Dear Berkeley,

 

As the academic year comes to an end, our staff wants to thank you for all of the weird, amazing, funny, quirky, beautiful, hilarious, special moments you have shared with us. It has been one hell of a year and the memories should not go unaccounted for.

 

Thank you for the  man dressed up as a penis on Sproul- Melissa Meagher, President

Thank you to Occupy for six hours of helicopters over my building- Surmayee Tetarbe, blogger

Thank you for all the awesome speakers you bring to Berkeley (Ron Paul, Will Ferrell, Seth Meyers, Johnny Depp and so many more)- Isaac Wolf, blogger

Thank you for the massive crowd during the Robert Reich speech- Hanna Morris, blogger

Thank you for showing me that hippy is a lifestyle and not a fashion trend- Griffin Cassara, Vice President

Thank you for my first earthquake- Avery Barnes, journalist

Thank you for the naked man running outside of Kips during my first week of school- Kiara Daswani, blogger

Thank you for giving me another reason to protest- Nick Anastasiades, publisher

Thank you for the penis game every single night in Unit 1- Taylor Fugere-Cale, journalist

Thank you for the chickens in Mainstacks- Prabhdeep Kehal, blogger

Thank you for giving me amazing views of the Bay Area all around campus

Thank you for the paint in my ears after Holi 2012- Nik Crain, photographer

Thank you for inviting me to Doe Library’s 100th birthday party and letting me meet Maxine Hong Kingston- Jo Wu, blogger

Thank you for the contact high when I walked onto campus on 420- Dylan White, photographer

Thank you for giving me a paper due on 420- Henry Huang, journalist

Thank you Evans hall for incredibly entertaining bathroom art

Thank you for the most controversial cupcake- Kelsey Moty, business designer

Thank you for Crossroads for making everything baked and green on 420

Thank you Yoshua for your daily reminders of my imminent death- Nakta Alaghebandan, head of copy editing

Thank you for the Taiko drumming at night

Thank you FemSex for the quote of the days on the chalkboard in Dwinelle classrooms

Thank you Berkeley squirrels for making me laugh daily at FSM

Thank you Late Night for the freshman 15- Rachel Kang, journalist

Thank you for providing unlimited content for memes and anoncon- Nick Anastasiades, publisher

Thank you ASUC candidates for walking me to class- Jaemie Paraon, blogger

Thank you CAL basketball team for beating Stanford on my birthday- Gabby Fastiggi, journalist

Thank you Shlohmo for DJ’ing at Cloyne- Silvia Cernea, head of photography

Thank you for every first Wednesday of the month reassuring us that we have a WarnMe system

Thank you LA Riots for coming to the glade- Sasha Chebil, journalist

Thank you for letting me know that whatever I’m wearing I won’t be the craziest person you see that day- Erica Hendry, blogger

Thank you Asian Ghetto for feeding me after 10 pm- Lara Hovsepian-Ruby, Assistant to the EIC

Thank you for creepy guy at King Pin who gives me free donuts and a wink

Thank you Telebears for screwing me over- Isaac Wolf, blogger

Thank you for the crazy lightning storm- Dylan White, photographer

Thank you Strawberry Canyon for being beautiful and the perfect place to get high in broad daylight-Colleen Murphy, Head of Business

Thank you CAL Greeks for introducing me to the sorority squat- Surmayee Tetarbe, blogger

Thank you for still being the same place I fell in love with when I was 8 – Nam Le, journalist

Thank you for letting me sign my name onto the chests of five different guys in front of Griffiths Hall. – Jennifer Wong, journalist

Thank you for the sunniest February ever – Manon von Kaenel, journalist

Thank you for employing the most cheerful Australian I’ve ever met, Professor Nick Mills – Alex Dickey, Advertising Mangaer

Thank you Cal for bringing Johnny Depp to campus (and then not letting me meet him). – Stephanie Cai, Head of Design

Thank you Cal for giving me numerous opportunities to travel and explore – Rosa Nguyen, photographer

Thank you for Seth Myers at Zellerbach – Rahul Pandya, journalist

Thank you for a new love of Bollywood music and crowd-surfing fun at Holi – Sarah Tang, blogger

Thank you Clark Kerr Campus for the free dubstep concerts every night – Brenden Beckley, Photographer

Thank you for being the absolute best place to people watch -Jeannine Ventura, Editorial Manager

Thank you for letting me play the knave, and then letting me report on it. -Jaime Gamblin, journalist

Thank you random guy on Sproul for following me with your remote control car

Thank you Berkeley Goggles for shedding light on every Golden Bear’s inner beauty – Nina Udomsak, Blogger

Thank you curves for letting me know I’m not the only one who doesn’t understand anything. – May Kim, photographer

 

Thank you all for giving us inspiration to write about.

 

Happy end of Spring, and we look forward to the amazingness that is to come in Fall.  Look out for Issue 6 in August!

 

Much love,

The Caliber Staff

 

 

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