Combating homesickness: How to cope with loneliness amid the pandemic
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Living away from home this semester can be especially lonely as we navigate through the time of COVID-19, but there are healthy ways to cope.
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Homesickness remedies for the ailing traveler
Homesickness is a common result of spending time away from the people and places you’re used to, but with the right strategies, it won’t be long before you’re back on the wanderlust trail yet again.
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Catching UC Berkeley nostalgia
From mountains or shores, metropolises or small towns, Scandinavia or Asia, UC Berkeley students come from all over the world — you can hear more than 200 different languages on our campus. When summer begins, our friends are just like migrant birds flying back to their own nests, traveling to places
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Unlocking the mystery of Cal student housing
As a brand new freshman standing in the Unit 3 entryway, I had heard every “dormitory horror story” in the book. That summer, everyone from my older cousin in Connecticut to the barista at Starbucks felt the need to recap — in vivid detail — their own first-year experiences in
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How to make your BFF comfortable visiting you at Berkeley
We at the Clog love when people from our hometowns come to visit us in college. However, you may be unsure about how your old friend visiting is going to fit in with the friends you have made since coming to Berkeley. Our advice will help you mesh the two
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Off the beat: Finding my way home
Sometimes I am realistic to a fault. That’s not to say I never daydream or that I’m not adventurous, but I never seem to allow myself to make serious plans for the future, to avoid disappointment. Much of what I do is basically a last-minute decision — a combination of
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