students choose to live in university housing, according Marty Takimoto, director of marketing Read More…
Coming to Cal for college was one of the biggest challenges I decided to take — supposedly, at least. As an international student from halfway across the world, I get a lot of “wow”s at my grand introduction of, “I’m from Hong Kong,” and even as I say this, I Read More…
