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

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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

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CliW(iy r6rn ember the days when love was soniL-thinR people strived for. Back in high school, when you had a high school sweetheart and everyone was convinced you ' d last forever, things seemed so perfect. Well, things aren ' t that easy anymore. Cal has opened my eyes to a whole new way of seeing things. I realize peoplearen ' t as patient as they were back in theday . Instant gratification is the thing today, instant gratification, (imc Not to seem pessimistic, or anything, hut it seems that the older we get, the harder the whole relationship thing gets. I put the word relationship in quotes for a reason. You see, here at Cal [6660716 in there aredifferent degrees of rela- tionships. There are those that are publicly dating, and can be seen hangmg all over each other at every possibility, those who aren ' t afraid to admit they are committed for longer than three weeks. And of course there are those that are friends, but only because they used to be more than ' just friends . Then there are those that claim they ' re just friends . Everyone else, however, is convinced they ' re doing more than just being friends . In all honesty, things aren ' t that bad. Even I ventured into the field of relationships, and in all honesty it wasn ' t that bad. There were its good points, and of course there were its bad. But in the end, I knew there was always someone who was there for me when I needed him (until we broke up, of course). The experience was definitely an educa- tional one. But don ' t be dismayed, there are those that really find their soulmates in college and live happih ever after. It just isn ' t as common as some people would like to think. And then there ' s the time in between meaningful relationships in which the desire for instant gratification ruins everything. There are just a few small tidbits of advice that you need to keep in mind if you ever find the one for you. 1 . Try to be friends before anything else. 2. Don ' t assume you can change him her, because you can ' t. 3. Make a lot of friends so they can console you when things go bad or you can brag to when things are great. 4. Always give him her the benefit of the doubt (unless it goes against your gut feeling). 5. Most importantly,alwaysmakedecisions when youaroiof in the throes of passion. (And if you are, of course you are practicing safer sex. ) Otherwise, enjoy your coupling to its fullest and don ' t be dismayed if it doesn ' t work out, there are 17,000 other fish in the sea. jk- iuCV TciViJl Student Life ♦ 32