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

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FEATURES

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•- i K- - S r -r ' - Chancellor Berdahl gives the State of the University address at the Bear Fair BBQ. 2,500 students, faculty, and alumni attended the event. Cal ' s Dance Team motivates the crovi d at a noon Pep Rally for the football game against UCLA. Rally Comm hung a Baby Bear in effigy and created a ruckus by hitting it w ith a bat. • THE BEARS ' ANNUAL TREK IWA by Huy Chung HOMECOMING PARENTS ' WEEKEND ATTRACTS RECORD NUMBER REGISTRANTS. LECTURES, EXHIBITIONS, DINNERS, AND COMPETITIONS CONTRIBUTED TO THE REVERIE. ljlMt Jir » 1 LWjn I r5M JVlWflUJ. I r1 AlN J« juv task for a school that was 32,000 strong, but according to Laura Bcrge. Acting | Homecoming Director of Universit) ' Relations, it takes i i 1 ,i halt to plan for each Homecoming. . .Some thmgs never ger easier ro plan, wliile others don ' t get more difficult cither. The biggest challenge UR faced was the uncertam time of the habitual homecoming football game. We plan other events around this uncertain block of time so it can be a bit difficult, said Bcrgc. Homecoming 2002 was held fiom October 18 ' ' ' to October 20 ' Bcrge, who was part of the class of ' 98, along with 30 other organizers from the Cal Parents Board and the Alumni Association, were hard at work sending out invitations to the members of the classes of ' 52, ' 57, ' 62, ' 67, ' 72, ' 77, ' 82, ' 87, ' 92, and ' 97. The class of ' 48, ' 49, and ' 51 also participated in Homecoming 2002 because they had so much fvai at their last reunion they i didn ' t want to dela)- tiicir meeting until it was their cycle, said Berge. Homecomings were held e ery five years for each respective class and for some,] those five years added up to a life time. Walter Frcudenthal, 27, was the only participant lot hi.-. Freudenthal was accompanied by his family and was honored as the oldest alum present, said Alice Boarivright of Universit P lir: n ; Freudenthal was still proud of his alma mater of 75 years. This pride that withstood the havocs of war was carried throughout thcj whole three-day Homecoming celebration. Each reunion class had registrants pay anywhere from $10 to $100 to attend events. This year we had an increase of 47°d of participants from 20018 4,447, said Bergc. The year 2000 had a marginal 1.8% increase with a number of 3,512 compared to I999 ' s 3,451 registrants. A probable cause for the increase of registrants for the past four years was the Homecoming format that was begun in 1997. Before 1997, Homecoming was either commemorated during Big Game week or was initiated whenever a Southern California school would play our football team, said Berge. After 1997, Homecoming was held during its own special slot in the grand scheme oi Universit) ' Events and Ceremonies. Future Homecomings were slated for October 3-5, 2003 (Cal vs. Oregon State), October 15-17, 2004 (Cal vs. UCLA), and September 30-October 2. 2005 (Cal vs. Arizona). October 19 ' ' ' , 2002. saw the clash between the baby bears from t University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) and the Cal bears. Cal was able to muster a 17-12 victory over the junior hears, marking their fifth consecutive win of the season. Not only was their cheering and support in Memorial Stadium f or the players, but other events attracted many students, faculty, and alums to take advantage of the many opportunities and events L ' R had planned tor them. Most notable was the Bear Fair with an attendance of 2,500 people. The :or vs.M 4