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

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(fjr lrl! A Lit ' K lly Commiitcr rnrtnlH-r adtrrtiwt thr Annual {(imc-tomlng R llv U r t-ruLi nighl ilrltr Ju tiii r-orM 1t hurtU out ol ihr Ca IfH krr riHjm for the Salur lj loutbill ganit- jgjintt rcgon Slate. Ca tuflcrrd a hcarlbrcAking defeat, iiil%«ing its chance at becoming No. 1 In ihr nation. Init the Bear« and iheir lan« ttdl marched proudU out of Memurul Stadium. Ih-Iuh ) Students participate in the ( al Canned Creation event on Oct. ' on Lower Sproul. Students put their (.Teativitv to the test in thiv and other rik(la events, including a taltograph 94720 photo content and the annual banner competition. ( far left ) Student displav one of man carti slunt-s during the Oct. I J game against Oregon Sute. Lead bv junior .■ nthonv Ramil. Direclorof Card Stunts, the UC Rallv Committee organized the Student Section to cam out thi longstantling tradition. left (The Cal liand takes the field during halltime against ( )rvgon State, rhe band, which ha attendeii irter I 0 iitnM TUtite Cal tiMitlull games, t oa t a membership of o er 200 !«tudenl. and is one ol the few bands ui the nation ami in the Pac- 10 Conferrnce ilut still marches the traditional and demanding high-step form. 25 homecoming

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(wel)cx)me one, (wel)come all Oriianizers work year-round to plan Homecoming Storv by Coitlin Green w hilt ' liiil( ' nls Mia Ium- hail no liiii- thai lli)mi-ci)ming was just ariiiiinl tht- lorncr, thi- Calilor Ilia Alumni Association and thi- LK Rails (. onunittiT had boon working for months as oarix as Spring 2007 in an olTort to iroato a Homotoming Wook stuilonts would novor lorgot. The organizers ' greatest challenge was student apathy. In high school Homecoming was a pretty big deal, but not so much in college, said sophomore Ke in Chou. If 1 see something going on I might join, but I have no idea il I h ill. I should kind ol leel bad about it. ■■Mthough Homecoming has traditionally focused on the football game and alumni, organizers have been working to increase awareness and student en- gagement. The Student Homecoming Team, a subset of the .Mumni Association, started in 2005 to help facilitate this participation. Wo dellnilolv try to incorporate a larger group on campus than just the ' ra-ra go Bears ' group, said Jaz i Junge, co chair ol the 2007 team. Junge said the Student HomccomingToam works to attract a variety of students through their wide range of events. Thev hosted lour to five events per day during the week, including a competition lor students to act or grow I like Oski and a photography contest called Caltographv 94720. The events built up throughout the week, culmi- nating w ith a football game against Oregon State and weekend activities such as the Homecoming Pre Came Rally, which had an attendance of 10,000 stu- dents, alumni, parents and community members. One of our goals is roallv to build the Cal com- munit , said Junge. S ' e tr to make every effort so that |sludents| feel connected to the generations of Cal Monica Porter, Vice Chair of Spirit for the lIC Rally Committee, agreed, saving that Homecoming is a time for students to learn about Berkeley ' s hi-, torv and evolution. It is our hope that alumni and students will com. together in order for alumni to share stories and i periences of the past and students to continue li build a solid network lor when thev leave Berkeley, she said. The LIC Rally Committee also hosted numerous student oriented events during the week, including their annual free Homecoming barbecue, the first ever Berkeley Throughout the . ge.s iashion sho«, and a Homecoming Collocjuium leaturing lormer Cal foollial! coach Joe Kapp in a discussion ol tin 25th anniversary of The Play. Bringing everyone back to campus at one time over Homecoming builds a great sense of commu- nity anti Cal pride - and getting the students involved during Student Homecoming Week w ill encourage them to come back to campus after they graduate to enjoy Homecoming as alums, said Erin Proudloot. a UC Berkeley alumna and the manager of .Mumni and Student Relations. Though Homecoming becomes more anti mon popular each year for alumni (2007 had about 1 ,000 more alumni attend over 2006), increa.sing student involvement remains hard to achieve. Still, students from the Homecoming Team to the Rally Commit- tee are committed to making this event memorable. Alter all, if the wittv-named events don ' t draw peo- ple, the free food always will. ||(I1 OH tnHIll Im ' s t II ' ) tut I HonECon RRur MiM ' «■«•» ' 4 ,. M«i1 tW iM ' t ' RRUtI tw !itir On the record with University Relations .More than 8,500 alumni, parents, and students - the most ever gathered at Homecoming 2007 to celebrate Cal. FestivitiMl began with the Blue and Gold Reunion Dinner for alumni and a reception for Cal parents and families. On Saturday, thou.sandf j of fans got revye l up at the Bear AITair Barbeque before heading olTto the Cal vs. Oregon State football game. Throughout the! weekend, guests enjovid lai ult seminars, campus tours, spirit events, and more. Hundreils ol stall, students, faculty, anti volunteers worked hard year round to ensure that Homecoming was unforgettable. In) addition, alumni celebrating their reunions spend the year raising money lor student, faculty, an l research programs. In 2007 thcyj raised more than S 19 million. ...Homecoming offers the best chance to feed your inner bear! 24 feoturi I J

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a»rlow I SttHirnU light cw«]lr Al the Btmflrr RjIK cm tn 0 The Honfirr lUlK t« thr U«l r rnl ol ihr trrk tirtnnr thr Hig liamr i«n SjtunLiv Oihrr r%rnt« int.lu«lr thr C ' abic Car HalK in San F-rAfKiKti ' « (.ihirAnJrlh Stpurr. Night RalK in the itrcct of Brrkrlo. Laugh Yrr Axe Ofl event « ith (cru h ' anil other ttiHlrnt group . indTrr C ' htifiping RalK tm Upper Spnml Cla j (farlm% r »Ahm«rpnang K) I ) uprt, thr UC RalK Cununittee ptTpwr to Kml 4nrr thr Suntiwxl . xr Itv thr finl time n fi r rar« ■Jhr Big Game carrir a pimrr and niagK all it» (A n. and win or lose, brtng a part ol it »% uuTrdihU peoal. taid ophoniore A»hle go big or go home Bears lose Axe, but not spirit 1 vf ' r i ( On the sidelines with UC Rally Committee till- biggest Cal fans oftin ridr to Big GanuWick as thi-ir lavoriti- lioli la . Much like Christmas, the cxciti-mcnt starts wav bi-lorc the actual ilav. nil despite the fanfare of that day, we reahze that the anticipation leaihng up to it is just as special. In regards to the Big Game, I didn ' t realize this until we lost the Axe. Believe mc, I was devastated when we had to turn our trophy over to the Cardinal. I was on the field, in the line-up facing the .Axe Committee, watching the clock count down and their smiles grow wide. It was not a good feeling, but strangclv enough, I was not completely distraught. As I sauntered back up to the bliMi livrs thn i|r.|, i),,. ,lrm f v —- ■■■■•!• ■•.vr.ii . n-fl rl.id l.inv, I reali ed that the loss ( an .Xxe was )ust (ine diiwn (albeit, a major one) In .i week lull t ups. Big Game Week engulN tin University in a level of Cal Spirit only seen on a gamedav.This spirit, however, lasts the w hole week. .As we attend special events and march down the streets at night, trivial problems and schoolvNork take a backseat to the excitement of the Big Game. But it ' s this week of enthusiastic anticipation that makes me happy to be a Golden Bear. - Anthony Ramil, Director of Card Stunts liini ' ir. I ilni Sli] li,s 26 feotufes