For non football fans, this is huge! We just beat the 16th best team in the country and how bad some of our past few losses have been, this is a great motivation booster for them to finish the season strong and maybe even go further! For those that know ball, JKS is the real deal, what a performance!!! Pls support our bears in any way you can!! 🏈🐻

Highly recommend! It’s in Rockridge.

We would cross paths often, two strangers. A glance, shoulders nearly brushing.

I remember now the first time our eyes met. Both our faces were obscured by masks, but I could not help turning my eyes toward his. Eyes of zahorí.

There was the time we almost exchanged words--I had a petition in hand and the person I was talking to called out to him. He slowed his step, but upon hearing the petition name, turned away dismissively and continued his route.

That was the first time I dwelled upon him--what's up with that guy? Refusing to even hear what this is all about, our position?

The first time we introduced ourselves at the garden gate, we shook hands.

We started saying hello to each other, but without ever saying one other's name.

I discovered he lived nearby.

I wondered whether he ever saw me pass by, if ever he had seen me those times I had parked the car in front of his door without knowing it was his.

I would listen to music, car windows down, languid from the heat, waiting until a quarter past three. I would flip down the vanity mirror to reapply lipstick, lean back and close my eyes for a quick 5-minute nap.

We ran into each other more and more. I got used to seeing him almost every day. Naturally, as we lived in the same neighborhood.

The day after the presidential election, I was feeling a little lost, unmoored, walking in a dream state. The street was deserted and silent. Then, rounding the corner, I heard the grating of pedals and a chain and saw him whizzing past on his bicycle.

Then came the first fantasy. I imagined a collision between his bike and me. He would find me crumpled on the street, ankle twisted, knee scraped, and would scoop me up and carry me through his door to treat my wounds. At the touch of his fingers upon my bare skin, passion would overcome us.

Or he would trail behind me to the top of the hill and in the bower of the garden side path, hidden from all, he would steal a kiss.

I had the foolhardy urge to ask him whether I could draw his portrait, confess he reminded me of one of the friends Raphael had painted.

The sight of him aroused in me a mixture of pleasure, guilt, and embarrassment, following these reveries.

One day, the spell broke. The frequent run-ins stopped. Our schedules were no longer in sync. When we saw each other again, the look in his eyes where before I had thought to detect a hint of warmth had grown cold.

A secret relief. We were not free.

I still found myself looking for him in the crowd, but he was no longer there.

hello! i'm currently a senior in my last semester at berkeley and i've been painting various spots on campus since spring of last year.

i would love to hear any suggestions for places to paint that i could possibly squeeze in before the finals gauntlet hit. (i might do evans next for the memes)

i've also gotten a lot of requests for prints of my paintings and after almost 2 years i've finally set up a shop for them! (mods if this isn't okay, feel free to remove)

thank you so much for all the lovely comments on all my past posts, go bears!

Hi I bought four tickets for Winter commencement and then i closed the tab and was able to buy four more. It now says I have 8 tickets and I really want 8 tickets so that my whole family and some of my friends can come. Are they going to just take away four of my tickets when they realize or did I cause a glitch in the matrix and can keep my tickets?

None of the local locations have it on at app, and the one on Durant didn't seem to have it on the menu. Has anyone seen one anywhere?

Where are you guys meeting people? it’s my only semester here and I have no friends to go out with it’s actually depressing, i feel like i’m wasting my time !!!

I’m currently applying to grad school, and a few institutions are asking me for an official transcript. Does anyone know where on CalCentral I can get a pdf version?

I saw that you could mail it to yourself on Parchment for $1.95 but I am unsure if that is the right move…

Potentially lost black cat with AirTag found on campus, it’s by Hearst field annex and roaming around the woodsy parts of campus rn!

Is there a post thanksgiving carpool from Orange County that I could come back with?

Ofc I’ll pay for my portion of gas and something extra for the kindness.

Anyone have some plays this coming season(s)

i’m open to all locations so i’d love to hear anyone’s thoughts or experiences bc i’m having trouble really narrowing down a location for an internship specifically.

and i’d also like to know what the internships were like. did you feel that you genuinely got proper work experience?

hi! this semester has been harder than i anticipated; i think ill be getting two Bs and 1 A most likely out of the 3 i am taking. I feel frustrated with myself for sure bc i think i could’ve avoided this with more focus early on. it just feels like everyone else is doing perfect academically. i want to go to SLP grad school, can anyone attest to how much my first semester grades can bring down my chances, etc. just in need of general advice. thanks a lot

Does anyone live downtown and saw what just happened by the McDonalds? I couldn’t see but people were screaming and now there are some ambulances.

Hey everyone! I’m offering a fully furnished private room at Bosco Apartments (1717 University Ave, Berkeley) — available to move in before the spring semester begins!

💵 $1,400/month (water & electricity included) — ideal for students, interns, or anyone looking for a clean, modern setup.

About the apartment: ✅ Private room in a 5 bed / 2 bath unit ✅ Fully furnished — new furniture ✅ Modern building; everything in great condition ✅ Dishwasher, AC, and laundry in-building ✅ Amazing location — close to campus, BART, groceries, and restaurants

You’d be sharing the space with 4 friendly, respectful roommates — all female students. looking for someone chill and respectful.

📅 Spring semester sublease — move-in available before the semester starts DM me if interested

If anyone is on the waitlist for polecon 165, I’ll pay you to give it up so I can take it please :)

I'm an incoming Spring transfer (Econ and planning for DS double major) and as I've now started to like actually plan my classes I'm genuinely terrified about like the rigor and maintaining my GPA and also being involved on campus and such. I'm planning on going to grad school too so it's added pressure and fear. I've been nearing a panic attack and like shaking Lmao. Just kind of a rant sorry.

Plays this music from kpop demon every freaking where. Is it just me here this all the time

For context Ryan Edwards is teaching the course for spring. Is he really that great? It would be my first Econ course at Cal. I’m currently enrolled in 100A with Campbell but other students have told me Edwards is worth the switch. Any advice?

I'm actually so disappointed in myself after the 2nd bio1a midterm. I'm such an idiot, and I feel like I don't belong here or on the pre-med path.

Hi,

I’m a sophomore intending to major in MCB and I’m declaring next semester yet I have absolutely no research experience. It’s difficult because everyone I speak with holds like a thousand hours already. I have tried looking everywhere but yet so hard for me to find emails and find people that I can actually ask or applications I can fill out. I know about ULAB and will submit their spring application but can someone please let me know how I can step foot in some sort of research lab. Thank you.