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

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Times up. Rushing back to the car before time on the meter expires, students are relieved to see that they haven ' t gotten a parking ticket. By driving to campus, students not only had to find an empty parking space, but make sure that they remember to put more quarters in the meter. Pholo by Jason Chan This is my stop. With a route to anywhere in the Bay Area, students use the AC Transit system as their way of getting from point A to point B. With discount passes, this mode of transportation seemed more practical and conve- nient than driving a car. Photo by Jason Chan Do THE BART. Want to go to The City, or anywhere else in the Bay Area? Take the BART. With a BART station a couple blocks from campus, students from all over the Bay Area had easy acces to campus. Photo by Jason Chan rnniniiilcrs 2:i

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Imagine waking up two hours before your earliest class just to be on time . . . Well, that ' s trekking to school For some of us who live in the shadows of the Campanile, a walk of three blocks to get to our morning classes is already too far a trek. Yet for hundreds of students, their journeys are far more excruciating. For those who have found afforadable apartments in San Francisco, quiet flats in El Cerrito, or live with parents in Oakland, getting to school takes enough effort to earn them special distinctions of merit at graduation. Many get up two hours eariier than their peers just to get to the same class. Matt Leung, a civil engineering student, commutes in from El Cerrito everyday. At first, it was a real pain to get up early to walk to BART. But then you make it a part of your routine, and it turns out I miss less classes than my friends who live in the dorms. • Public transit is a convenient option for many who commute into Berkeley. AC Transit has many routes that take students to Sproul Plaza, and BART trains stop just a few bocks away from West Gate at Shattuck. Student commuters even get significant discounts on transit fares to encourage students to leave theircars at home. Yet many students choose to fight the traffic and congestion and get to school by driving. Students may purchase permits to park their vehicles in University lots, and numerous parking garages offer monthly discounts for the driving enthusiasts. • Getting to class is only half the journey. The voyage home is often the most difficult. Tired and stressed, they cannot count on a five minute walk home. Congested highways, delayed buses, and standing-room-only BART trains await them before they can drop their bookbags and relax. Makes Southside living seem enviable, doesn ' t it? • Copy by Shih Chang 4 I i 55 22 life

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Your total is... Working as a cashier at Textbool s was a great way to earn money. There were many job opportunities to be found at the Bear Store. Photo by Jason Chan Next... With lines of students crowding the stairs of Sproul Hall, students are always needed to help out with the load. Jobs could be found anywhere on campus, from the Financial Aid Office to the College of Chemistry. Photo by Gita Runkle 24 lilt '