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

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The W ay W Were Berkeley alumni reminisce as they celebrate the Cal homecoming football victory at the post-game bash. !!! ■•• !!! ••• -€ TOP: Alumni and iheir fjmities anxiou ty file into the fifit annual Homecoming Poit-qame Bash to celebrate an exciting victory over UCLA in the Home oming football game The overtime win wa a hot topK among the d»e hard Cal fcmtball fan% ABOVE: College tweelheartt, Susan and Harold Yackey. return with happy memories of when they first met over fifty yean ago Now happily married (or 46 yean, they are visiting for the first tim.- since graduatinc) RIGHT: Many of the Class of 70 chose not to return to Cal These alums, hcxwever, came back to relieve the memories of theli coHege days Amid joyful victory hoots and hollers carnt thoughts of nostalgia as alumni celebratec with students and families at the first annual homecoming post-game bash. Having spent the weekend shuffling about the old Berkeley stomping grounds, attending reunions, seminars, and dedications galore, many were reach to get off their feet and enjoy food, music and the company of old fnends. Alumni, from as early as the class of 1925, attended the festivities on tl lawn between South Hall and the Campanile, with reunions held for the classes of ' 50. ' 55, 60. ' 65. 70. 75, ' 80. ' 85. ' 90. and ' 95; collectively raisin over $1.1 million for the University. Chatter and laughter filled the afternoon air as they came together to reminisce about the good old days. Returning for the first time in fifty-two years. Charles Dundore ' s ( ' 48) voice fills with emotion as he states proudly. This is such a wonderful school, and I feel privileged to have come here... education has meant so much to me. ' Living in a time devastated by World War II. he, like many other men in colle had to put his education abruptly aside to serve his country. Being able to return to Berkeley afterwards had been especially hard because he had been away for so long, but it made graduating a more poignant and meaningful accomplishment Today, as he looks around campus, he comments on how

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Sparkling in the light from the fire, the banner makes its first appearance at the Bonfire Rally After I was elected to the ASUC Senate at the end of spring 2000, rofessor Filippenko asked me to pass legislation in favor of the ASUC nd the University formally recognizing Albireo as the Cal Star and Ursa lajoras the Cal Constellation. I was e.xcited to be a part of Cal history in le making as Cal students will enjoy this tradition for years to come. Known to astronomers as Albireo. or Beta Cygni (a bright star in the onstellation Cygnus. the Swan), the Cal Star actually consists of a ravitationally bound pair, with one blue star and one old star. Filippenko explains that the blue star is hotter fian the gold star, but the gold star is larger. Both stars re about 385 light years away from us. Filippenko offers this explanation as to the potentially lisleading name of the Cal star : It is a binary star tem. Actually it is a triple star system since the bright, yellow star is self a binary, but telescopes on the ground have a very difficult time eeing the two components of the yellow star. It is okay if we refer to it imply as a visual binary star, since the third star is so difficult to see. The dual star system is, though, according to Filippenko, easy to see. During the late fall and early winter months, Cygnus is far in the west uring the first few hours of the night. It looks like a cross - in fact, the onstellation is also known as the Northern Cross. Albireo is the bottom tar of the cross. From a darkish sky, the top four stars are easily visible. Jbireo is a bit harder to find, but still not too hard unless the sky is eally bright (like in the middle of a city). To adopt the Cal Star, I first wrote a bill to present to the Senate. 1 emember telling Chancellor Berdahl about Albireo at one of the senate story by photos courtesy of LAuncN Bausch - ASUC Senator meetings. He loved the idea of having our own star and declared his support. The Bill in Support of the Cal Star and the Cal Constellation passed in October 2000, making official the adoption of the new symbol of the University Next, I worked with Dean Karen Kenney from the Office of Student Life as my liaison to Chancellor Berdahl. Kenney was extremely helpful in coordinating all of the necessary checkpoints of the university, including speaking to Steve Finacom. one of Cal ' s historians, the UC Regents, and the Chancellor. The ASUC and the Chancellor have both officially adopted the Cal Star and Cal Constellation. This cooperation between the ASUC, the University faculty and the Chancellor is monumental, as it has only been a recent phenomenon that the ASUC and the University enjoy friendly relations once again. Thanks to Professor Filippenko. the University of California now has an official star. One of the most popular professors on campus. Filippenko has said that the Cal Star can bolster school spirit; We can look at it as a symbol of our school and our proud tradition of ' reaching for the stars ' - of striving for excellence and inspiration in all that we do. To induct the Cal Star into the Cal community. Professor Filippenko made a dynamic announcement at the Bonfire Rally In addition, newspapers and radio stations across the state featured the story. A special ceremony was conducted after the first quarter of the Cal vs. Stanford Big Came on November 18. 2000 to formally recognize the star. Now all members of the Cal family can celebrate past traditions and our new symbol, the Cal Star, during this millennium season. -€y

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crowded Berkeley has become, and how different it looics. Yet some things never change, and it is to the Campanile he looks as he proudly speaks of the unwavering Cal spirit, still standing tall today as it did then. Harold ( ' 50) and Susan Yackay ( ' 55) stand out in the crowd with their matching blue and gold sweaters covered with smiling Cal bears. They are all smiles themselves as they think back to their days in Cal, especially that one fateful day their engineering math class was cancelled because the professor did not show up. Having nothing to do, he had asked her to cof- fee, and the rest is history. Now, married for forty-six years, they are also re turning for the first time, and are astonished at how different the school is. They describe times as being much more innocent back then. Susan is quick to point out, It was an entirely different atmosphere.. .a woman could walk alone at night and not be afraid. It was a time, of poodle skirts and sweater sets for women, khaki pants and white blouses for men, and unisex dorms. The rules for women were especially strict, with lock-ins at 10:30 and housing restricted to dorms and sororities. Yet she says that these rules were not questioned because the women did not mind. They are also struck by how money has shaped both the city and the campus. Many of the once, privately owned shops on Telegraph have been replaced by chain stores. As for the campus, Harold laments the unity in architectural design that once existed. Now design has been taken over by the ' Golden Rule, ' whoever has the gold makes the rules, so that whoever contributes money to the school, can build whatever he wants.. .the campus doesn ' t blend together anymore. I However, to them Berkeley ' s high academic standards still hold true today. Harold laughs as he remembers the cutthroat competition back then which led some desperate chemistry students to sabotage the I — experiments of others. The competition may have been fierce, but the school offered them an amazing education, that makes them beam with pride now as they recount the various classes they took. Their effusion can be summed up best in Susan ' s words, Berkeley always had such a good reputation! Maureen Hanlon ( ' 70) laughs at the irony of her return to Berkeley ' s homecoming. Having participated in the notorious protests and rallies, which story and photos by HenLuen Wang landed Berkeley its radical reputation, she speaks of their class rejeaion of the homecoming events back then. We didn ' t feel like we were a part of the school. ..we were like a herd of stray cats. The fear of the men being drafted for a war, which was immoral after graduation, was an invisible force that constantly weighed upon their minds, fueling anti-war and anti-establishment sentiments. The heated clashes between the students and administration ended on a bitter note, with their graduation being cancelled because of the protests against American military intervention in Cambodia. Thirty years later, most from the class of ' 70 are unwilling to return. At the reunion before, only about seventy-five alumni attended, at this one, just over a hundred. However, Maureen is heartened by the increase, believing that eventually more students from her class will realize 1 that despite the bad blood, their time at Berkeley was an important part of their lives. Even ex-chancellor Clark Kerr, who had been booted because of them, conceded this by returning to speak at their reunion, saying. I had to come back and s ee how all you monsters turned out. Although Maureen is a bit put off by how mainstream culture has seeped into Berkeley so much today, she also takes great pride in seeing her class ' s legacy being carried on in the strength of the cultural studies courses, which began and grew along with their passionate fight for equality The political legacy left by the class of ' 70 remains a marked feature of Berkeley, with its many protests and demonstrations, however, Maureen points out. It ' s much more mellow now. Berkeley ' s grandeur lies in the people. In their academic accomplishments, fairy tale romances, and radical protests. In their struggles, and triumphs, they gave Berkeley its history, its meaning. TOP; Decked out in his Cal gen. a future aKim flaihm a wtnnmQ vnie. wtwle uttmgonthegumCdlbear Many alumn dd22ted ttw ctiMfen and fanruhn with the Cat spint by bnnging them back fw hotnecoowig cetebraQonv BOTTOM: As the alumni settle down and grab thetr food and dnnks. the u L Jau Ensemble belts out a few tunes to keep theu feet a-tappm Uve musK and entertainment were provided to spree up the afterT¥XXi bash. €y