http://nature.berkeley.edu/blogs/freshfaces/ A journal of new students at the College of Natural Resources, UC Berkeley en Copyright 2008 Tue, 13 May 2008 01:02:02 -0800 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.33 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Yes, as I should be studying for finals now, I am thinking about summer. I find that taking intermittent breaks like now help me concentrate better. Anyway, as I ask many what they are doing in the summer, as I still don't have an actual plan, most of course, are going back home. Others are taking classes, and others, are getting summer jobs and volunteering activities to fill up their summer. Wow, for most, we're actually going to be back in our parents' homes for 3 whole months!! It's going to take a while to adapt back to my old... http://nature.berkeley.edu/blogs/freshfaces/2008/05/summeralmost.php http://nature.berkeley.edu/blogs/freshfaces/2008/05/summeralmost.php Casey Tue, 13 May 2008 01:02:02 -0800 I decided to take a break from studying, and post a little entry. a while back i wrote a post about ligers, and my friend john showed me this link about the tsavo maneaters. I don't know if you have heard about them, but to sum it up in a nutshell: "The Tsavo maneaters were a pair of maneless lions responsible for the deaths of a number of construction workers on the Kenya-Uganda Railway, from March through December 1898." sounds like something from a horror movie, doesn't it?! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsavo_maneaters... http://nature.berkeley.edu/blogs/freshfaces/2008/05/tsavo_maneaters.php http://nature.berkeley.edu/blogs/freshfaces/2008/05/tsavo_maneaters.php Angela Sat, 10 May 2008 22:24:17 -0800 of what happened this past weekend on south side. there has already been a memorial on sproul plaza, and i'm sure a lot of news stations have picked up on it already. but in case you haven't heard, here's some scary news for you: BERKELEY, Calif. -- A 20-year-old college student is due in court Tuesday after being arrested in connection with a fatal stabbing at a party at UC Berkeley over the weekend. May 2008: Berkeley Man Accused Of Fatal Stabbing Of Student... http://nature.berkeley.edu/blogs/freshfaces/2008/05/im_sure_youve_p.php http://nature.berkeley.edu/blogs/freshfaces/2008/05/im_sure_youve_p.php Angela Thu, 08 May 2008 21:18:03 -0800 Letter from EALC Chair To All Students Wanting to Enroll in Fall: Due to the budget situation, EALC is having to cut Chinese, Japanese, and Korean courses by over 50%. This means that not everyone currently enrolled will be able to enroll in the Fall semester. We will not be able to accommodate students from other Colleges and Schools (outside of Letters and Sciences) in our courses. We recognize that many of you need our courses to complete minor or major requirements, and we sincerely apologize to those of you who will need to change your plans. We will continue... http://nature.berkeley.edu/blogs/freshfaces/2008/05/kill_the_langua.php http://nature.berkeley.edu/blogs/freshfaces/2008/05/kill_the_langua.php Angela Tue, 06 May 2008 08:43:37 -0800 http://makerfaire.com/ Pyrotechnics, robots, explosions, lasers, tesla coils, solar powered Arnold Schwarzenegger chariot. I spent this past Saturday at the Maker Faire in San Mateo. The Maker Faire is a huge overwhelming spectacle of the most creative people in the bay area. I spent 10 hours there and still did not see everything it had to offer. I will try to recap some of the highlights: This nightmarish thing: An armada of cupcake people: Some hotdogs cooked using lightning coming off a 25' tall tesla coil. Sorry, no video for this one just imagine lightning striking a hotdog and jumping from... http://nature.berkeley.edu/blogs/freshfaces/2008/05/the_maker_faire.php http://nature.berkeley.edu/blogs/freshfaces/2008/05/the_maker_faire.php Eric Mon, 05 May 2008 15:00:19 -0800 Well, I don't know about all you readers out there, but I can say that ever since my arrival here at UC Berkeley, I've spent more time playing super smash brothers than I have in the rest of my life combined. If you play smash, you might understand these next few paragraphs, but if you don't then you probably wont get a lot of the terminology I'm going to throw at you. Anyway, here's my take on the subject: It started out last September, when my RA invited me and a few floormates over to his room for a good... http://nature.berkeley.edu/blogs/freshfaces/2008/04/super_smash_bro.php http://nature.berkeley.edu/blogs/freshfaces/2008/04/super_smash_bro.php Angela Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:51:19 -0800 If I were you, I'd get me some Sockbaby. It's a trilogy of short films made by some Modesto community college students. These have everything you've ever wanted in a quality film experience: a 1960's kungfu guy imbued with the power of James Brown, a sock-puppet messiah, some fedora wearing aliens and a cyborg named "Burger." It will change your life... perhaps not meaningfully or for the better, but still.... http://nature.berkeley.edu/blogs/freshfaces/2008/04/sockbaby.php http://nature.berkeley.edu/blogs/freshfaces/2008/04/sockbaby.php Eric Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:46:13 -0800 Don't worry. You're not alone. Even though the second wave of midterms is over, finals are looming just around the corner. Just perfect. On top of that, everyone probably has a paper due sometime in the next few weeks. I have a paper due in about a week. Whenever I write papers, I always feel like I'm trying to complete a jigsaw puzzle. First, I write random paragraphs, or parts of paragraphs, to just get down all my ideas. Then I have to fit all the pieces together and smooth it all out. Papers take such a long time for... http://nature.berkeley.edu/blogs/freshfaces/2008/04/stressed.php http://nature.berkeley.edu/blogs/freshfaces/2008/04/stressed.php Victoria Sat, 26 Apr 2008 18:35:32 -0800 CNR is a great college to be in. The advisors are very supportive, have great answers and resources to any questions that you have, especially during telebears time! Most of my friends who are in Letters and Science are clueless when it comes to scheduling- what classes, which classes are needed to fullfill their major, and such. I mean, ratemyprofessor.com can only help a little in terms of which professors to choose, but it all comes down to what classes you actually need. For instance, since I am a NS/ intended Motox major, I need to take Bio 1A. Most... http://nature.berkeley.edu/blogs/freshfaces/2008/04/scheduling.php http://nature.berkeley.edu/blogs/freshfaces/2008/04/scheduling.php Casey Sat, 26 Apr 2008 13:10:24 -0800 Chapter 2: Control, or Get Controlled As I mentioned in Chapter 1, I was controlled by video games. That was two years ago. Now is time to strike back.... http://nature.berkeley.edu/blogs/freshfaces/2008/04/temptations_tem_1.php http://nature.berkeley.edu/blogs/freshfaces/2008/04/temptations_tem_1.php John Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:43:25 -0800 Chapter 1 : Video Game Addiction Midterms were over last week (at least for me), about time I caught up with all my readings (10 minutes ago, finally), and now I'm deciding what to do. It feels great that I have more time again, but I'm sure this won't last long; my final paper in College Writing R4B is due in three weeks and finals are up that same week. Again, like always, I'm facing against the temptation to slack off and not do my homework in advance.... http://nature.berkeley.edu/blogs/freshfaces/2008/04/temptations_tem.php http://nature.berkeley.edu/blogs/freshfaces/2008/04/temptations_tem.php Papers Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:34:17 -0800 Here's my experience with doing research at Cal as a transfer student. I applied to SPUR to find a faculty project. I got the position but I definitely felt at a disadvantage while being interviewed. The first question: What research projects have you worked on at Cal? I'm thinking, well I've only been here for 4 months and they expect me to have a vast list of skills? Yes they do, fortunate for me I had experience doing a research class at DVC (the jc I went to). The next question: Could we get an email address to ask for... http://nature.berkeley.edu/blogs/freshfaces/2008/04/being_a_transfe.php http://nature.berkeley.edu/blogs/freshfaces/2008/04/being_a_transfe.php Marissa Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:16:53 -0800 So yesterday I took my first parkour lesson. For those of you who don't know, parkour is a French sport which combines running and gymnastics in urban environments. The underlying idea is that our bodies can do much more than just walk around on a horozontal plane as we do everyday. Instead those who practice parkour, called "traceurs" try to find the most efficent way to interact with their physical environments. This video shows David Belle - the founder of the sport - performing some really advanced and showy parkour for a BBC commercial:... http://nature.berkeley.edu/blogs/freshfaces/2008/04/berkeley_parkou.php http://nature.berkeley.edu/blogs/freshfaces/2008/04/berkeley_parkou.php Eric Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:55:18 -0800 So there's this guy in the Netherlands named Theo Jansen. He's a kinetic sculptor which means that he builds huge moving pieces of art. His sculptures are strange mechanical interpretations of the biological world. Watch this video to see an example of his work in action:... http://nature.berkeley.edu/blogs/freshfaces/2008/04/theo_jansens_bi.php http://nature.berkeley.edu/blogs/freshfaces/2008/04/theo_jansens_bi.php Eric Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:32:31 -0800 http://nature.berkeley.edu/blogs/freshfaces/2008/04/ice_cream_day.php http://nature.berkeley.edu/blogs/freshfaces/2008/04/ice_cream_day.php Joel Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:02:04 -0800