Editor’s note: Seize the Cal Day
Cal Day is the campus’s shining glory. A day of revelry, academic (and nonacademic) festivities to mark the beginning of spring and the approach of the end of the semester.
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Coming to appreciate unexpected Berkeley spots
I was wide-eyed and elated as I walked around campus with a tour group on my first Cal Day. On that day, the UC Berkeley campus became more than just pictures I had admired on my laptop screen.
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A day in the life of campus freshman Amy Wang
UC Berkeley’s class of 2022 has about 6,000 freshmen, all of whom are hardworking and intelligent and have unique interests. While no single freshman can be representative of all, a closer look at a day in the life of Amy Wang may give you more insights into what UC Berkeley
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A blue and gold wordsearch
Test out your knowledge of Berkeley lingo with this wordsearch.
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Best Cal Day events to boost your school spirit and explore campus
Cal Day is upon us, so mark your calendars for an exciting 24 hours filled with school spirit, lectures and other special events. When you step onto campus, it’s easy to find the revelry and sheer scale of Cal Day events overwhelming, so here are some of our top picks for fun things to do around UC Berkeley this Saturday.
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Finding friendship through 4 years at Cal
I first set foot at UC Berkeley the night before Cal Day in 2015. I had just been accepted a few weeks prior and I was on my senior weekend trip, where I would decide if UC Berkeley was going to be my home for the next four years. It
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9 months of Berkeley in full, living color
You too will be changed if you come to Cal, not by the resume you build or the grades you get — but only by the defiant act of living and doing so unabashedly, committed to the knowledge that every valuable lesson this school can offer exists outside the confines of a classroom.
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How to score free gear on Cal Day
My absolute weakness is free Cal gear. Call it an occupational hazard, given that I have to be decked out in blue and gold for my campus job, but my roots reach back to far earlier than when I was hired.
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Places to steer clear of on Cal Day if you’re with your parents
If your parents are accompanying you on Cal Day, here are five places you should avoid to make sure they’re still on board with letting you commit by the end of the day:
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‘All hands on deck’: How UC Berkeley’s Rally Committee gets prepped for Cal Day
When Alex Adler founded UC Berkeley’s Rally Committee at the turn of the 20th century, he did so as a safety precaution — or more specifically, as a way to reduce the number of unsanctioned bonfires that took place before the Big Game. It’s unlikely that Adler would have imagined how his organization might grow.
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