Alphabet soup: How the English alphabet got its order
Rachel Lee/Staff
The alphabet and its order affect us every day and, in many ways, organize our lives, but how did the alphabet end up the way it is?
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UC Berkeley program allows undergraduate students to work with on-campus researchers
UC Berkeley’s Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program, or URAP, offers students a direct working line to research with faculty and other on-campus researchers, which many students said allowed them to explore their academic and professional interests.
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Game of Thorns: Good afternoon, good evening and good riddance to Luke P. on the Men Tell All special of ‘The Bachelorette’
And just like that we’re taken back to Crete, where two of America’s favorite contestants and Jed stand awaiting their fate.
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Finding my way
Launching into Limbo
If freshman year of college was a cloud of water vapor, then my recent family vacation can only be described as a block of glacial ice that’s been buried at the bottom of my freezer for the past 11 years.
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Merci beaucoup, Madame Lacascade
Between the grammatical corrections and point deductions, Madame Lacascade always managed to squeeze in an “excellent sentence” or a coveted “très bien.” Through her own indisputable passion, she instilled in me not only a love of French but one of language itself.
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‘Assassin’s Creed Odyssey’ masters immersive, open-world game experience, breathes life into ancient Greece
Perched at the very top of the statue of Athena, overlooking the city of Athens, it is difficult not to be amazed by the painstakingly reconstructed environment that the action-adventure, open-world role-playing game, or RPG, “Assassin’s Creed Odyssey” effortlessly showcases.
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Remember the name: Antzela Dempi’s journey brings her from Greece to Berkeley
What sets Antzela apart from everyone lies in her determination to do everything as perfectly as possible — whether that be in volleyball, school or just in pronouncing her name.
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Deconstructing monochronism in ‘Gods in Color: Polychromy in the Ancient World’
More than 250 years ago, art historian Johann Joachim Winckelmann acknowledged polychromy, the use of many colors in an art piece, in ancient sculptures.
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Lose the roommate: College life in America and abroad
Unlike American schools, Greek universities don’t really have dorms, and students often don’t have roommates. Why does this discrepancy exist?
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Café Nostos opens near Downtown Berkeley
Café Nostos, a café featuring a variety of authentic Greek pastries, opened its doors for business near Downtown Berkeley on Wednesday.
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