Tornado season in California
Kind of chaos
When I visited UC Berkeley for the first time as an admitted student, it did feel a bit like I had been dropped from a tornado.
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A booty call to theater
Cutting Room Floor
I didn’t need a big part in every show, or even in most shows — but I think the parts you gave me were a symptom of our incompatibility.
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Following the Yellow Brick Road
Two years ago, I came to UC Berkeley as a determined student with a set of goals in mind. Determined to channel my inner resolve and live up to my potential, I knew that I was standing at the beginning of my Yellow Brick Road, and all I had to do was to successfully follow it to the finish line.
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‘Oompa Loompa’ was my lowest point
It was cool at the time
There are a few lessons in all 20-something of my failed auditions. I had to learn that the easy way is probably easy because you’re going downhill.
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A humble narcissist
It was cool at the time
For a long time, I thought my tendency to come off as incredibly confident despite being so shy meant that I was being fake or inauthentic.
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Beep bop
Devil in the Details
I would sell my soul to the CS devil to pass Computer Science 61A, but for some damned reason they’re not buying. On the morning of the first midterm I woke up in tears because, only moments before, I had dreamt that I was face to face with this creepy
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Picks of the week: Self-cultivation
It’s springtime, and the entire world seems to be blooming. But flowers and trees don’t have to be the only ones spreading their leaves! In this final push before the end of the semester, take some time out of your schedule to do the activities that allow you to bloom.
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‘The Great and Powerful Oz’ fails to live up to its name
“The Great and Powerful Oz” is a Disneyfied downfall compared to the 1939 classic. Big names like James Franco, Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz and Michelle Williams bring clout to the release but turn out flat characters overshadowed by the extraneous use of CGI.
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Wherever I lay my hat
Champagne Problems
There’s no place like home. There’s no place like home. There’s no place like… whatever, Dorothy. You’d better not wear those shoes to a Cal-Stanford game. But that smug Kansas kid had one thing right. Wherever you are, whatever you do, the pull of your home is inexorable. We carry
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