Golden Bear Orientation

In the midst of growing pains, we found each other, and rediscovered the feeling of home that got us through that first onerous week alone.

For the 6,791 freshmen and 3,004 transfer students entering UC Berkeley this year, Golden Bear Orientation, or GBO, will serve as an introduction to the institution that is home to more than 40,000 students.

Life is, at its core, the process of you making yourself. So college, a four-year rung on this ladder, is only a small step forward.

I am a very different person from freshman me. I am a natural continuation of freshman me. I am because of you.

This lack of representation in the ASUC is unacceptable and transfer students deserve better.

The admission tour guide told my mostly Latino classmates about the birth of the Free Speech Movement on “this very campus” and detailed the historical significance of many sights during the tour. They explained how UC Berkeley was a center for activism and advocacy of marginalized voices.

With the opening of the UC Berkeley Latinx Student Resource Center, or LSRC, at the beginning of the fall semester, campus Latine students have finally secured a physical space dedicated to offering them a sense of community and belonging.

Nothing screams Cal more than bright, screaming students running on Sproul trying to make it past Sather Gate while getting flyered by tabling clubs.

Campus freshman Bridgette Meshkani is running for ASUC Senate with a platform centered around student safety, Greek life community development and mental health advocacy.

When not plotting ways to spruce up their Spotify royalties through band-branded used tissues, AXE is a queer, Berkeley-based band that mixes punk rock, eclectic rock and hyperpop.