Editor’s Note: Bearly Beginning
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You’ve taken your first, fortuitous steps through Sproul Plaza.
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Marking up Berkeley: Places to go, places to know
Goldia Kiteck is the design editor. Contact her at [email protected]
2016 admits at a glance
Goldia Kiteck is the design editor. Contact her at [email protected] Correction(s):A previous version of this infographic incorrectly presented admissions data from 2015. In fact, information about this year’s admits comes from data released in 2016.
A walk through campus: remnants of history
UC Berkeley’s campus is littered with history and tradition in every corner — one must only look. Behind almost every building statue and bench is a story. South Hall, UC Berkeley’s first building, built in 1873, was where everything started. The early 1900s saw the rise of the Campanile and
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Useful tips for CalSO and beyond
Some suggestions are obviously more pertinent to certain students than others but in general, cherish advice on where and how to study, career planning, where to hang out and more.
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Growing through the years: Debbie Pitcher
Michelle had worked so hard for that day, for this future. It was time for her to get ready to move far away — to my home state of California, to the school where Uncle Don taught, to where history was and is still being made. Though I worried about her stress and safety, I reminded myself when it came time for orientation that this is my daughter: she is prepared to take on the world.
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5 famous Cal students you may not have known about
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Freshman Friendlessness: It’s temporary
When I arrived at CalSO, I had two goals: to figure out my classes for the upcoming semester and to make a friend.
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College: It’s bananas
But as I failed to make sense of my own yellow-peeled stupidity, I realized that I don’t even know me; I’ve merely met me. The horrible truth is that I’m not sure exactly why I smuggled bananas.
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CalSO: A history
Each summer, thousands of newly admitted UC Berkeley students flood campus for two-day crash courses on time-honored Cal traditions and to sign up for their first set of classes. Since its inception in 1968, CalSO was intended as a space where baby Bears could learn to navigate the campus and meet some of their peers before officially starting school in the fall.
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