You’ve been waiting for this. College is why you showed up in high school — you can finally binge on chicken fingers, come home in the wee hours of the morning and experiment with your sexuality (if you haven’t already been to summer camp). But college is more than these Read More…
Pedal to the Medal As a freshman, I loved being able to sit on my bike and roll downhill from Foothill to VLSB in less than three minutes. Gravity carried me, while my classmates sprinted across campus. Instead of sweat down my shirt, I had the wind blowing through my Read More…
There are a lot of ways to measure how the University of California has changed in the last few years. You could look at systemwide fees, which ran around $6,636 a year in 2007 but have since risen to $12,192 this year and may well climb higher. Or the growing Read More…
Students talk about how they feel about their previous and upcoming academic year and share some advice for the incoming freshmen. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUeq1LBG150?rel=0&]
Or Angeline’s Louisiana Kitchen One of the most exotic gourmet foods in Berkeley would be found in Angeline’s Kitchen. Straight from the South, this is food from the Louisiana bayou. They serve alligator, gumbo, jambalaya and everything you would expect from New Orleans cuisine. Their best dish is the hush Read More…
Since I was a freshman, a friend and I have repeatedly tried to map out our lives together. We know we want to go to Europe the summer after we graduate, but that’s about it. I came in thinking I might double major, become a world-renowned doctor or lawyer and Read More…
Berkeley is a world-class university with innumerable opportunities. Professors say the only way to take advantage of these opportunities is to realize that these opportunities won’t come to you. You have to go get them. College is more than just going to class and pulling all-nighters. This is the time Read More…
A Berkeley Student Cooperative becomes a challenge by functioning not merely as an affordable living space, but by prompting an evaluation of my lifestyle choices: how I eat, how I get to school and how I interact with the people and the resources around me. The co-ops operate with a Read More…
Wait before you commit to a major. “There seems to be a common misconception that there are certain jobs connected with each major,” said College of Letters and Science adviser Jane Paris regarding the college’s liberal-arts disciplines. With thousands of careers to choose from, students seem to look for majors Read More…
It wasn’t until the cashier at Gypsy’s pointed to the Greek letters on my tank top and asked me which sorority I was in that I realized I had a problem. Because I’m not in a sorority, and I wasn’t wearing a puffy paint sorority tank — I was sporting Read More…
