Recently, a Facebook page called “UC Berkeley Missed Connections” was created. The page includes posts from various anonymous UC Berkeley students describing attractive people they’ve met and “missed a connection” with. Read More…
I was stuck in an elevator in Barrows for 88 minutes — and then there was a fireball on campus. It wasn’t as scary as it sounds, except for those two seconds in the elevator when I misunderstood the student worker who was helping us and thought she was informing us Read More…
You’ll come across a lot of different types of students during your years at Cal. You may assume that, by senior year, students will have learned to budget their time and not have to resort to eating in class. By the time you are a senior, however, you’ll learn that Read More…
Facebook can be a drain on your time. You may casually log on expecting to just check your notifications, but next thing you know, you realize you’ve been stalking your ex’s tagged photos for the past hour. But Facebook can be more than a source of distraction during dull lectures. Read More…
On Monday evening, Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger visited the UC Berkeley campus for a special question-and-answer session with excited students, who packed into Dwinelle Hall for the event. Read More…
Your parents have probably already lectured you about always being on “the Facebook” (or, if they’re really confused, MyFace). Or you have the other extreme, and your parents literally “like” everything you post (Stop commenting on my friends’ pictures, Mom!). Well, it turns out that there actually is reason to Read More…
When students walked into their over-enrolled Computer Science 161 class on Thursday, they were shocked to encounter a set of policies that actively pressured them to drop the class. Read More…
August was a good month for me. Not only did I cross 200 followers on Instagram, but I also reached 90 followers on Twitter. Did I follow anyone new last month? Maybe one or two people, but only when it didn’t disrupt my F-to-F (follower to following) ratio. Do my Read More…
Well, Bears, the day has finally come. It’s the first day of instruction. Whether you’re super excited about your classes or just fulfilling a breadth requirement, most of us can agree that the first lecture of any class is pretty dry. While your section goes around playing two truths and a lie, Read More…
The new semester is arriving, and we are all excited. New semester, new start, right? But what else does that mean, you ask? That’s right. It means an entirely new set of tweets, Facebook statuses and Instagram photos we’re dealing with. If you’re unaware of what we’re talking about, here Read More…