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You step into your freshly decorated dorm room after a final goodbye brunch with the parents. You glance over at your new roommate as you settle into your suddenly overwhelming awareness that for quite possibly the very first time in your life, you are alone. You have nobody telling you
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It’s the week that classes begin, and that can only mean one thing — incoming freshmen. They’re abundant, eager and, most likely, scared to death. As students who have completed freshman year and lived to tell the tale, we at the Clog have come up with some quick and easy ways to identify
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With the first week of classes quickly approaching, UC Berkeley students start to trickle back to campus in the hopes of adjusting to a new year at UC Berkeley. Moving in can be stressful: After all, forgetting your favorite crop top at home could tank your social status for an
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The fall 2015 semester is right around the corner and although no one’s excited for Chem 3B or Math 1A to start, everyone’s excited for Welcome Week. After a summer away from our friends, a week of reconnecting, open frat parties and no class is just what everyone needs. For the
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We here at the Clog were freshmen once, too. We made our rookie freshman mistakes, but we would really love for you to learn from them. We asked ourselves, what do we wish we knew when we were first coming in? We’ve collected some true college knowledge for you.
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Freshman move-in day two years ago was as exciting, nerve shredding and memorable as all the John Hughes movies promised it would be. Proverbial to the last drop.
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Here is a list of questions you can use to begin and renew meaningful and interesting conversations so you can make everlasting connections … or make people question your sanity when you ask questions that might freak them out.
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Your first year of college comes with a few unique situations. There are the cramped dorm rooms, communal bathrooms and a flurry of new experiences. But don’t worry, freshies, we’ve all been there. And because we’ve been there, we know what you really need to survive in a college dorm
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In the weeks leading up to move-in day, thousands of parents and families visit Berkeley to help their proud new freshmen move into the residence halls. It’s difficult to figure out the logistics of moving in, especially if it’s your first time visiting Berkeley. With this in mind, the Daily Clog put
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