A guide to residence halls from a freshman who’s never set foot on campus
Ryan Kendrick/Staff
To be honest, though, as a freshman who has yet to step foot on campus, I don’t really know anything about UC Berkeley’s residence halls.
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Editors’ Note: Bears in the house
To build a home — regardless of the size, the location or the people you live with — is not an easy feat, especially when you also have to deal with the stress of being a UC Berkeley student.
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Take our quiz to find out which residence hall you are!
Which residence hall do you most relate to? Do you have David Blackwell Hall vibes? Or are you more of a Clark Kerr Campus person?
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Should you finish your essay or start packing up your room right now?
Take this quiz to find out if you should finish your essay or start packing up your room even though there are still five weeks until you get to move out!
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Berkeley Rent and Legislation, From 1978 to Today
Berkeley rent has, in general, increased at a faster rate than the Bay Area Consumer Price Index. The legislation passed through the years appears to have done little to counter or even minimize that, which is especially apparent in the years since Costa Hawkins and reinforced by November 2018’s results,
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An open letter to Blackwell: You’re really not all that
Oh, Blackwell, you are the life we wish we had. You are the wind beneath our wings. You are the building we walk by just to get a peep inside. Most importantly, though, you’re an inefficient use of resources.
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Moving into a new apartment? Make sure you have these essentials!
If you got yourself a new apartment for the upcoming school year, chances are you’re trying to figure out what to bring for this big move.
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9 ‘Mamma Mia!’ lyrics that are #relatable to UC Berkeley students
You can fondly reminisce about your time spent at UC Berkeley while bopping along to these tunes. We at the Clog sure will be!
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Ways to slide by the great Berkeley housing crisis
It’s probably going to get us all at one point. It’s the great Berkeley housing crisis, where a cramped two-bedroom studio apartment can easily go for more than $3,000. Not quite the ideal living situation that already cash-strapped students were going for. But fear not — the Clog is here to alleviate your subletting blues. Need
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More comprehensive review of Berkeley housing crisis needed
In their op-ed, Igor Tregub and Marian Wolfe, members of Berkeley’s Housing Advisory Commission, assert that “developers of market-rate housing use these higher rents so that their projects ‘pencil out,’ making the probability of more affordable rents unlikely, at least in the near-term.” The authors falsely suggest that future rents
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