Reasons why you could be smiling on this National Smile Day
Cheyenne Tex/Staff
The first Friday of October marks National Smile Day! It can be so easy to get caught up in the stress of midterms that we often forget to smile.
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Welcome back to UC Berkeley! Pranks to pull on your roommates
We at the Clog want to start off the new school year with happiness, considering that it’ll disappear soon enough. Try out some of these pranks!
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Reaching the end: 5 survival essentials for the rest of this semester
To help you finish strong, we at the Clog have compiled a list of essential things you should have in order to survive the last stretch of this semester.
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A college student’s guide to practicing the mystical hygge
The Clog is here with a quick guide on how you can practice what the Danes call “hygge” to start your semester off on a positive note.
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Poem: The Schoolyard
Callused palms, and grass-stained elbows. Their cheeks flushed with afternoon play. My heart jolts in my chest at the sound of pierced screams, before I look up to see them laughing. They tug and swing on shined monkey-bars, daring each other to kiss the girl next to them. I
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For Happiness, Keep a Gratitude Journal
When I was a fifth-grader, I overheard some kid in my French class say that I was one of the most pessimistic people he knew. Not really a compliment for a person of any age. But I guess his assessment was, in many ways, true. My chosen reaction — and
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Picks of the Week
The de Young Museum’s exhibition “Keith Haring: The Political Line” is eccentric and arousing and totally psychosexual. Haring specifically questions the plights of a conservative 1980s American society, but he more broadly contends with the extraordinary capacities of humanity. If you’re looking for a brief existential excursion, make the trek
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Happiness without pursuit
Inspiration Porn
Recruiting season is here, and our hard work and suffering are now starting to pay off. Yes! We landed the a job at a top firm in our industry.
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Interview: Emiliana Simon-Thomas, UC Berkeley’s happiness guru
Emiliana Simon-Thomas, the science director at UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center, is teaching a Massive Open Online Course, or MOOC, on the science of happiness this fall.
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Two sperm walk into a bar
So, these two sperm walk into a bar. I know what you’re thinking, “How could two sperm walk into a bar? They’re way too young!” But, it was midweek and, you know, with the economy how it is, things can happen. Sperm 1: I’m really glad we’re seeing each other
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