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Did you just move into a new apartment? Have you lived in the same apartment for three years and just realized that your walls are empty and boring because you’re too cheap to buy wall decorations? Have you ever walked into a friend’s apartment and gotten extremely jealous because all
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They came to me in the middle of the night. They were young and beautiful and dressed up like they were about to go out. I had about an hour’s warning, and their knock on the door was light so as to wake no one who wasn’t already up. When
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Twelve of the warmest years on record have come in the last 15 years, and while 97 percent of climate scientists agree that this trend is a direct result of human activities, progress on comprehensive national climate legislation has long been stalled. In a speech at Georgetown University in June,
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My best friend’s parents both went to Cal. Some of her earliest memories are of the Campanile and the Cal Band performances, and she was very excited to come visit me when I started here. When we were preparing to graduate from high school, her parents really wanted her to
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When I graduated from UC Berkeley — 2010 — my annual fees were 36 percent higher than they had been in my freshman year. Since then, fees have increased further, due largely to the state’s disinvestment in public higher education. Students will get a reprieve from more increases this year,
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The book: “Eleanor & Park” by Rainbow Rowell Suggested for: Anyone who wants to remember what it’s like to be innocent and discover a new and exciting relationship Clog rating: Most of us are so caught up in the constant stress and complications of college life that dating becomes just
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The book: “You Get So Alone at Times That It Just Makes Sense” by Charles Bukowski Suggested for: Anyone who’s tired of reading cryptic poetry that requires extensive analysis (and people who avoid poetry because of that) Clog Rating: While poetry isn’t usually people’s first choice for recreational reading, especially
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The bottom line is, don’t write something off just because it doesn’t fit in with what you already like. College is about discovering new things. Ask yourself, “What about this makes me uncomfortable?” The answer may surprise you. You won’t find yourself by trudging along the same, well-worn route.
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If you have begun to read this column expecting to hear the tragic tale of a student’s addiction to Dom Perignon, read no further. I won’t be discussing anything near as serious a problem. I’m actually going to talk about hamsters. In this university environment of privilege and opportunity, we
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