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

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Text by Julie Friedman Robert J. Koto CAMPUS GAL AUGUST

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1 and intellectuals have studied and taught. Cal students walk beneath these rooftops today in the footsteps of brilliance, forging new trails and adding to Cal ' s impressive history. Berkeley is a large, complex, diverse place, but its students nevertheless successfully manage to find their own niches, to conquer their own challenges, to pursue their own dreams, and to leave their own brilliant footsteps beneath the rooftops. Beneath Cal ' s rooftops, influential people have roamed and intellectuals have studied and taught. LIVING ON DREAMS AND CHAINS. 14

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As the sun shone over the Col campus ond the Campanile stood proudly in the distance, students returned from oil over California ond throughout the United States to file into classrooms once again. The month was August, the day was Monday. Clod in Hawaiian print shorts ond t- shirts reminiscent of speclol summer vacation spots, undergraduates and graduates alike slung backpacks over their shoulders, flipped down their shades, and took a stroll through good old Sproul Plaza for the first time in months. Little hod changed from the year before colorful fliers still adorned the paths to campus buildings, lines still spewed from Sproul Holt and the ASUC bookstore but the ever-present enthusiasm ond the puzzled looks of freshmen assured everyone that indeed a new era of Cal hod begun. It was still hot and sunny, and although the summer had been too short, the fall semester had nevertheless begun. There wos no way to avoid the start of another school year, so most everyone mode the best of the situation and looked forward to the upcoming months in anticipation of yet another incredible and unpredictable adventure at the University of California, Berkeley. On August 27th, colorful students and even more colorful fanfare adorned lower Sproul as the various campus groups set up to recruit new members. The day wos known officially as Campus Groups Day, ond the hundreds of groups on campus did their best to convince interested students to join their group rather than one of the many others available. In many instances, certain groups resorted to bribery of a sort, distributing balloons and other free items to interest potential members in their organizations. Berkeley street performer Rick Starr and various local bands provided sideshow entertainment events free of charge. More than 1 50 campus groups participated in the event, ond ASUC organizers agreed that the day was definitely a tremendous success! By September, football season had begun, dorm members were accustomed to gathering on fire escapes ond balconies to watch the sun setting on the San Francisco Boy ond skyline, and midterms were already creeping up on unwary students. The annual UC Berkeley Convocation, a glorious celebration of the beginning of the 1 1 5th year of classes at Cal, took place on September 11th at the Hearst Greek Theatre. The Student Musical Activities Chorus, the University Chorus, and the UC Marching Band all performed for guests of the festivities. Among the distinguished speakers at the event were Chancellor Ira Michael Heymon, Vice Chancellor Daniel Boggan Jr., ond Leon Lirwock, Morrison Professor of American History. Professor William I. Oliver served as general announcer, ond ASUC President Matt Denn delivered a speech, as well. Approximately 165 seniors from the 1986 class were invited to participate os Honor Escorts. The event