University of California Berkeley - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Berkeley, CA)

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by Susanne Elizer The hum of voices and the shuffle of feet take over Sproul plaza at noon on any day, rain or shine. Some people scurry to get where they ' re going, while others stop and talk to friends, forming an island amidst the waves of people passing by. While others sit out on the steps of Sproul hall watching the sun, p eople, and thinking. . . or not. Everyone, at some point in their college careers walks through Sproul at noon, and almost every group, whether its the hanggliding club or the Muslim Student Union, finds itself with a table on Sproul at one time or another. The Plaza in many ways can be considered the hub of campus; Sproul is where the people are, where the many different faces of Cal can be found. The many faces of Cal. . . describing the vast pleth- ora of interests, desires, and personalities that hide behind the variety of noses and eyes that abound around campus could accurately be described as one Impossible task of the world. There are just too many. Sure, people attempt to catalog and stereotype them into various groups along with all of the characteristics and attitudes that are said to go with them. But these different categories do not cap ture the heart of the campus. They are not the people. They do not even begin to touch upon the differences hiding behind the many faces of Cal. Berkeley takes pride in Its diversity. But the makeup of that diversity must always remain a mystery; for the interests and desires of all those at Cal is concealed behtnd the faces of all those around you. Walking through Sproul one day at noon, watching the people, catching a glimpse of the many different emotions, one might begin to appreciate the true diversity of Cal; one might begin to appreciate all he or she does not know. ' »..• , . A - ' ? trP H ' W Z!l lH ' ' ' ' r . 1 1 H K8iBi J imMPi 1 H v K ' ' 1

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