The melancholy of a 21-year-old pseudo-adult: A personal essaydailycal.org - Ru-Ping Chen So, before you embark upon this mess that comprises my thoughts, I thought you should know that I’ve already made many attempts to write a coherent …
The Golden Hour: A personal essay to say goodbyedailycal.org - Alec Newcomb UC Berkeley is really a campus in and of its own time. Who doesn’t remember being a freshman stunned by their professors’ supposed 10-minute …
Being Berkeley: A personal essaydailycal.org - Katrina Fadrilan Can you be in love with a place? Because that’s how I feel about Berkeley — utterly in love. And I don’t hesitate to say “in love” because how I feel …
Those damn anxious butterflies: A personal essaydailycal.org - Nelly Lin We as a collective society have this undeniable fear of mortality. Something about the uncertainty of death and ceasing to exist disturbs our psyche …
Nineteen X Old: A personal essaydailycal.org - Jericho Rajninger There exists no liberty purer than taking a nap at 1:30 p.m. on a Tuesday in April and having nobody ask, “Are you feeling OK?” or “Shouldn’t you be …
Exposing the sophomore slump: Dealing with the pressures of year 2 at UC Berkeleydailycal.org - Kate Winterbauer Before starting college, I had no idea what the “sophomore slump” was. I had heard the warnings about the freshman 15 and senioritis, but this was a …
Breaking the eggs: Learning to unlove Woody Allendailycal.org - Andreas Gjosaether Every so often, I find myself having the same discussion about separating art from the artist. I find it generally unfulfilling, but that doesn’t …
What the movies tell you about freshman year (and what they don’t): A personal essaydailycal.org - Pamela Hasbun Lights, camera, action! Picture this: a preliminary shot of Sather Gate, busy with students running to class. A couple of leaves fall to the ground, …
Committing to UC Berkeley (for real this time): A personal essaydailycal.org - Ashley Soliman I sit at my desk fidgeting with the strings of my sweatshirt, becoming aware of the feeling of its hug upon my body. Multiple wears and washes are …
Notes to self — on coming home: A poemdailycal.org - Sean Tseng Closuredoes not come when you leave. Not when your friendswave to you one last time,sending you offin that six-passenger cab. Not when you get …
Making room: College students experience the consequences of clutter and the impact of interior designdailycal.org - Molly Nolan When setting foot in the average college apartment, many instinctively brace themselves. The college living space, frequently neglected and left in …
Not just CS: Professor Ani Adhikari talks distinction of data science major at UC Berkeleydailycal.org - Arth Vidyarthi Four years ago, about 110 UC Berkeley students enrolled in the first edition of a class called Computer Science 94. Today that class is better known …
‘A multigenerational experience:’ Cal Alumni Day of Service 2019 fosters community, cleans Berkeley Marinadailycal.org - Kristen Hull S ix condoms, 10 syringes and needles, 32 shotgun shells, 945 Styrofoam pieces and 5,445 plastic pieces were recently picked up a few miles from …
Nightclub culture: A personal essaydailycal.org - Nelly Lin San Francisco, that liberal utopia perched on the bay, is on the surface beautifully progressive. The city, on gender equality, has been cited as …
Artistry, vintage and modern: A personal essaydailycal.org - Tianyi Ding The summer before high school started, I found a dated film camera while scouting my father’s desk drawer in our study: a Nikon FM2 made in the early …
The decline of optimism in the USdailycal.org - Stella Ho “They have all a lively faith in the perfectibility of man. … They all consider society as a body in a state of improvement.” This is how Americans …
The Common Traveler: A short storydailycal.org - Katrina Fadrilan The fog draping the sky makes the city look like San Francisco, like home, as the plane glided down onto the runways of Madrid. The trees outside …
Good Friday and the Story of Humanity: A personal essaydailycal.org - Edrick Sabalburo I used to think that the point of religion was to have concrete answers for every abstract question. That kind of thinking only got me so far as the …
OMG: A poetry collectiondailycal.org - Hari Srinivasan Can you turn night into day, was my ignorant question, But my contemplation did not stop there. The questions kept pouring out. What is the one thing …
It really is a spectrumdailycal.org - Hari Srinivasan Golden Bear Orientation during my first year opened with an overwhelming ocean of 7,500 incoming students spread out all over Memorial Glade. At that …
Seeing the whole picture: Holistic health movements gain traction in the Bay Areadailycal.org - Grace Vogel The Bay Area is home to one of the largest recorded wealth disparities in a concentrated area in the United States. Many Bay Area communities record …
A letter to my sister: A personal essaydailycal.org - Ashley Soliman For you to read when you are older.Dear A, We did not know what to expect from you at first. The doctors told us we should expect you to be …
Why I listen: An essay collectiondailycal.org - Eli Seo Yoon Oh “I believe we all have an inner voice. We just need to find a way to get it out.”This is one of my favorite quotes from Carly Fleischmann, an author …
Why I self-advocate: A personal essaydailycal.org - Cole Hasserjian It was my first interview with a large corporation, and a summer finance internship opportunity was on the line. The interviewer’s initial questions …
Why I support: An essay collectiondailycal.org - Helen Lee For most, our daily routine allows us to remain secure in a comfort zone with which we are well acquainted. For my brother Barclay, however, each day …
Some things can’t be told: A personal essaydailycal.org - Andreas Gjosaether Content warning: The following piece discusses mental illness and eating disorders.I remember having remembered. Thus, what might have otherwise …
Editors’ Note: April 27dailycal.org - Weekender Editors This week at the Weekender, we write on the differently abled and (dis)abled individuals of our community — on campus and beyond. With Autism …
Sweet peas: A poemdailycal.org - Olivia Staser Violet —I always thought it smelled like hope.Fuchsia —I always thought it tasted like rose hip tea.Pink —I always thought it felt like satin. And …
The endgame: Marvel’s ‘Avengers’ and why we like it when our heroes faildailycal.org - Alec Newcomb About a week from now, Marvel Studios (but really, Disney) will release “Avengers: Endgame” to what is speculated to be the biggest opening weekend …
