Top fictional characters who left their mark on UC Berkeley

Let’s give a hearty “Go Bears” to UC Berkeley’s famous fictional alumni and faculty from some of the most iconic books, movies and television series.
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Let’s give a hearty “Go Bears” to UC Berkeley’s famous fictional alumni and faculty from some of the most iconic books, movies and television series.
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The role that lightning-struck Brown was that of Maria in a production of “West Side Story” her senior year of high school.
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Engaging with graduate and professional students does not undercut the important work around undergraduate education.
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Today, Christ becomes the 11th chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley. She takes the helm of a school under siege from all sides.
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Carol Christ became UC Berkeley’s 11th chancellor Saturday, stepping into the role at a critical juncture in the campus’s history.
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It began when students who held a rally commemorating the 30th anniversary of the creation of UC Berkeley’s ethnic studies programs moved in mass to Barrows and locked its front doors with chains.
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Today, Christ says that she wouldn’t have addressed the protest in the same way.
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The Roman god Janus is the god of gates, transitions and doorways; he has two faces, one looking backward and one forward. This is a Janus-like moment for those of you who are graduating from UC Berkeley and preparing for that big unknown — life after college — and for
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UC President Janet Napolitano announced Carol Christ — UC Berkeley’s interim executive vice chancellor and provost — as her pick for the campus’s next chancellor Monday.
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Carol Christ will become the interim executive vice chancellor and provost May 1, announced Chancellor Nicholas Dirks in a campuswide email Tuesday.
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