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We have been training our brains all semester for finals week, and the finish line is in sight. But first, we need to survive the aptly named dead week. We might all be tempted to interpret the whole week of “no classes” to mean “party and watch TV all day,”
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1. How many books are in the Bancroft Library holdings? a) 100,000 b) 10 million c) 1 million d) 20 million 2. How many foreign languages does UC Berkeley offer? a) 11 b) 213 c) more than 50 d) about 100 3. How many current and former UC
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Here’s the deal. In about five and a half months, I am hitting the road. My long and lovely undergraduate career will come to a close, and I will make my way into the great wide yonder with a spring in my step, a smile on my face and a
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The final countdown is days away. You have a 25-page paper due on the same day as your three-hour exam. You’ve been doggedly working in Main Stacks, resorting to letting the recycling stack up and buying new pairs of underwear instead of doing laundry. Worst of all, you reach out
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Is the interminable silence in your dorm, the halls and the libraries killing you? Are you begging your friends to drop their textbooks and smell the roses? Take a step back! Life has not stopped outside of UC Berkeley, and dead week is only dead on campus. Here are some
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Our story begins on a warm spring night in early May. The narrator finds herself tucked into bed, teeth freshly brushed, next to the clock reading 10:12 p.m. An AP Chemistry review book, the victim of the ghastly hit-and-run of the narrator’s evening studying, lies face down on the pillow
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verb something precious a verb (present participle) place random adjective your favorite childhood song scary adjective a place you could take as shelter verb of a morning activity your least favorite humanities/breadth class best synonym for sad that you can muster Three papers, two tests and one midterm: They are
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