How to navigate the toughest challenges at UC Berkeley
Alexander Hong/Senior Staff
Starting your first year of college can sometimes feel like getting thrown into the deep end of academia. Learning how to stay afloat can be tough.
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UC system suspends glyphosate herbicide use in light of student campaign
UC Berkeley alumna and former Cal beach volleyball player Mackenzie Feldman and her former teammate and campus junior Bridget Gustafson spoke out against the use of glyphosate-based herbicides on campus in fall 2017. Almost two years later, on May 14, UC President Janet Napolitano issued a temporary suspension, with several exceptions, on the use of glyphosate-based herbicides at all UC locations because of health concerns and ecological hazards.
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Cooperative Reuse program, now in 2nd year, aims to reduce dumping during student move-out
The Cooperative Reuse pilot program, which aimed to eliminate illegal dumping during the student move-out process at the end of the spring 2018 semester, will be repeated this year, starting May 18.
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Quiz: Which classic UC Berkeley freshman will you become?
It’s just the laws of nature: the sky is blue, one plus one is two and you and a fourth of Berkeley are one type of person. So, click on to find out your very own UC Berkeley Freshman Hogwarts House, if you will.
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A day in the life in the dorms: Blackwell Hall, Foothill and Unit 3
From the older, high-rise “Units” to the newly-constructed Blackwell Hall to the more secluded living space that is Foothill, among others, we at the Clog are here to capture what a day in the life is like in each of these dorms to help give you a better idea of which dorm you might want to call your home next year!
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Shower stalls are steamy
Sex on Tuesday
The residence halls, as you will soon discover, are simmering cesspools of teens living on top of one another, complete with clogged bathrooms, unwashed sheets and the lingering smell of weed. Such an environment makes for prime seduction — no joke, I found my first two serious boyfriends in campus housing. When you are crammed in with a bunch of people your age, there will always be that smoking hot person you eventually pursue.
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Bursting my bubble: A confrontation on Telegraph Avenue that expanded my understanding of home
It’s not that what happened was something I hadn’t seen before or felt completely naive to previously. But rather, I was involved in a more direct way that prompted me to evaluate how my experiences alone can only capture a narrower contour of Berkeley.
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A brief history of campus-supplied student housing — and lack thereof
On Charter Day, March 23, 1868, Berkeley didn’t offer student housing since California state codes prohibited the existence of dormitories on college campuses
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Your March horoscope according to where you live
With the semester in full swing and midterm season upon us, we could all use a little guidance. Here’s a glimpse of how the month of March will unfold for you given where you’re living this semester.
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Peregrine falcons return to Campanile, will be livestreamed 24/7
In collaboration with several outside organizations, UC Berkeley has implemented two cameras to hopefully catch the raptors’ hatching season this year. Leaders from East Bay Regional Parks, the Institute for Wildlife Studies, the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at Berkeley, or MVZ, and the Golden Gate Raptor Observatory, or GGRO, crowdfunded over $14,500, from 172 donors, for the cameras and their installation.
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