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

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With stuffed boxes, heaps of clothing , and their favorite teddv bear. Students were on up moving Pile it on. Carrying boxes stuffed with neccessities, students bring a little bit of home to get comfortable in their dorm room. The first thing students had to tackle when moving in was how to get all their luggage up to their room, which proved to be a problem when a bulding housing 200-f people had an elevator that fit eight. Phoio by Jason Chan Crowded elevators, ten billion flights of stairs, and triple parking were all a part of the joys of moving in. It was a sight to see on August 14, the official move-in day, as long lines of anxious freshmen formed early in the morning waiting to enter their future homes. 1 got in line at seven in the morning, and the line was still long, commented first year student Jang Bae. • Once the doors finally opened there was a mad rush fi )r the sign-in tables where keys and other vital information were being distributed. From there it was to the elevator. The 2000 pound elevator maximum weight limit did not seem to be enough as some of the students needed fork lifts for some of their luggage. The amount of luggage some of the freshmen managed to bring was mind boggling. Luckily there were some organizations present to help people move in. 1 had a lot of stuff, but 1 didn t have too much tn )uble because people from Berkland Church helped me, said freshman Norma Park. • For those who were too impatient for the two hour elevator wait there was always the stairs; those seemingly endless narrow steps which twisted and turned up eight fiights. It was a great chance to get some exercise while moving in, .said freshman .Matt .Mahoney. • A few upper classmen chose to weather another year in the halls. The more experienced upperclass- men started to trickle in later in the day, after the crowds died out and the wait for the elevator was only an hour; some even came a couple of days after. Third year student Kwan Nguyen, a veteran of hall life, offered this piece of sage advice to the freshmen who may choose to return to the dorms next year. Don ' t unpack anything during the summer, that way you have everything ready to go when August rolls around. • Copy by Brian Kang moving in

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Hot stuff. Posters that show loves, interests, or just asthetically pleasing images are plastered in almost every dorm room. Posters are also great for expressing one ' s own personality. Covering up the bare walls in the dorms was a main priority when getting settled into a new room. Photo by Jason Chan On move-in day, my friend. Jammer, who is 6 ' 4 ' , 300 pounds, pre- tended to be me. He was rude and pushed my roommate around to freal him out. We went to Taco Bell and he ate all of my roommate ' s food and he took some of my roommate ' s clothes and put them in my closet and offered no explana- tion. This carried on all day, until finally we told him. Needless to say, my roommate was relieved! Fresh- man Ayman Saad ::m S life

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The virtues of dorm life: the family, the friends and the noise. It was all part of ivina in the halls It ' s kind of like camp. Bunk beds, no parents, crowded living, communal eating. But you don ' t go home at the end of the week, explained Julie Rinard, freshman. This was quite evident on move-in day, as new students said eageriy anticipated, tearful, or indifferent good-byes to their parents and moved intoabuildingfullofstrangers. As eachstudentluggedtheirsuitcasestotheirnewdurm rooms, visions of mentally unstable roommates and grade D meat ran through their heads. I was pretty wary of the donii food from day one. All I can tell you is that now I ' ve gained a new respect for rice, commented freshman Wendi Sieboid. • Along with a host of other mind-opening experiences were the coed bathrooms. I never knew how exciting it would be to take a shower next to the man of my dreams, recalled Erica Zamora, freshman. • Each dorm had it ' s own personality: the palatialliving situations of Clark Kerr and Foothill, the social atmospheres at Units I and III, and of course Unit II, or the ghetto as it was affectionately called. Some students opted to take the single-sex route, sacking out at Stem or Bowles. ' Wherever the location, dorm living offered unique experiences that couldn ' t be matched, even at summer amp. • One time I was walking down my hall at Unit III and I heard some really loud music playing from somebody ' s room, rec;illed freshman Craig Carlock. Unable to resist Green Day, I just started dancing. Pretty soon our whole floor was out in the hall, rocking out. We got a bit scared when our RA turned the comer, but he just looked at us for a few seconds, then started dancing! • Like those long-gone days of crafts and archery, dorm living was a time to make friends and experience a taste of freedom . • Copy by Heather Bradley A 10 life