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

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A BRIEF HISTORY OF iii iiiiM i JiKyiJii i

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On fifty doOars . . . heck, rent a car and drive around town. Economy cars at Avis go for about $35 per night, and you can spend the remaining $15 on gas and parl ing. Now you l now why you don ' t l eep a car in Berkeley. If you go to the City, remember $1 for bridge toll. Check out the Paiacc of Fine- Arts, the Cliff House and adjacent beach, the Castro, the Hoight, Broadway sex shops, or drive across the Golden Gate ($2 toll) and stop at the vista point on the other side, with $50 you can do a myriad of things in San Francisco (not necessarily including cost o ' transportation): Dinner at Hamburger Mary ' s (organic yet yummy burgers), the Hard Rock Cafe (cool decor, over- priced food, trendomatic hangout), IVIel ' s Diner (50 ' s diner ambiance), cfub hopping and drinks at the Palladium (modern, fund. 18+), DV8 (modem, funk, avant- garde, 21+), Townsend (modern, hip hop, funk, 2 1+). To bum om hundred dotltars . . . rent a car for one night and drive to LA. Spend $20+ on gas, use the last $45 for dinne r at johnny Rockets and look for Steven Spielburg and his kid. Max. Or drive to Carmel and try to get former Mayor Clint Eastwood ' s autograph (you may need some of the $$$ as bribe). Go ahead, make his day. Better yet, buy plane tickets to Los Angeles if Southwest Airlines is still offering the bargain fores. Dress in elegant attire and go to the Music Center ' cause everyone know5 LA ' S where the culture is. Squeeze in Disneyland between intermissions. Maybe spend $40 each to rent some romantic Victorian garb at stagecrafi, on Alcotraz Ave. For her, a long white gown and big floppy hot; for him, striped cricket trousers, a cream- coloured blazer, and a straw boater hat. Then go to Safeway and buy a loaf of bread for $120 and a jug of wine for $4.99. You ' ve got the thou. Might throw in some cheese, salami and fruit too. Take your dote to Chex Pannise. That ' s it, you ask? Well, nobody toid you to spend all your money on dinner.

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a conuerstation with astronomy professor Alexi rUeppenko ► ;. ; You can only appreciate a galaxy by ..aving an idea of how many stars are in one. But to say it ' s comparable to McDonanld ' s hamburgers sold, well that ' s comparable to the number of mmr B Bi»f ISH r ■ Of all the sciences, which one is the most accessable and the most obvious to the everyday person? It ' s astronomy. Everyone has looked up at the stars and wondered about what they are and our place in the Universe, and it ' s not to say that chemistry and biology and physics are less interesting, but let ' s face it, how many people get really jazzed up by the intricaties of the salt crystal? PEOPLE • Astro Dude 19