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(Re)Visiting UC Berkeley

Posted by Luminator on September 3, 2024 at 20:55:27:

Many of my close friends, including my wife, went to UC Berkeley for undergrad, mostly in the first half of the 1990s. So that means they got to witness or experience the Oakland Hills fire, Bill Graham's passing, shelter from the Rodney King riots, sneaking in Jason Kidd [who played home games at Haas (was it called Harmon back then?) Pavilion, above], and the Naked Guy. Some even went there for grad school. And, over the years, audiophiles have reached out to me, stating that they are Cal grads.

Some of our friends and relatives currently attend Cal. So this past weekend, my wife decided to meet up, and walk around and through campus.

During one of the Spring Dead Weeks, my friend ACS joined the throngs, and marched naked through Moffitt Library. While doing that, ACS laughed, "But this is just indoors. I have a friend, John, who goes to UC Santa Cruz. The first time it rains in the evening, they march naked across campus!"

ACS and Scylla are my writing partners, and both were MCB majors. The MCB Department is in the Valley Life Sciences Building. However, the latter is arguably best-known for its Tyrannosaurus Rex model in the atrium.

Separately, ACS and Scylla accompanied me to Berkeley's dB Audio, Music Lovers Audio, and The Audio Chamber. Back then, ACS worked part-time at Victoria's Secret in San Francisco. She saw right through the salesmen at these audio stores. To the downfall of business, these audio stores did not know how to cater to us college kids, especially girls.

Honolulu's late Stewart Ono (AA's UncleStu52) understood that the early-1990s college kid may turn into the late-1990s core high-end audio customer.

It's hard to get Cal students to agree on anything, but most agree that Evans Hall is the ugliest. During a heatwave, Scylla's Evans classroom faced the afternoon sun. Either the AC didn't work, or AC did not exist, but the heat was unbearable, and many students, despite being sharp, passed out.

My wife does not recall the class, but one time, students at Evans pulled the fire alarm(s), in order to get out of midterms. So, to avoid this from happening on his midterms, my wife's professor held class outdoors!

If a student steps on this plate, his or her GPA will never reach or exceed a 4.0.

The inside of Doe Library is old, like Harry Potter's. Above one entrance is the head of Athena. When you exit, you are supposed to walk backwards, so that you retain the knowledge you learned in the Doe Library.

Further up the hill, Cal has the outdoor Greek Theater. But it also has the indoor Zellerbach Hall, which consists of two rooms, one larger than the other. They are thus suitable for dance, theater, and symphonies.

But audiophiles like that Fleetwood Mac recorded "Songbird," the B-side to "Dreams," at Zellerbach.

-Lummy The Loch Monster