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

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Food IS viral tor those who desire to cat, Who Ueeds a desk when your lovely This apartment obviously houses well fed resi- sofa is the perfect studying enviromenl and dents. Note: notice the division of chores comfy too. posted on freezer door. Apartment Life ♦ 29

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ApaKTcnem dweUens deal wnh ibe sowejicr es hansh our nealmes op hills and kuKued hReakpasis. own kv Ehzabeih D ' OhveKa , electricity, water and telephone. ♦ Who would ever guess that these four uld strike terror into the hearts of students every month? If you live in an apartmMt, of course, they are common concerns. Every month the bills come and every mWllrt ou and your roommates or house mates must sit down to determine who talked to Boston for two hours, who left the lights on all night, and who used all that water for a ten-minute shower. • Fortunately, figuring out the bills is an easy task compared to getting someone to take out the trash. Chores are a major problem for most apartment dwellers, since most have barely enough time to do their homework, let alone wash the moldy dishes in the sink. But somehow, the garbage does get taken out, and the dishes washed, but more as acts of desperation and necessity than acts of duty. And while the dishes are being washed, one begins to wonder: why leave the sweet sanctity of dorm life? All that seemingly free electricity and water, reliable meals, consistently clean bathrooms... the only thing to break such thoughts are the memories of what you don t miss. What you don ' t miss is living in a triple in Unit II, sharing a bathroom with thirty other people, and wondering if walking down to the dining commons for leftover turkey surprise is really worth all that effort. ♦ Usually the things that students don ' t miss from the dorm experience are the very elements that drive them into apartments. Those who move into apartments do so for various reasons: some get sick ot dorm food, others tire of the lack of privacy, and still others are flaky enough to forget to purchase a dorm contract and have little other choice. The most important reason for moving into an apartment, however, is for the independence and freedom that such a move symbolizes. Little problems like five vacuums and no dish soap may arise later, but the initial joy of finally being on one ' s own overrides everything else. Of course move-in day is the only time that the place will every really be clean, and the bills haven ' t come yet, either, so it ' s the best time to enjoy the independence before responsibility sets in. Student Life ♦ 28

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At Cal. ihe paRiy bec;ms on Thunsday and lasTS mw weekend rhe ivtv houKS np Sunday. ions kv lUCV TiIRIIl here comes a time when every student will feel as if there is something lacking s lOr her college life. Sure studying is a blast and TV., what a commodity. But still theTeeling persists; always lurking... the urge to party. ♦Maybe to some students ( OK, a lot of students ) partv ' ing may be priority Number » 1, but for those to whom studying is »1, partying is a break, a release if you will, from the hum-drum routine of lecture after lecture, assignment after assignment and reading chapter after chapter. ' It gives me the opportunity to step out of studying mode for a while and kick back and have some good relaxing fun,, says Ingrid Ochoa, a third year premed Biopsych major, betv ' een flipping tapes of Bio IB lecture. ' { ' But where, oh where, is all the action going on ( as if Cal Alumni and students didn ' t already know)? For those that are party- impaired, I will give you a brief summary. There is the ever famous fraternity parties (if you can get your name on the list or can pretend to be someone else, as I did to get into Psi Epsilon ' s March Madness party. What ' s up Jennifer!?, I heard as 1 was hurriedly pushed through the door. Hey, don ' t forget to cross Jennifer Wang off the list I heard in the distant background. Then there are the co-op parties where you never know what to expect as I ' m sure the audience of one band at a certain co-op party didn ' t expect to be urinated on by the female lead singer. Then of course there are the usual hang-outs, (aka bars) such as Kip ' s , Larry Blake ' s and Henr ' ' s and that ' s just in the south campus vicinity. If vou ' re willing to travel and have some money to spare you can always head out for San Francisco for a plethora of clubs bars pool halls etc. ♦ But then there are those that reach their satiety point by merely hanging out with friends and maybe having a drink or two. ♦ ! would always prefer a small get together with some friends than a loud party, says Randy Thompson, a second year undeclared. How can anvone relax at a crowded party or bar with drunken fools gawking at you? I like it simple and cozy, that ' s my kind of parly. So one person ' s paradise may be another ' s hell but in the end, we all satisfy our primal urges to actually enjoy college, even if it is just a little bit, or our main objective. Student Life ♦ 30