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In my panicked state, in the middle of my freshman year, I just decided to sign up for everything. I figured that if I just tried every extracurricular on campus, one or two were bound to stick.

At the beginning of last summer, I found myself with a job at Avant-Card, a specialty card shop on Bancroft Way that sits next to a flower stand. I would come into work in a cute outfit I’d planned the night before, read Haruki Murakami’s “The Wind-up Bird Chronicle” behind the counter and play Anderson .Paak in the store. It was like my life was turning into a meme-y rom-com, and honestly, I was pretty okay with it.

Berkeley Police Department arrested a man on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon Saturday night in Downtown Berkeley, according to Watch Commander Lt. Joe Okies.

No matter what meal plan you choose, the points on that sacred card fuel a freedom unlike any other … if you know where to use them.

It wasn’t love at first sight or outlandish romantic gestures. It was this slow percolation of a honey-scented breath, it was the color of red lipstick stains on someone’s neck, it was everywhere.

Berkeley: the home of the Free Speech Movement, Kip’s and our wonderful campus.

With a menu featuring a list of steamy beverages with names such as “Intoxicated” and “Love Potion” Romeo’s Coffee opened Sunday, replacing the space formerly occupied by Shakespeare & Co. bookstore, one of the oldest bookstores in Berkeley.

Jenny Morris, a UC Berkeley junior majoring in media studies, died Dec. 2 in the Oakland “Ghost Ship” warehouse fire. She was 21.