Sather Gate

On Monday morning, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake and subsequent aftershocks struck southern Turkey and Syria. 

“I will keep thinking of it not as four months or as sixteen weeks, but as eleventy-one days, because it feels bigger. Longer. It’s a reminder to take it a day at a time, not to chop it into chunks that make time fly even faster.”

More than 200 people gathered for a campus candlelight vigil Nov. 28 to remember the victims of the Ürümqi fire, but the memorial materials and informational displays were partially removed the next day. 

“Yeah, it was a turkey alright. Everyone saw it, I mean it’s not like Sather Gate was empty at 9 a.m., there were plenty of people going to class,” Grinch said. “We students stand with the turkey. I’m actually a part of the ‘Students Against Early Christmas’ group on campus. We’re just a bunch of people tired of Michael Bublé.”

More than 500 Iranian students and community members gathered in solidarity Friday on Sproul Plaza to hold a candlelight vigil for Mahsa Amini, a woman who died in Iran more than a week ago after allegedly being beaten by the police.

Rich diversity of intellect and expression resonated invigorating notes of purpose and progress, orchestrating an ambitious yet tranquil tune to which I was entranced.

In capturing the charm of our campus with each snapshot, we have sought to remind ourselves of what originally drew us to this city, to this school.

From worrisome to wholesome, here are UC Berkeley’s stories and legends that you might have missed on your campus tour.

Supporters of a car-free Telegraph Avenue held a rally on Saturday, blocking traffic and demonstrating what banning cars on the street might look like.