I write this post as spring break is winding to a close, with only slightly more than a month is left before the end of the semester. Time goes by as quickly as ever, and I wanted to recap a little what’s been going on in this whirlwind of a semester. Last semester was interesting […]
Category Archives: Berkeley
Where is the California Dream?
The spring semester is shaping up to be busier than I expected, and it appears that I will have to revise down my initial expectations on posting frequency. In any case, after over half a year of living in Berkeley, I wanted to write a few thoughts about the state I now live in. This […]
Fall at Cal
It’s hard to believe, but time has flown by and I’m already done with half of my first semester here at Berkeley! Leaves that just a few weeks ago were green have turned red. The air, recently so hot, has quickly become colder. Fall is finally here. I’ve been fairly busy since coming here, but as […]
In Defence of Free Speech
“I don’t agree with a word you say”, wrote Evelyn Beatrice Hall, “but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it.” The quote is often misattributed to Voltaire, because Hall was writing about the great French writer, but it does sum up his life, for he was a keen advocate of free speech […]
Berkeley Beginnings
The start of college is often like a mysterious fog that suddenly rolls after the outset of summer break. As a high school student, I knew so much about my side of things- the sad, uninspiring life of the sleepless high school student who spends hours making SAT flashcards- but knew so little about what […]
